THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 32, 33, 39. 1866. 31 of the lands hereby granted, and of all expenditures in the construction, work is Enid for, repairs, and operating of said canal, and of the earnings thereoh and shall ’“° t°“’* return a a statement of the same annually to the Secretary of the Interior. And whenever said State shall be fully reimbursed for all advances made for the construction, repairs, and operating of said canal, with legal interest on all advances until the reimbursement of the same, or upon payment by the United States of any balance of such advances over such receipts from said lands and canal, with such interest, the said State shall be allowed to mx for the use of said canal only such tolls as shall be sufficient to pay all necessary expenses for the care, charge, and repair of the same. SEO. 6. And be it further enacted, That said ship canal shall be at least Width and one hundred feet in width, with a. depth of water not less than thirteen d°P"h °f °“°’1 feet. APPROVED, April 10, 1866. CHAP. XXXHI. -—An Act to grant the Right of Way to the "Cascade Railroad Com- April 10, 1866. pany " through a Military Reserve m Washington Territory. Whereas the Cascade Railroad Company, a corporation duly created Preamble and organized under the laws of \Vashingt011 Territory, has constructed and put in operation a railroad on the Cascade Portage of the Columbia river, in said Territory, a, portion of which said road is constructed through a. military reserve of the United States; and whereas doubts have arisen as to the right to construct such road through said reserve and the validity of the charter of said company: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Right of way States of America in Ozmgress assembled, That there shall be, and is here- §*g¤;°d;° $91 by, granted to the said Cascade Railroad Company a right of way of m,,g`g:,n°:p,n;,`»» sixty feet in width along the line of said road as at present constructed through the puhand along the changes of location hereafter made to straighten and render i;::“‘;‘;:f\f;m‘l‘ said road safe, through the public lands of the United States, the military y ` reserve, and the lands of private persons agreeing thereto, including all necessary grounds for stations, buildings, workshops, depots, machine shops, switches, side tracks. and wharves. And the charter of said com- Charter of the pany is hereby adopted and declared to be valid: Provided, That nothing °°mP*mY $1* in this act shall be so construed as to give said company the right to °l°g:gvgjd` occupy for any purpose whatever more than sixty feet in width on the line of said road at any point or points where the space or pass between the river and bluff or mountain is so narrow as not to admit of the construction of another parallel railroad, turnpike, road, canal, or other public work for transportation of freight or passengers. Armovno, April 10, 1866. CHA?. XXXIX.—An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to ide Wa s and April 12, 1866. Mums to suppon the Government," approved March third, eighteen faiiivdred amlvsizty- jim Vol. xiii. p. 468. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United The sscrmry States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled "An <>f uw '!`f9¤S¤YY act to provide ways and means to support the Government " approved gi§g,;°r;°;:‘;,s March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, shall be extended and con- Sw., in excharigo strued to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury, at his discretion, to *`°' b°¤d$·&°·¥ receive any Treasury notes or other obligations issued under any act of _ Congress, whether bearing interest or not, in exchange for any description thznggnigsgfisg 0f bonds authorized by the act to which this is an amendment; and also United States or to dispose of any description of bonds authorized by said act, either in the °ls°'*'h°'°i United States or elsewhere, to such an amount, in such manner, and at liu what such rates as he may think advisable, for lawful money of the United ;¤l¤m¤¤:;¤d¤f · i- .
