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1198 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ons. 184-186. 1917. third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, may be used for purposes of a public nature; and said rights of way may be used for purposes of ,,,,,,,,,1;,,,,,, ma, water transportation, for domestic purposes, or for the deve opment tim °*d¤¤=¤¢•· of power, as subsidiary to the main purpose of 1rr1gation’or dramage." Approved, March 4, 1917. ml§h7$6igu· CHAP. 185.-An Act To authorizethe Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion,

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H H , and occup§d as the site of the United States marine hospital itiinghicago, Illinois. Be it enacted by the Senate and House eéfléehpresentatives of the United §’§;g’,“,»‘§§;,¤},gh,s on States of America ·in_ Congress , _ at_ the Secretary of the t1:_¤=_;i;!¤;h§zi§\¤;£r•‘S Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to trans- Lincoln rm. fer and convey to the commissioners of Lmcoln Park, of Chicago Illinois, the riparian rights of the United States, as the owner of land ` fronting on Lake Michigan and occflipiled as the site of the United °°°‘*i“°“· States marine hospital in Chicago, ois, upon the condition that the said rights and any lands which may be added to the present water front of said marine hospital site shall be used for no other purpose than that authorized in the statute of the State of Illinois entitled "An Act to enable the [Lark commissioners having control of any park bordering upon pub `c waters in this State to enl e the same from time to time and granting submerged lands forabge purpose of such enlargements, and to defray the cost thereof," approved June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and upon such other terms and conditions as he may impose in order to permit the proposed extension of Lincoln Park across the water fror1t of said aut1·;°sl{·,;J·r¤¤¤¤di¤z¤ site· and he is futher authorized and empowered, in his discretion, ' in the name of the United States of America, to undertake or conform · to any proceedings provided for under the statutes of the State of Illinois enacted for the purpose of enablmgdpark commissioners to enl e parks by reclaiming submerged lan under the waters of Lakaiidichigan and for the establishment and defining of the boundary line between the lands of shore owners and the park lands of such gzgigon M mw park commissioners: Promded, That in the event the safd lands are tm. not used for the purposes specified in this Act the same shall revert to the Govemment 0 the Lnited States. Approved, March 4, 1917. mlghéifigiyl CHAP. 186.-.411 Act Authorizing the commissioners of the Red River Bridge

 District to construct a bridge across the Red River at or near Index, Texas.

md _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 1y the United nsinidihr snags States of America in Congress assemble , That the commissioners of g§j;§'TgQf*>’ b'*d€°· the Red River Bridge District be, and they are hereby, authorized ' to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto over the Red River at or near Index, Texas, for railroad and other Cmtmmm traflic at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, in accordance v¤1.e4,p.s4I with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to r late the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approvedG%arch twenty- third, nineteen hundred and six. A=¤°¤d¤=¤¤¢· Saga?. That ethic right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expr y reserv . Approved, March 4, 1917.