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SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHs. 218-220. 1924. 247 being forty acres of land described as southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 34, township 1 north, range 8 east, of Saint Stephens meridian, be, and the same are hereby, granted, released, and relinqpislied by the United States to the equitable owners of the equita le titles thereto and to their respective heirs and assigns forever, as fully and completely in every respect whatever as could . be done by patents issued according to law: Provided, That the giioiniight, ac., oi confirmations granted hereby shall amount only to a relinquishment g,{‘,$§’g,_ S““°’ mu"' of any title that the United States has or is supposed to have in N . . and to any of said lands, and shall not be construed to abridge, im- paugafahd right mb pair, injure, prejudice, or divest in any manner any valid right, title, and interest of any person or body corporate whatever, the true intent of this Act being to concede and abandon all right, title, and interest of the United States to those persons, estates, firms, or corporations who would be the true and lawful owners of said lands under the laws of Alabama, including the laws of prescri tion, in the absence of said interest, title, and estate of the United States. Approved, May 31, 1924. Ma 31,1924. CHAP. 219.—An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Pittsburgh Coal, Land and Railroad Company to construct a bridge across the Tug Fork [P“b“°· N°· 166-] of Big Sandy River at or near Nolan, in Mingo County, West Virginia, to the Kentucky side, in Pike County, Kentucky. Be it enacted the Senate and House 0 Re entatives o the United States ofbiiimeriea in Congress assei‘nbZeid’:`8'lg.`liat the cogisent sag? digi?. °f mg of Congress is hereby granted to the Pittsburgh Coal, Land and Rail- Lf,{,““8*Q,§"},‘g,,(f,‘f,?,{; road Company, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and its successors and ggxumrg rg? Mwassigns, to construct, maintain, and o erate a bridge and approaches ’ ' thereto across the Tug Fork of Big Sandy River at a oint suitable to the interests of navigation at or near Nolan, in the county of Mingo, State of West Virginia, to the Kentucky side, in the county C ummm of Pike, State of Kentucky, in accordance with the provisions of the Vgl.34,p.S·l.. Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906. _ A t Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is ` hereby expressly reserved. Approved, May 31, 1924. M 31,1m. h CHAP. 220.-—An Act To authorize the setting aside of certain tribal lands [H{yR·W6·l ,_ within the Quinaielt Indian Reservation in Washington, for lighthouse purposes. iP¤bl*°· N°· mil Be it enacted b the Senate and House of Representatives of the . . D . United States ogeigmerica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary izgéwiiigiil wgm of the Interior , and he is hereby, authorized set aside for light- ““’°”°‘ house purposes, lot 5 in section 13 and lot _1 sectron_24, township 21 north, range 13 west of Willamette meridian, within the Quinaielt Indian Reservation, in Washington, containing a total of forty-three V and twent ·hundredths acres: Provided, That the Secretary of Com- {}§%§§;, ;.,,,_ mm merce shail pay the Indians therefor, from the appropriation for the {)·*rg’;;,*;°gg;_S“““ °¤" general expenses of the Lighthouse Service for the fiscal year in which this reservation is made, sugh priceé for the lzgndls sgt aside hereunder as ma be agreed upon the ecreta o the nterior _ and the Secreta y of Commerce: Prgevided furthe? That the funds ¤1F¤i¥`g°§ai(i$bi’g» thus derived shalg be deposited in the the United States “°”I'““‘"°' to the credit of the In ans of the Quinaielt rvation, and shall be subject to expenditure for their benefit in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may deem for their best interests.