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FIFTY—N1NTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHs. 2556-2558. 1907 . 124]. _GHAP. 2556.-An Act Permitting the building of a dam across the Savannah M¤F¤h2,1907· River at Trotters Shoal. ‘ {H- B- 25850-] [Public, No. 215. Be it enacted by the Senate and House af Representatives oft/ie United I States 0_fAmeriea in Congress assembled, That the Hugh MacRae Com- §{¤’¤;¤¤¤l= RM1'- pany, a corporation organized under the laws of South Carolina, its panlyig miiiciiiiuéoxgi successors and assigns, is hereb authorized to construct and main- T‘°"°" S”°“lS· tain a dam across the Savannah lgiver extending from apoint in Elbert County, Georgia, to a point in Abbeville County, South Carolina, upon or in the vicinity of Trotters Shoals, and all works incident thereto in the utilization of the power thereby developed, in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the -*’“°·P-S"- construction of dams across navigable waters," approved June twenty- first, nineteen hundred and six. _ Sec. 2. That the right to amend or repeal this Act is hereby *““°“d'“°“'* expressly reserved. Approved, March 2, 1907. CHAP. 2557.-An Act Providing for the conveyance to the State of North Dakota mmh 2-1907- of certain tracts of land for the use and benefit of the North Dakota State Historical Society, _ [Pubns, No. 21:;.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRe]>¢·ese1itatives of the United States of America in Cbngress assembled, That the Secretary of the fI,2,'§§‘,},);l§‘f§,ug,d Interiorbe, and he is hereb , authorized to allow Milton Lowrie, of with mlm I·°Wi¤· Mandan, North Dakota, who on July twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and four, made homestead entry of the south half of the northwest quarter and the north half of the southwest quarter, section thirteen of township one hundred and thirty-eight north of range eighty-one west, N ort Dakota, to amend said entry by relinquishing to the United States the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of said section thirteen, and taking in lieu thereof the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of said section thirteen. Sec. 2. That, subject to rules and regulations to be {prescribed by ex*;g;*}j;gg¤l*¤¤d¤*¤· the Secretary of the Interior, the owner in fee simple o lots three and ` four of section thirteen of township one hundred and thirty-eight_ north of range eighty-one west, west of the river, in the State of North Dakota, containing thirty-five and one·half acres, may convey said land to the United States and select in lieu thereof lots one and two and the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section twenty-four, same township and range, and receive patent therefor. Sec. 3. That when the nited States shall have acquired title as mf},f,gA***gj} lgpj; aforesaid to said lots three and four and the northeast quarter of the D·,k<>¤»¤,'Srgu¤ Hlswrt southwest quarter of said section thirteen, the Secretary of the Interior °“ S"° °°" shall cause patent to issue to the State of North Dakota for said described tracts for the use and benefit of the North Dakota State Historical Society. conveying to said State all the right, title, and interest of the United States therein. Approved, March 2, 1907. CHAP. 2558.-An Act To establish the Foundation for the Promotion of Indus- Ma-rch 2.1907. trial Peace. _ [Public, No. 217.] Whereas Alfred Bernard Nobel, of the city of Stockholm, in the *"°°·“"’°· Kingdom of Sweden, having by his last will and testament provided that the residue of his estate shall constitute a fund the income from which shall be annually awarded in prizes to those persons who have