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SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. IH. CHS. 155-158. 1911. 931 is derived: Provided, That no lease— shall be made of such surplus {;°*’*;P°r;1 im _ power or power privileges as will impair the eiiiciency of the irriga- tion ililojegu progiiation project: PromI¢ledj’urther·, That the Secretary of the Interior is mgdnger mm on me authorized, in his discretion, to make such a lease in connection with Gmde P*¤i°<=*~ Rio Grande project in Texas and New Mexico for a longer period not exceeding ii ty years, with the approval of the water users’ association or associations under any such) pro`ect, organized in conformity with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior in pursuance of section six of the reclamation Act approved v.,1_82_p_m_ June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two." ` Approved, February 24, 1911. CHAP. 156.-An Act To authorize the Rainy River Improvement Company to February 24,1911. construct a dam across the outlet of Namakan Lake at Kettle Falls, in Saint Louis {8-10596-] - C0¤¤¢y» Mi¤¤¤¤<>t¤· l [rub11e.ue.41a.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R.@reaentate?ves of the United States oflimeriea in Congress assembled, That the Rainy River Improve- Narnakan rake. ment Company, a corporation oiéganized under the laws of the State p,§$g‘;{,,}§’{,$,{nI§,*; of Minnesota, its successors an assigns, be, and they are hereby, guy onmnt lgiuo authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a dam across the outlet °'u°' M ° of Lake Namakan at Kettle Falls, in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved June twenty-third, nineteen hundred `v¤1.s4,p.sas. and ten, entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to regulate the construction of dams across navigable waters,’ approved June twenty-first, nineteen hundred and six." Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. Approved, February 24, 1911. CHAP. 157.-An Act Providing for aids to navigation along the Livingstone February 24,1911. Channel, Detroit River, Michigan. [S· 10600.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United [P"°"°‘ N°‘ `"°‘l States of America in Crm ress assembled, That the Secretary of Com- Detroit River. merce and Labor be, and] he is hereby, authorized to establish and ¤¤ii»°b°n;ga’iibi¤'i;°ii$i provide such lights and buoys as may, in his judgment, be necessary ‘¤gg¤;_f},!g$¤°'· to properly mark the Livingstone Channel in the Detroit River ' Michigan, at an expense not to exceed two hundred and ten thousand dollars. Approved, February 24, 1911. CHAP. 158.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act rmitting the building February 34, 1911. of a dam across the Mississippi River at or near the village oi)eSauk Rapids, Benton [S- ‘°"°7·] County, Minnesota," approved February twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and four. [Public, N0. 420.1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of lkpreaeiztativiea of tlae United States gfzlmeriea tn. Congress assembled, That section three of an Act ,Q;¤;¤¤;g§gn*},§;*,Or entitle “An Act permitting the building of a. dam across the Missis· danrming._ at slur si pi River at or near the village of Sauk Rapids, Benton County, B‘§P,§§l§;.,}’{,{’§§‘,m,nd_ Liinnesota/’ approved February twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and edfour, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: " Sec. 3. That this Act shall be null and void and all rights acquired uggms °‘ °°°s“’“°· under the same forfeited unless the construction of the dam herein v61.s4,p.1oss. authorized be commenced on or before the first day of July, anno "”"**"°°'“ Domini nineteen hundred and eleven, and such construction continued with and the dam completed within two years from the date last mentioned." Approved, February 24, 1911.