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818 F IFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 3938-3941. 1906. md- And the Secretary of War shall require from such institutions or homes a bond in each case in double the value of the property issued, for the care and safe-keeping thereof and for the return of the same mM to the United States when required: Provided, That the issues herein ` provided for shall be made onl to institutions u on recommendation of the governors of States and 'llerritories and shall not be made in any case to any educational institution to which issues of such stores are allowed to be madc under provisions of existing law. Approved, June 30, 1906. June 30.1906. CHAP. 3989.-An Act To authorize Henry T. Henderson and his associates to [K B- zum] divert the waters of Little River in the State of Alabama from the lands of the United [Public, No. mc.] States for use of electric light and power plant. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 'é*g}§yI,}f‘{§;hg;jé0¤ States of Ammlca ln Congress_a.cse1nbled, That there be, and is hereby, grlpylgilzeisrlggzzponr granted r:ln;plHepry tlliendertgon agdiaspacigges the fpightlor guthorrtty ‘ o rpe yrver ewarso re rver omansown by Pttlre United States of America, and situated in Mays Gulf, in township eight south, range nine east, in the State of Alabama, for the purpose of storing and utilizing said waters in the operation of a waterpower plant to be erected at or near Blanche, in C erokee County, in the State of Alabama, for the generation of electric ene or ower, aww. and the sale of electric light and electric power: Hmzwg, Tliat the ’°’“‘°‘“· said Henry T. Henderson and associates shall pay to the Secretary of the Interior the reasonable value thereof within six months after the passage of this Act, the value to be iixed by the register and receiver of the land office in the district where said water is located, and on failure to pay for the same the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, declare forfeited the right to divert said water. Approved, June 30, 1906. Juneau, 1900. CHAP. 3940.——An Act To authorize the Missouri Central Railroad Company to [H· R·“°“5·] construct and maintain a bridge across the Missouri River near the city of Saint [Public, No. 409.] Charles, in the State of Missouri. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R esentanrves of the United §§§,j_,°Q§} lg;?',,,, States {Ammon in Congress assembled, mt the Missouri Central gnnnum c¤mp:¥ Railroa Company, a corporation of the State of Missouri, is hereby mK;c¤¤h"d°;¤_°'g°_ authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a brid e across the Missouri River connecting the counties of Saint Charles and Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri, at the section from a point about three and one—half miles south of west of the city of Saint Charles, in the County of Saint Charles, to a point due south in Saint Louis 4*% 1*-8*- County, rn said State, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. smmrsmr. Sec. 2. at the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, June 30, 1906. June 00, 19G. CHAP. 3941.-An Act To authorize the Missouri Central Railroad Com [ [H;;- :*176-] zpdfmaintain a bridge across the Missouri River near the city of Pub o. 410.] U 8 · UFL Be it enacted by tire Senate and House ofRqn·eser»tative0 of the United gigsggrégivggnm States of America zn Congmva assembled, That the Missouri Central anime Company Rarlroad Company, a corporation of the State of Missouri, is hereby gf; gm- "’ GM authorized to construct, maintain, and o rate a bridge across the Missouri River, connecting the counties ofplloward and Saline, in the