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426 FIFTYSECOND oonennss. sms. 11. ons. 49-52. 1893. bridge, and in that case shall refer the matter without delay to the Attorney-General of the United States, whose duty it shall be to institute, in the name of the United States, proceedings in any circuit court of the United States within whose jurisdiction such bridge, or any part thereof, is located for the recovery of the amount so expended by the Government and all wsts of such proceedings, and all moneys accruing goin such proceedings shall be covered into the Treasury of the United tates. csmuamcsmm mi Sec. 7. That if the construction of the bridge hereby authorized shall "°‘“*“°"°“‘ not be commenced within two years from the time this act takes effect, and be completed within five years after the same date, then this act shall be void, and all rights hereby conferred shall cease and determine. Ammimens, sm. Sec. 8. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved, and the right to require any changes in said structure, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners, whenever the Secretary of Wai- shall decide that the public interests require it, is alsoexpressly reserved. Approved, January 26, 1893. January 27.1893- CHAP. 50.-—An act to establish 21 life-saving station at Gay Head, on the coast of 1;*** Massachusetts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Gay m¤¤i,Mm. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Lifessaving station Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to establish a life-saving sta- °“““‘“‘“'“"’· tion at or near Gay Head, on the coast of Massachusetts, at such point as the General Superintendent of the Life·Saving Service may recommm. mend: Provided, That the cost thereof shall not exceed the sum of ten °°‘°‘ thousand dollars. Approved, January 27, 1893. Januayy gg, 1g9g_ CHAP. 51.-An act relating to post traderships. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the United Pm uulmhips- States of America in Congress assembled, That where a vacancy now vmmm mz at be exists or hereafter occurs in the position of post trader at any military °“°‘*· post it shall not be filled, and the authority to make such appointment Pr¤¤¤~· is hereby terminated: Provided, That in the event of the death of a post Closing business or trader his personal representative shall be allowed by the Secretary of "°°°““° °“‘d°"‘ War a reasonable time in which to close the business. Approved, January 28, 1893. ·Y¤¤¤¤f$ 2% Um- CHAP. 52.-An act to authorize the Court of Claims to hear and determine the ""“‘““ “‘““"“ claims of certain New York Indians against the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United New rmi nnmus. States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction is hereby (_f:lagmf¤•é med in eonterred on the Court of Claims to hear and enter up judgment as if ‘°'" ° “"“”‘ it had original jurisdiction of said case, the claim of the New York Indians, being those Indians who were parties to the treaty of Buffalo V¤¤-7·r>·550- Creek, New York, on the dtteenth of January, eighteen hundred and thirtyeight, against the United States, growing out of the alleged unexecuted stipulations of said treaty on the part of the United States. rmmmmgs. In the hearing and adjudication of said case said court may proceed upon the iinding of facts already made. upon a reference of said claim to said court, tiled on the eleventh day of January, eighteen hundred