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SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHs. 235-237. 1909. 683 smnmN’s nvsrrrurn AT xonix. Contribution toward the support of the Seamen’s Institute at K§gg"*°¤’¤ I¤¤°*°¤°°· Kobé, to be paid by the Secretary of State upon the assurance that ` relief will be afforded by the said institute to indigent American — seamen, twenty-five dollars. CONTINGENT EXPENSES, UNITED STATES CONSULATEB. Expenses of proviall such stationery, blanks, record and other °°”“¤¤°¤* °*· books seals, pressesludags, signs, rent (allowance for rent not to pmw'°°mmms` exceed in any case thirty per centum of the ofIicers’ salary), postage, furniture, statistics, newspapers, freight (foreign and domestic), telegrams, advertising, messenger service, traveling expenses of consular officers and consular assistants, compensation of Chinese writers, loss by exchange, and such other miscellaneous ex enses as the President may think necessary for the several consuiiites and consular agencies m the transaction of their business, five hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. . Approved, March 2, 1909. CHAP. 236.-An Act Gianting to the Montana, Wyoming and Southern Ihilway umn 2, im Company a right of way across the Fort Keogh Military Beservation, Montana. _ [H- B- 2*1*9-l Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United [Public' N0' ml States of America in Congress assembled, That the Montana, Wyoming nm xeogu muand Southern Railway ompany, a ccpéporation duly organized and ii'.3, R°°°""°°"' existing under the laws of the State of yoming, an empowered and m*gg*£;;;:*;{y,Tw*{¢ authorized by the laws of the State of Montana to construct, operate, Qompany muted and maintain a railroad and engage in business therein, be, and is "g°°°‘ ""'°'°“‘ hereby, granted a right of way across the Fort Kecilgh Military Reser- · vation, upon such lme, in the vicinity of the va ey of the Tongge River, as may be approved by the Secretary of War: Provided, T t mwhon the right of way hereby granted shall not exceed one hundred feet in ` width, except where side tracks, spurs, turnouts, turntables, and a station are ocated or are to be located, and at such point or points the right of way shall not exceed two hundred feet on each side of the main track and not exceed two thousand feet in length. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby ·*'"°"d”°°“*- expressly reserved. Approved, March 2, 1909. CHAP. 237.-An Act To extend the time for the completion of the Alaska Central M¤¤‘<‘¤ Z im- Railway, and for other purposes. _ _ [§}‘27°°8‘] · Public No. 29I. Be it enacted by the Senate and Houszpf Representatives of the United [I States pj America in Congress assembl , That the time for filing the w£·¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤·i¤- map o definite location of the Alaska Central Railway, as required nine extended for by the rovisions of chapter two hundred and ninety-nine of the °°{}},‘§l‘§f{°,{f;u0_ Laws ofp the United States entitled "An Act extending the home- ¤Y;1k°£4» v- 798. stead laws and providing for the right of way for railroads in the District of Alaska and for other purposes," approved May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, be, and) the same is hereby, extended for three years from the date of the passage of this Act, and that the time for completion of said Alaska Central Railway be, and the same is hereby, extended for three years from the expiration of the period provided for in the Act entitled "An Act to extend the time for the completion of the Alaska Central Railway, and for othe1;J>1u’poses," approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six: _ Proc ed, That nothing herein contained shall be held or construed Q,,'Y"’°‘,,,,,,,, ,,0, to affect any lawfully accrued rights. ¤¤°°*°d· Approved, March 2, 1909. ·