FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ons. 332, 333. 1897. 597 Saint Louis and San Francisco Railway Company; and that Third street, as the same appears on the map and plat of the reserve addition of said city of Fort Smith, be extended in a straight line from _ _ Garrison avenue to the southwesterly line of Parker avenue; that the ,,,`I$:f"‘i1‘°“p‘*“1'°` block of ground included within the boundaries of Rogers and Parker avenues and Second and Third streets, as thus extended by this Act, it being a rectangular block three hundred feet by two hundred and ninety feet two and three-fourths inches, and upon which block is located the public buildings known as the United States jail and hospital, belonging to the United States, be, and the same is hereby, reserved to the United States; that such parts of said ground as shall Lands d°¤¤*¤d· be occupied for said streets and alleys is hereby donated to the said 7L city of Fort Smith for the purpose of being dedicated to public use. That said city of Fort Smith is hereby authorized and empowered to Di“P°”1°* °l‘* f°'*· remove the old Fort walls and buildings attached thereto, and to dispose of the same for its own use. That the Secretary of the Interior shall cause said lands to be sur- Sm "f 1°'“‘ veyed into lots and blocks, according to the plans and surveys of said i city, and shall file a plat showing such survey in his office, and he shall cause the portions thereof, not specifically reserved herein, to be sold at public auction, to the highest bidder, upon such terms and unde1· such regulations as he may direct; and upon the full payment of the purchase money, execute proper conveyances to the purchaser or purchasers thereof. The funds arising from the sale of said lots shall be turned into the P’°°°°*’¤- Treasury to the credit of the United States. Approved, February 26, 1897 . CHAP. 333.-An Act To provide for closing the crevasse in Pass a Loutre, one of I"6bl'U¤J')' 26. 1897- the outlets of the Mississippi River. "Y ‘“’’ *’Y‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _____ States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of two hundred }‘;,‘§‘Q§f,§,*§,*f{,,E*,}"°,?,;, and fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, g·>¤¤¤zL ¤¤·:r¤¤¤¤ i¤ and is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other· °°° ° °" "' wise appropriated, to close the crevasse in Pass a Loutre of the Mississippi River, to be expended under the direction and according to the plans and specifications of the Secretary of War. _ Sec. 2. That nothing herein contained shall be held or construed to n_C}E{,‘]§§“§f,‘{ §,§3,§{;§f{j destroy or impair any right or rights of the United States arising under 20V<>r ¥€8i;_,?¤: Veithe Acts of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, June nine- 'pP` ’ ' teenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and March third, eighteen hundred aml seventy-nine, containing the contract or contracts between James li. Earls and such persons as might become associated with him and the United States, or to release the legal representatives of said James B. Eads or other persons associated with him, jointly or severally, from any obligation, expressed or implied, arising under and from said P _ Acts or other Acts pertaining thereto: Provided, That nothing herein L{,§’§§'}; ,,f,,,,m,, of contained shall be held or construed to release in anywise the executors -};;*3 {E gjfjhnfgj of the estate of James B. Eads as such executors, or the associates of General. _ ‘ said James B. Eads, jointly or severally, in Whole or in part, from any h‘§§f“°Y *° "° “`“h‘ liability which now exists, if any such liability does exist, for a failure to close said Pass a Lontre crevasse, and the question of such liability shall be referred to the Attorney-General for his decision: and should the derision of the Attorney-General, after a full hearing to both par— ties, be to the effect that the responsibility for the closing of the said Pass a Loutre crevasse rests upon the executors of the estate of James B. Eads as such executors, and the associates of the said James B. Eads, jointly or severally, under existing laws, then upon the completion of the twenty years’ contract for the maintenance of the channel in South
