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658 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 224, 225. 1909. hhgwlggf- C Relating to the use, control, and ownership of lands in the

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[Publi , N .zs4.] c 0 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives gthe United f_•;¤:;£>¤:i mic States of America in Congress assem led, That the resident IS imaoou. Pu hereby authorized to grant leases of the public lands in the Canal Zone, Isthmus of Panama, for such (pleriod, not exceeding twenty-Eve {Tears, and upon such terms and con 'tions as he may deem advisable. ¤<>¤d*¤¤¤¤· o lease, however, shall be granted for a tract of land in excess of hftyghelctares, npr;) to any pehson whq shall notblgave firstfsteiblisheqi y avit an y suc other proo as may require , t at suc person is the head of a family or over the age of twenty-one years, and that the {application for a lease_is made in (good faith for the tpurposes 0; actu - settlqmtepto and culgwaatihn, az]; not for this henghtlpf . any other erson w ver, an a suc person wi a1t y Preference zoooou- comply with all the requirements of law as to settlement, residence, ""“’· and cultgvation. In grhnthig suchohqakseslpmfemnw shall be accorded to actua occupants o an s in g ait . ‘·•¤°*°*°¤P*·°**· theiac. ?t mpgipn ofiiihe langs of niihe Unihqdl Sitates withen an ne ease ereun er u ess it s rst be ma e ’ to_ appear, by a statement or plat filed by the Isthmian Canal Com- ` mission with the collector of revenues for the Canal Zone, that it is not contemplated to use such lands in the work of canal construction ,,£“‘P**°” °"“"‘ or to set the 881110 aside as a town site; and all leases shall be made subject to the provision that if at any time it shall become necessary, notwithstanding, for the United States to occupy or use any ortion of the leased lands, it shall have the right to so do without liurther compensation to the lessee than for the reasonable value of the uec arywimprovements made upon said tracts by the lessee, the Mi _ h ame to determined by the courts of the Canal Zone. ,m,$gf,fl·°*°·· ”¥ ” Sec. 3. That all leases of lands hereunder shall reserve to the United States all mineral, oil, and gas rights in the lands leased. survey. Sec. 4. That the hrelsidgnt mgy, 111 his discretion, require a land survey to ma e o the ana one. m¥g;i1t¢;s•¤¤¤ ¤f •¤- Sec. 5. That the (powers conferred upon the President under this ' Act may be exercise by him through the Isthmian Canal Commission or in such other manner as he may designate. Approved, February 27, 1909. Fb ,1909. cKA1>.225.—A AVP .dhf h l' ‘ o [;u?;'9’é;”€¤m] glixognrehscgqinéi ¤?..'i.’§f€Z}., t§..T»1"H{JoT$§’,?`5¤S°§$l¤`1£§§gT‘¥S¤§t'§E°Jl‘§ , 0. » H . Be it enacted b·y the Senate and House of Representatives_ of the United _1}_%;ng¤;§£‘é-rga for States of America on Congress assemble , That section six of the Act onogxosot Yankton, qpproyed April fifth, mneteen hundred and four, authorizing the

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Rqiliopg Company. bmed ran cad, wagon,_and foot-passcnver bridge, across the Missouri l,,,,;,,,;_’{g7f,,;m.,.;. River at or near the city of Yankton, South Dakota, as amended by M the Act approved May twentieth, nineteen hundred and eight, be, and the same is hereby, so amended that the time within which the said bridge is required to be commenced shall be within one ear and the time within which it is required that the said bridge shall be com- Itdeteh shall be within three years from the date of the approval of `s ct. Approved, February 27, 1909.