52 FIFTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 166, 167. 1901. tively, as of the date of the ouster of such settlers, respectively, from said lands by either The Dalles Military Wagon Road ‘ompany or the Eastern Oregon Land Company, successor in interest to The Dalles Military Wagon Road Company, in pursuance of the ]udgment and decree of the Su reme Court of the United States affecting the title to said lands; and) it is hereby made the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to ascertain the dates, respectively, when such settlers, or any of them, iirst made settlement upon said lands, and also toascertain _ the dates when they or either of them were, respectively, dispossessed of their lands; and in all cases where an * of such settlers are still in the possession of the lands so claimed) by them, respectively, the reasonable value of the same and the improvements thereon shall be determined by the Secretary of the Interior as of the date of the passage of this Act. _ m§"‘§,°,*j,,‘§,?§nmQ§°é§j An it is hereby made the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to pmme wmascertain whether any of such settlers, and if so, their names, rezpectively, have since the date of the decision of the Su reme Court. o the United States, hereinbefore referred to, purc from said Dalles . MilitaryWagon Road Company, or the Eastern Oregon Land Company, their right to the lands so settled upon, the dates of such pure ases, respectively, a description of the lands so purchased, and the amount of money or other compensation paid, respectively, by each thereof to said wagon road companies or eit er of them. bggiggfgftgggglfg Sec. 2. That it shall be further the duty of the Secretary of the mg mam, em. Interior to ascertain the names of all persons who made entries of said }§{j§·;°j §j gg? lands under the rovisions of section three of the Act of September "°l·2”»P-*5- twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety (Twenty-sixth Statutes, page four hundred and ninety-six), and the amendments thereto, and a description of the lands so entered, respectively. and to ascertain the value of the improvements made thereon by such entryinen, respectively, between the date of the restoration of Said lands to entry and the date of ouster, or, in the event-there has been no ouster, then as of the date of the passage of this Act. pr{g;lj,yge¥tl;g¤¤¤¢ Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior ` further to ascertain for what price and on what terms the Eastern Oregon Land Company, successor in interest of The Dalles Military V\'agon Road Company, would relinquish to the settlers the lands cglaimed by them, respectively, together with the improvements t ereon. ' ‘°¤’°"~ Sec. 4. That it is hereby made the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to make a full and specitic report to Con ·ess, on or before the tirst day of the next session, in pursuance of thi; jurisdiction and duties imposed on him by this Act. _ Approved. February 26. 1904. Fe*>r¤;>rr?6-1904. CHAP. 167.-An Act Permitting the building of a dam across the Mississippi __ Qi_%{ll°`gl__ River at or near the village of Sauk Rapids, Benton County, Minnesota, mama. sn. as.] _ _ _ _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and [Iowa QfRQ]”é8€72¢dZdT€8 of the Uizited §f,‘f';jQ*}lQ¥,Ql£‘§$;,er States¢gfr4212er·2`i·4w in ( V//1[]7‘¢’N·* assembled, That the consent of Congress $:2 $$1%% my is hereby granted to the Sauk Rapids Water Power Company. a corm¤{,_ p` °‘ poration organized under the laws of the State of Minnesota, its sue cessors and assigns, to build a dam across the Mississippi River at or
- near the Sauk Rapids, so called, in said river, and at or near the village
of Sauk Rapids, Benton County, Minnesota, for the development of water power, and such works and structures in connection therewith as may be necessary or convenient in the development of said power i 0, www and in the utilization of the power thereby developed: I’¢·<wéeled, •»r¤v¤iilhn»»ew. That the plans for the construction of said dam and appurtenant
