26 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. (Jus. 9, 10, 12. 1893, 1894. P~·*••· Provided, That any violation of the oonditions mentioned in this see- "°"°“"° tion shall operate as a forfeiture of all rights and privnleges of smd railway company under this not. _ num; or more- Sm. 11. That all mortgages executed by said company conveying °""‘ any portion of its railway with the franchises, that may be constructed _ in said Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory, shall be recorded in · the Department of the Interior, and the record thereof shall be evndence andnoticeof their execution, and shall convey all rights and properties of said company as therein expremed subject to the provisions of this act. Amendment, ew. Sec. 1.2. That Congress may at any time amend, alter, or repeal this act, and the rights herein granted shall not be assigned or transferred in any way or form whatever except as to mortgages or other hens that may be given or secured thereon to aid in the construction therootl Approved, December 21, 1893. _ J nnuuy 11, rm. CHAP. 10.-An Act Relating to tbcdisqualilication of ro§iat¤n and receivers of the
- 1* United States land omces, and making provision in cans o such disqualification.
Ba it enacted the Senate and House of Representative: of the United Egiawnmn re States of Ameri?: in Congress assembled, That no register or receiver f:{:f;§’,°§,§';§,”_;*;i€ shall receive evidence in, hear or determine any cause pending in any any i¤r¤¤•¢¤·!.¤¤=. district land omoe in which cause he is interested directly or indirectly, or has been of counsel, or where he is related to any of the parties in interest by consanguiniuy or aiiiuity within the fourth degree, computing by the rules adopted by the common law. g;•»·•|·i¢¤¤·>¤ ¤f Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of every register or receiver so dis- °qualiiiod to report the fact of his disqualiiicatiou to the Commissioner - of the General Land Oftlce, as soon as he shall ascertain it, and before _ the hearing of such cause, who thereupon, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, shall designate some other register, receiver, or special agent of the Land Department to act in the place of the disqualified officer, and the same authority is conferred on the officer so designated which such register or receiver would otherwise have possessed to actin such case. Approved, January 11, 1894. January 22, 1801. ¢HA.P. 12.-An Act To amend an Act of Congress approved May twelfth, eighteen —— ~ —-——- hundred and ninety, granting to the Aransas Pans Harbor Company the right; to improve Aransas Pass. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Repreaenlativea of the United 5mm_ 1,,,, Eh, seam of Ameyicq in Congress assembled, That the Aransas Pass Harbor n»·¥}m`_ for mmm, (jmnpanynwhnch 18 engaged in the improvement of Aransas Pass under invwik emuuea. the provisions contamed in an Act of Congress entitled “An Act for the <·¤-2* ¤·-1***- improvement ot Aransas Pass," approved May twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety, is hereby relieved trom the conditions of said Ae: which require the construction of said work to be commenced within one year troun the date of its approval and to be diligently prosecuted by the expenditure of at least three hundred thousand dollars per annum therearter. and to secure a navigable depth over the outer bar of tiiteen teet of water within three years after the date of approval of mid Act, and of twenty feet within ive years from said date; mul the said company ` IS hereby 3lI¥h0l`|@€d to Gvntinue Mid complete its work of improvement {HZ?.".;.,,;.. of “S.*°* f°“h m wd Act: Provided, '1`lmm work shan be resumed by th., ww:. said Aransas Fass Harbor Company within six months from the date of approvral of this act, and shall be diligently prosecuted to completion, and said company shall secure a navigable depth over the outer bar of Rmmmn on ML at least twenty feet of water within two years from the date of approval ,,,,_ of tins act. And in the event of said company failing to resume said
