May 19, 1908.
[H. R. 17005.]
[Public, No. 123.]
CHAP. 177.-An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents in fee to the Board of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church for certain lands in the State of Idaho.
Idaho. Board of Missions of Protestant Episcopal Church in. Patents in fee to.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
Interior is hereby authorized and directed to issue patents in fee to
the Board of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States for the following described lands: The southeast quarter of section thirty-six, township four south, range thirty-four east, of Boise meridian, containing one hundred and sixty acres: Provided, Proviso. Consent of Indians. That the said patent shall not issue until the Indians of the said reservation shall have given their consent to the grant through their business committee or council in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior shall provide.
Approved, May 19, 1908.
May 20, 1908. [S. 4809.] [Public, No. 124.]
Bridges. Merrimac River. Vesper-Country Tyngs Island, Mass.
CHAP. 180.-An Act Authorizing the construction of bridges across navigable waters, and to extend the time for the construction of bridges across navigable waters, and to legalize the construction of bridges across navigable waters.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby given to the Vesper-Country Club, a corporation organized Club may bridge, at under the laws of the State of Massachusetts, for the construction of a bridge across the Merrimac River at Tyngs Island, Massachusetts.
Okanogan River, Wash. County of Okanogan, etc., may bridge.
That the county of Okanogan and the town of Okanogan, jointly or severally, corporations organized under the laws of the State of Washington, their successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized, jointly or severally, to construct, maintain, and operate a wagon bridge and approaches thereto across the Okanogan River from some convenient and practical point on the West bank of said river Location.within the limits of said town of Okanogan to some convenient point on the east bank of said river in the south half of the Colville Indian Reservation in the State of Washington.
Choctaw hatchee River. Geneva County may bridge, near Geneva, Ala. That the court of county commissioners of Geneva County, Alabama, its successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Choctawhatchee River, at a point to be approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War, about six miles above the town of Geneva, Alabama.
Colorado River. Arizona and Callfornia Railway Company may bridge, at Parker, Ariz. Ante, p. 5. That the Arizona and California Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, its successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge, and approaches thereto, across the Colorado River, at or near Parker, in the Territory of Arizona, as may be approved by the Secretary of War, for the passage of railroad trains by means of a single or double track, and also at the option of said company, its successors and assigns, to be used for the passage of wagons, vehicles, street cars, animals, and persons on foot and in vehicles.
Missouri River. Missouri Central Railroad Company may bridge, at Glasgow, Mo. That the Missouri Central Railroad Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Missouri, its successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Missouri River at a point just south of the city of Glasgow, being about five hundred yards south of the bridge now owned by the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company. to an opposite point in Saline County, in the State of Missouri.
