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186 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 2439, 2440, 2448. 1906. P*Y’“°”‘°* °°°“· of the Secretary of War or Chief of Engineers: And provided further, That all costs accruing in any suit or proceeding hereunder instituted by the Government or any of its officers or agents shall be borne by the said Central Canal and Irrigation·Company, its successors or assi ns. cg"*¤° °* MBI P*'°· Sho. 2. That in actions against the United States, Secretary of War. ` or Chief of Engineers under this Act the service of all legal process, including summons, orders, writs of injunction, or restraining orders. shall be upon the United States district attorney for the nort ern district of California, and when service of said legal process, summons, orders, writs of injunction, or restraining orders is so made as herein provided the United States, Secretary of War, or Chief of Engineers shall be deemed within the jurisdiction of all courts having jurisdic- _ tion herein for all purposes. _ r,g,;j°°"*"°“ °* Sec. 3. That after fteen years from the passage of this Act the ° rights hereby granted shall be subject to cancellation by the Secretary ` of War, without any further act or procedure on the part of the United States, as to such portion of the waters as are not then applied to bene- Hcial use. The said Central Canal and Irrigation Compan , its successors or assigns, shall have no claim against the United States for _ an y right so canceled. ,,;,‘f““ °* °°“““"“°' `mc. 4. That this Act shall be null and void if the actual construction of the structures for diversion and measurement of water herein authorized be not commenced within two years and completed within live years from the date hereof. ‘“"°““"‘°"‘· Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, May 9, 1906. Mw 10.1906· CHAP. 2440.-An Act Directin the Secreta of the Inr o ll and con r . -.[H..'..R..‘ mm'] r a certain parcel of land to Johnson County, Wyorrhing. tm-10 t Se Wy Public, No. 152.] [ Be it enacted by the Senate and H02t8e ofR@recentatives of the United §£1},‘f}:§§§b,0,,n_ States of Amemba in Lbngreas assembled, That the Secretary of the son cg!. Wm. for Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to sell and °°°rconvey to the county of Johnson, in the State of Wyoming, for a poor farm, the following-described tract of land. to wat: The northeast quarter of the northwest quarter and the north half of the north~ east quarter of section eight, and the north west: uarter of the northwest. quarter of section nine, in township fifty nortli, of range eighty-two west, upon the payment by the said county of the sum of one dollar and twenty-tive cents per acre for the said lands. Approved, May 10, 1906. M»¤y11.190¢i. CHAP. 2448.·—.\u Act To authorize the Postmaster-(ieneml to dispose of usel°· mod _ _ less papers in post-offices. [Public, So. 153.) Be it enacted by the Senate cmd [base 0_fRep7·esentattves of the Matted }',g’;p'*g“”f',§}“$i_c,eSB States of ¢·l7Tl0‘;Ct¢ in Lbngress assembled, That the Postmaster-General papers in po¤w¤1ccs· is hereby authorized to sell as waste pa er or otherwise dispose of the tiles of papers which have accumulatedpor may hereafter accumulate in post-offices, that are not needed in the transaction of current busi-

  • "°'~“"*· ness and have no permanent value or historical interest, and pay the

proceeds of sa1d sales into the Treasury as postal revenues. Approved, May 11, 1906.