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SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 226, 227, 230. 1910. 355 with the laws of the United States as he may deem necessary or proper for the care, protection, management, and improvement of the same, ~ which regulations shall provide for the preservation of the park in a state of nature so far as is consistent with the purposes of this Act, and for the care and protection of the fish and game within the boundaries thereof. Said Secretary may, in his discretion, execute leases to par- Le¤¤e¤¢o¤no¤e1s,eu¤. cels of ground not exceeding ten acres in extent at any one place to any one person or company, for not to exceed twenty years, when such ground is necessary for the erection of buildings for the accommodation of visitors, and to parcels of ground not exceeding one acre in extent and for not to exceed twenty years to rsons w 0 have heretofore erected or whom he may hereafter autlizrize to erect summer homes or cottages; he may also sell and permit the removal of such tgiergovsg or dead, matured, or dead or down timberas he may deem necessary or advisable ° " m r' for the protection or improvement of the park. Approved, May 11, 1910. . CHAP. 227.-An Act To authorize the Secretar of the Interior to dispose of a Mw u· 191* fractional tract of land in the Lawton (Oklahoma) limd district at appraised value. ic, 0.1 2.] Be it enacted ka; the Senate and House of Representattves of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the g5g“¢{g¤diuwwu Intierior is herebyd authorized and directedotlplsguse an appraisemeéig ous. ’ an sale to be ma e to the cit of Lawton, oma at the a rais value of one certain fractioryial tract of land described as Ifgllowsz Beginning at a point two hundred and seventy feet east and four hun- Descrlpuon. dred and fourteen feet south of the four section corners between sections nineteen, twenty, twenty-nine, and thirty, respectively, in township two north, ran e eleven west, Comanche County, Oklahoma; . thence southeasterly gmr thousand nine hundred and ninety feet along the west boundary line of the Saint Louis and San Francisco Railway Company right of way to a point where said west boundary line of said railway crosses the south boundary line of the southwest quarter of section twenty-nine, township two north, range eleven west, Indian meridian, Comanche County, Oklahoma; thence westerly one thousand four hundred and fifty-one feet along the south boundary line of said southwest quarter section twenty-nine, township two north, ran e eleven west, Indian meridian, to a point where the east line of tge Chica o, Rock Island and Pacific Railway right of way crosses the southioundary line of the said uarter section; thence northeasterly four thousand eight hundred and fifty and sixty-five one-hundredths feet along the east boundary line of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway right of way to the place of beginni , consisting of seventy-five and thirty-eight hundredths acres of lariil]`; more or less, situated in Comanche County, Oklahoma: Provided, That the land Zmw-I shall be appraised at its agricultural value exclusive of any additional ` value by reason of wells, tanks, pum s, vats, and other expenditures and improvements made or erected gy the said city of Lawton, Oklahoma, in their use of said tract as an auxiliary water-pumping station: Pro#vz'dedji¢rther, That the city of Lawton shall have six months from 01>¤¤¤f¤=v¤¤¤¤¤¤¢· date of appraisement to purchase said tract. Approved, May 11, 1910. CHAP. 230.-An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post-Omce §“§,1%1Q%°j De(partment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, all for other purposes, [Public. No. 173.] Be it enacted the Senate and House Re esentatives 0 the United States 0] Ameribcal in Congress assembled(5fThaIitI the followif sums be, °°°p"°° and they are hereby, appropriated for the service of then§ost·0Hice