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FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. CHS. 2927-2929. 1907. 1411 reserved for the use of the United States in ursuance of the provi- "°*·"·2·P-”“- sions of the Act of July first, nineteen hunclied and two: Pro/vided, ggziggance mm, That before such cession shall be made the government of Porto Rico w me Uuim sums shall, by proper authority, cede, convey, release, and transfer to f°” """"°°°"°°l°”‘ the United States the following tracts of land, together with all buildings and improvements thereon: That tract or parcel of land D¤¤¢¤*v¤<>¤- containing about eleven acres, extending east from the new wireless station, between the north line of the survey heretofore made by the Navy Department and the south line of the militar reservation, to the tract of four and ’fifty-nine hundredths acres gelonging to and reserved by the insular government for jail or penitentiary purposes; also, that triangular tract or parcel of land containing sevewtenths of an acre, lying to the northward of the western portion of the present naval hospital reservation, extending to the army reservation line, also, all public lands of Porto Rico south of the scarp wall on the Barrio de la Puntilla. Approved, March 4, 1907, 11 a. m. CHAP. 2928.-An Act Providing for the completion by the Secretary of War cia. March 4.1907- monument to the memory of the American soldiers who fell in the battle of New [$8292] Orleans at Chalmette, Louisiana, and making the necessary appropriation therefor. [Public,N0.263.] Be it enacted ky the Senate and House of Representati·ves of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of twenty-tive gmmeglehoh- I thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, or so much moliipiililieuz liz ii thereof as may be necessary, out of any money in the Treasury of the §,‘}}§’,§, §§‘,‘}0f§}L,§ United States not otherwise appro mated, for the completion of a monument to the memoryx of the soldiers who fell in the battle of New Orleans in the war of eig teen hundred and twelve, said monument to be completed under the direction and approval of the Secretary of War: lgmrided, That the State of Louisiana shall cede and transfer @•,g°,m,sh me its jurisdiction to the property on which said monument is to be com- ` pleted in accordance with the provisions of act numbered forty-one of the legislature of that State, a}pproved July nineteenth, nineteen hundred and two: Provided furt er, That when said monument is com- M¤i¤re¤¤¤¤¤.¤¢c- pleted the responsibility of maintaining the same and keeping the grounds surrounding it shall remain with the United Daughters of Seventeen hundred and seventy-six and Eighteen hundred and twelve, free of any expense or responsibility on the part of the Government of the United States. Approved, March 4, 1907, 11 a. m. CHAP. 2929.-An Act To confer certain civic rights on the Metlakahtla Indians March 4.1907. of Alaska. __ lS‘8m;l_ ___ Public.‘So.264. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United [ 1 States of America in Omyress assembled, That all Indians of the _ _ · _ hm Tsimpsean or Haida tribe of the full or mixed blood who emggrated muiemh giliiisiizet from British Columbia and settled at Nletlakahtla on Annette sland, l‘“h‘l“l“d‘“““ "‘· in southeastern Alaska, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven and subsequent years, as well as all escendants of such Indians, and all other Indians who have since become and remained bona fide residents of said Metlakahtla, Alaska, shall, if otherwise qualified, `be May be pwensea as entitled to receive and obtain licenses as masters, pilots, and engineers, ’“”‘“”‘ l”l°"’ °'°‘ as the case may be, of any and all steamboats and other craft, and also licenses as operators of motor boats and other craft, subject to the a»:e,p.w4. provisions of the Act of Congress approved May sixteenth, nineteen