1028 FIFTY—SEVEN TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 1000-1002. 1903. thousand dollars to one hundred and ninety thousand dollars; and to enable the Secretary of War to make this increase in the price of this work and to make payment therefor the sum of forgy thousand dollars uma. is hereby a pro riated: Provided, That if in the ju gment of the Sec- C°"dm°°’ retary of Vgar the carriage, emplacement, and loading mechanism can be completed for the sum hereby appropriated, and when completed wiilllbe of service to the Government, the appropriation herein made s al be available.‘ Approved, March 3, 1903. March 3. 1903- CHAP. 1001.-An Act Authorizing and empowering the Secretary of War to locate
a right of way for and granting the same and a right_to operate an_ maintain a line
of railroad through the Vancouver Barracks and Military Reservation, in the State of Washington, to the Portland, Vancouver and Yakima Railway Company, its successors and assigns. V Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 f Rqrresentatives 0 f the United m:’,;¤g,g“,$;;h 3** States of America in Omzgress assembled, That the Secretary of War is Poi-uahd, van- hereby authorized and empowered to locate a right of wa , not exceed- §’,‘§Y,$§yg¤,],{§‘§,‘,;'{,“{ ing one hundred feet in width, through the lands of the Vancouver °‘ my ¤¤‘°¤8h· Barracks and Military Reservation if in his judgment it can be done · in such a manner as not to interfere with the uses of said reservation for military pu oses by the United States; and when said right of way shall be sorlbcated it is hereby granted durinv the pleasure of Congress to the Portland, Vancouver and Yakima Ilailway, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Washington, its suc- _ cessors and assigns, for the purfose of constructing a railroad and ‘
0, WU ,0 telegraph line thereon: Provide , That the said right of way and the
prescribe use. ew- width and location thereof through said lands, the compensation therefor, and the regulations for operating said railroad within the limits of the said military reservation S6 as to prevent all damage to public ppoperty or for public uses shall be (prescribed by the Secretary of ar prior to any entry upon said lan s or the commencement of the R¤V¤¤*°¤· construction of said works: Provided also, That whenever said right of way shall cease to be used for the purposes aforesaid the same shall revert to the United States. Amendment. 11S2X. 2. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal t is ct. Approved, March 3, 1903. M”’°b 3· 19% CHAP. 1002.-An Act To amend section one of the Act of Congress approved May [Pubns, Nc. 152.] fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled_ "An Act extending the homestead laws and providing for a right of way for railroads in the district of Alaska." Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRq>resentatiz—es of the Cboited glfzlggumaws gx_ States of America in Ocngress assembled, That all the provisions of the umm m. homestead laws of the United States not in condict with the provisions ,,,l[,‘§,},;f°· “ ‘°°* of this Act, and all rights incident thereto, are hereby extended to the dg2°;g§?¤g{;f** 5*2,gj district of Alaska, su ject to such regulations as may be made by the ness.' Secretary of the Interior; and no indemnitv, deficiency, or lieu land selections pertaining to any land grant outside of the district of Alaska shall be made, and no land scrip or land warrant of any kind whatsoever shall be located within or exercised upon any lands in said district Maximum entries. except as now provided by law; and rovided further that no more than one hundred and sixtyacres shall) be entered in any single body bv such scrip, lieu selection, or soldier’s additional homestead right;
