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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 12-15. 1894. 27 work within the said six months, or failing to diligently prosecute the same, or to secure a navigable depth of twenty feet of water over the outer bar within the time required by this act, then Congress may revoke the privileges herein granted in relation to said improvement. Sec. 2. That the right of Congress to alter, amend, or repeal this act mucudnim. m. is hereby reserved. Approved, January 22, 1894. CHAP. 13.-An Act For the establishment of a light and fog·signal station near January 22, 1894. Butler Flats, New Bedford, Massachusetts. ———;— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be established, on Butler F1¤¤¤.14¤¤¤ or near Butler Flats, entrance to the lower harbor of New Bedford, ,¤{€§,;‘,°,,'§'§,§*,f{’,§,§‘,§§{‘“' Massachusetts, a light and fog-signal station, at a cost not to exceed 1>¤.¤,p.s1s. forty-five thousand dollars. Approved, January 22, 1894. CHAP. 14.-——An Act To extend the time for the construction of the railway of the January 22, wsu. Choctaw Coal and Railway Company. , » www- Be it enacted ln; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time for the con- Choctaw can and struction of the railway of the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company, a B“1l{,‘f,§’,,(,f{’,Q‘Q‘,’,§‘,§‘,i,";,,, corporation organized under the laws of the State of Minnesota, which, mdgz md in I¤· by the provisions of the Act approved February twenty-iirst, eighteen °”"°"` hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An Act to amend an Act authorizing €f‘,{f*§; gg2t6s_ the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company to construct a road through the Indian Territory," will expire February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, shall be extended for a period of two years from that date, so that said company shall have until February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, to construct the lines of railway authorized by the Act approved February eighteenth. eighteen hundred v°l· ”~ P··”· and eighty-eight, entitled “An Act to authorize the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes/’ and the Act amendatory Vol. 25. p- 668- thereof, approved February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty- nine, entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to authorize the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes} approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight," and for such purpose the said company shall have the right to take and occupy the right of way and depot grounds heretofore granted to it by said Acts. Approved, January 22, 1894. _ CHAP. 15.-An Act To authorize the construction and maintenance of a dam or [mum 22* mM' dams across the Kansas River, within Shawnee County, in the State of Kansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Chicago-Topeka Light, Ksnm Rim- Heat, and Power Company, a corporation organized under the laws of ,,£‘§'},‘§‘,‘f,’°,,?,‘§;,§‘}§,}‘,°,$ the State of Illinois, its successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby, ty- authorized and empowered to construct and maintain a dam or_ dams across the Kansas River, at any suitable place or places within the _ county of Shawnee, in the State of Kansas; Provided, That on notice "’°°•*°’· by the Secretary of War that said dam or dams are material obstruc— ”°‘“°"‘·°‘°· 4