56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 297-299-MAY 9, 1942 [CHAPTER 297] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease for the exploitation of silica sand and other nonmetallic minerals, lands withdrawn by Executive Order Numbered 5105, dated May 3, 1929. 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 be, and he is hereby, authorized, under the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to promote the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, oil shale, gas, and sodium on the public domain", approved February 25, 1920, as amended, so far as applicable, to lease for the exploitation of the deposits of silica sand and other nonmetallic minerals found thereon, the lands withdrawn by Executive Order Numbered 5105, dated May 3, 1929. Approved, May 9, 1942. [CHAPTER 298] AN ACT To reserve certain public lands in California for the benefit of the Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester Rancheria. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subject to all valid existing rights and claims, lot 15, section 1, township 12 north, range 17 west, Mount Diablo meridian, California, being part of the public lands of the United States, be, and the same is hereby, with- drawn from entry, sale, or other disposition and set aside as an addition to the Manchester Rancheria in California, for the exclusive use and benefit of the Manchester Band of Pomo Indians residing thereon. Approved, May 9, 1942. [CHAPTER 299] AN ACT To revive and reenact the Act entitled "An Act granting the consent of Congress to the State of Michigan to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge or series of bridges, causeways, and approaches thereto, across the Straits of Mackinac at or near a point between Saint Ignace, Michigan, and the Lower Peninsula of Michigan", approved September 25, 1940. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act approved September 25, 1940, granting the consent of Congress to the State of Michigan to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge or series of bridges, causeways, and approaches thereto, across the Straits of Mackinac at or near a point between Saint Ignace, Michigan, and the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, be, and is hereby, revived and reenacted: Provided, That this Act shall be null and void unless the actual construction of the bridge herein referred to be commenced within two years and completed within four years from the date of approval hereof. SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly reserved. Approved, May 9, 1942. 273 May 9, 1942 [S. 1331] [Public Law 545] Lease of designated lands. Exploitation of non- metallic minerals. 41 Stat. 437. 30 U. S. C. §§181- 263. May 9, 1942 [S. 1927] [Public Law 546] Manchester Band of Pono Indians, Calif. May 9, 1942 IS. 21331 [Public Law 547] Straits of Mackinac. Construction of bridge across. 54 Stat. 961. Proviso. 65714--43 -T . --- 18
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