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FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 21-24. 1893. 415 of the Navy and the Attorney-General, not be prejudicial to the interests of the United States: Provided, That the right, title, and interest rpms. to so much of this land as may be needed as sites for dikes, shall be D‘k”· “*°· retained by the United States, together with the right to maintain and control said dikes. Approved, January 6, 1893. CHAP.22.—An act for reliefof the Citadel Academy, of Charleston, South Carolina. January 5, 1g9g_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America ln Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, emma Academy, and is hereby, authorized and directed to relieve the Citadel Academy C’§‘;}§j§Q3· W of the State of South Carolina, at Charleston, South Carolina, irom all sponsibility an burnt money responsibility for so much of the ordnance and ordnance stores °'°'““'°°· °*°‘ issued to said Citadel Academy under its bond dated May eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-oue, as was destroyed by fire on March fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Approved, January 6, 1893. CHAP. 23.-An act to amend an act entitled "An act authorizin the sale of title January 7, 1893. of the United States in lot three in square south of square nine hundred and ninety," ——-———-—;~ approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act authorizing sale squm south or of title of United States in lot three in square south of square nine “‘*§Q§§{“·D·°· hundred and ninety be amended by adding thereto the following: “Pro- Vvl- zap. 842- vided, That the conveyance authorized and directed by this act shall ¥{§'f,"Y,} U_ S_ N be a quitclaim and relinquishment only of any title that the United l¢¤¤¢·i- States may have in and to said lot, and that in no event shall the Nonimamy for United States be liable for any costs, expenses, damages, or taxes in °°“*°· °'°· relation to said lot, and that the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to so qnitclaim, release, and convey the title of the United States in said lot to the said Baker and Sanborn upon the payment into the Treasury by them of three thousand two Price hundred dollars." Approved, January 7, 1893. CHAP. 24.-An act to amend an act approved April twenty-second, eighteen hun· Jmuny 9, 18g;;, dred and ninety. authorizing the Natchitoches Cane River Bridge Company to cou- ———-—-—-·———-— struct and maintain a bridge acros Cane River, in Louisiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act approved April rmigzmmss cme twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An act to RQ;};,, ,6, c,,,,,,,.,,,,, authorize the Natchitoches Cane River Bridge Company to construct i¤r_¤x$¤¤·1¤]- and maintain a bridge across Cane River, in Louisiana," be, and is °l‘2°'p'°9' hereby, amended so that the time within which the actual construction of said bridge may be commenced is hereby extended for the period of one year from the date of the approval of this act. Approved, January 9, 1893.