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75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS . 286-2S8-JUNE 2, 1937 [CHAPTE R 286] AN ACT June 2, 1937 To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge [H . R. 4550] across the Ohio River between Rockport, Indiana, and Owensboro, Kentucky .

[Public, No . 128] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives o f the Uni ted St ate s o f America in Congress assembled, That the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River between Rockport, Indiana, and Owensboro, Kentucky, authorized to be built by the Spencer County Bridge Commission, by an Act of Congress approved June 18, 1934, and extended one and three years, respectively, from June 18, 1936, by an Act of Congress approved April 10, 1936, is again extended one and three years, respectively, from June 18, 1937 . SEC . 2. The ri ht to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly rese rve . Approved, June 2, 1937 . [CHAPTER 288] 1 So in original . Ohio River . Ti me ext ended for bridging, Rockport, Ind ., to Owenshoro, Ky. 48 Star. 1016; 49 Stat . 36, 1199 . Amendmen t. AN ACT June 2, 1937 To declare the Benton Harbor Canal at and above the west line of Ninth Street, [H . R . 51771 Benton Harbor, Michigan, a nonnavigable stream .

[Public, No . 130] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Benton Harbor Canal at and above the west line of Ninth Street, in the city of Benton Harbor and State of Michigan, be, and the same is hereby, declared to be not a navigable water of the United States within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United States . SEC . 2. That the project for the Benton Harbor Canal, authorized by the River and Harbor Act of June 14, 1880, insofar as said project relates to said canal at and above the west line of Ninth Street, in the city of Benton Harbor, Michigan, be, and the same is hereby, abandoned . SEC . 3 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved . Approved, June 2, 1937 . 243 [CHAPTER 287]

AN ACT June 2, 1937 To accept the cession by the State of Arkansas of jurisdiction over all lands now [H.R. 4655] or hereafter included within the Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, and for

[Public, No. 129] others t purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of an Act of the Legislature of the State of Arkansas, approved March 25, 1933 (numbered 16 6), ceding to the United St ates juris- diction over all lands now or hereafter included within the Hot Springs National Park, are hereby accepted, and the provisions of the Act approved April 20, 1904 (33 Stat . 187), as amended by the Acts of March 2, 1907 (34 Stat . 1218), and March 3, 1911 (36 Stat . 1086), relating to the Hot Springs Mountain Reservation, Arkansas, are hereby extended to all lands now or hereafter included within said park . App roved, June 2, 1937 . Hot Springs Na- tional Park, Ark . Jurisdict ion ac- ce pted . 33 Stat. 187; 34 Stat. 1218; 36 Stat . 1086 . 16U.S. 0. ° 376. Benton Harbor Canal . Declared nonnavi- gable, Benton Harbor, Mich . Improvement proj- ect abandoned . 21 Stat . 183 . Amen dment .