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SIXTY-FIRST ooNGnEss. Sms. III. cm. 222-224. 1911. 1083 ensack River: Provided, That no canal shall be constructed under {’°”***·B, { this authority unless the plans for the same are approved by the _ ppm ° pim' Corps of Engineers and the Secretary of War, who are authorized to impose such conditions as may be necessary to maintain the naviga- Chem in bridzs bility of Berrys Creek unimpaired. And if said railroad com ny °°m"°°d shal construct said canal to the approval of the Secretary of war, said railroad compangghall be authorized and permitted to maintain a fixed bridge over rrys Creek at a point where the main line of · the railroad company now crosses said creek. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby ·‘““°"‘”“°“‘· expressly reserved. ' Approved, March 3, 1911. CHAP. 223.-An Act Amending section seventeen hundred and nine of the ?§r°§°°f,g1j , Revised Statutes of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unitéd States of America in Congress assembled, That section seventeen hun- §f’§°“,,§g f;{9'§°é66 dred and nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States is hereby ¤¤¤¤¤<ie<r ` ' amended by the addition of the followin§ paragraph : " Sixth. The Auditor for the State an other Departments shall act °,§,'f;‘f °* d°°°°¤°d as conservator of such part of these estates as may be received at the D¤ty<>fA¤d1t¤rIor Treasury, and for their protection the Secretary qf,the Treasury may §,°Z$;._ °‘°" D°’“"` order such effects to be sold as may consist of jewelry or other articles which have heretofore or may hereafter be received at the Treasu , and pay the expenses of such sale out of the proceeds, provided apjilication for these effects shall not have been made by the legal claimant within two years after their receipt. The Auditor is authorized to indorse all bills of exchange, promissory notes, and other evidences of indebtedness due to such estates, and to take such ste s as may be necessary for their collection. The roceeds of such sales, together with such other moneys as may be codected by him, shall be deposited into the Trensur in trust for the legal claimant, and be reported to the Secretary of State? Approved, March 3, 1911. CHAP. 224.-An Act To amend section nine hundred and ninety-six of the Revised March 3. 1911. Statutes of the United States as amended by the Act of February nineteenth, eighteen _Ju‘ R` l8°“·l hundred and ninety-seven. [Public, No. -168.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House g Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemble , That section nine hundred g,'f,l§§$,?“,f§§(§°‘§$§; and ninety-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States as ¤¢>1grg Sec 996 186 amended by the Act of February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and mé¤iiea.` ’p' ' ninety-seven, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: _ "SEc. 996. No money deposited as aforesaid shall be withdrawn {’,'§f"?§§"*;,‘l"§’§; except by order of the judge or judges of said court, respectively, in ¤¤¤¢¤<1¢<1- · term or in vacation, to be signer by such judge or judges, and to be entered and certified of record by the clerk; and every such order shall state the cause in or on account of which it is drawn. In every_case in which the_ right to withdraw money so deposited ¥§,‘°{,‘§“§§§,l0‘;§§’§,§’§,, has been adjudicated or is not in ispu te and such money has remained Tr·=¤¤¤¤‘1¤ five >‘<=¤¤- so deposited for at least five years unclaimed b the erscn entitled thereto, it shall be the duty of the jud e or judges oip said court, or its successor, to cause such money to be de osited in the Treasury of the United States, in the name and to the credit of the United