SIXTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IV. Cas. 100-102, 105. 1923. 1281 authorized to close Piney Branch Road from Seventeenth and Ta - D°’*¤**°° 1>¤*’¤¤¤ lor Streets to Sixteenth and Allison Streets northwest, upon tlie °1izti)vl:ri1¤iir°°d¢b rm application m writing of the owner or owners of all of the property °""‘°°°""""‘ abutting on said road between the limits named, and upon the closing of said road the land embraced therein shall revert to the owners of the abutting property. Approved, February 21. 1923. CHAP. 101.-—A.u Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to investigate the F°b il1 ' fisgnelzigty of reclamation projects on the Columbia River and various other irrigation [Public. N0-,433-I p . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the _ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following $¤°,£‘}"QF§‘5i*,§Y°" sums are hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money th{g,*,jg¢ig)g¢;g;¤,;Iggin the Treasury not otherwise a propriated, to be immediately tion progoasopmo. ` available for expenditure by the Secretar of the Interior, namely: P'°j°°“°°“"“°°°°‘ For invwtigations of the feasibility og irrigation by gravity or pumping, water sources, water storage, and related problems on the Columbia River and its tributaries, including the Columbia gasin project, $100,000; the Umatilla Rapids project, $50,000; in all, 150,000. For cooperative and miscellaneous investigations of the feasibility p,g§§§,'_ ’°°‘“”"“°“ of reclamation projects, $125,000 annually. Approved, February 21, 1923. _ February 21,1923. CHAP. 102.-An Act Autlmnzing the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, l`H.R.13351.l to deliver to the Daughters of the American Revolution of the State of South Carolina [Public, No. su.] the silver service which was used upon the battleship South Carolina. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amerika in Congress assembled, That the Secretary b,;€,§§s*{,*; C¤¤>u¤¤" of the Navy is authorized, in his discretion, to deliver to the custody save; amos me of the Dau hters of the American Revolution of the State of Sout }’§g‘l,‘}“,g'f,{§‘§,,§§’,°1’§‘§$ Carolina, fgr preservation and exhibition, the silver service which {gg°¤· M $0****1 °¤¤> was presented by the State of South Carolina and used upon the ` battleship South Carolina while the said battleshi was in commission: Provzkled, That no expense shall be incurred) by the United Nosxpim. States for the delivery of such silver service. Approved, February 21, 1923. Febmuz , . CHAP. 105.-An Act To amend section 2294, United States Revised Statutes, [S. lgrlm relating to homesteads. [Public, No. L15.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Ryrresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assemble , That section 2294, §“,*,§‘;§‘;§’·mmu' Revised Statutes of the United States as amended by the Act of ¤¢gl; 01 32, wvd 3; March 11, 1902 (Thirty-second Statutes, page 63), and the Act of p.5s.' p` ’ ' March 4. 1904 ( T hirty-third Statutes, page 59), be amended to read ,,,§,§§;,_§‘f°·22°*· P·“"· as follows: “ Src. 2294. That hereafter all proofs, atlidavits, and oaths of any ncgrgdvggggcwgthexg kind whatsoever required to be made by applicants and entrymen mths, sw., my be under the homestead, preemption, timber-cu ture, desert-land, and m“°‘ timber and stone Acts. may in addition to those now authorized to take such aiiidavits, proofs, and oaths be made before any United States commissioner or commissioner of the court exercising Federal jurisdiction in the Territory or before the judge or clerk of any 42150°-—23——81
