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SIXTY—THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ras. 9-11. 1915. 1225 River and Hell Gate, New York, together with any funds heretofore appropriated for the said improvement and now available, for the removal of Coenties Reef in accordance with the report submitted in HouseDocumentNumbered Onehundred and e` htye ht,Sixty-third Congress, first session, for the improvement olFEastl§tiver and Hell Gate, New York to the extent of removing said Coenties Reef: Promkled, That the work hereby contemplated shall not be com- '*°•'•°•· menced imtil assurance satisfacto to the Secretarx of War shall c°°dm°°& have been received that the cit cl; New York, or o er local interests, have made provision for the removal of said rock beyond the wth specified in said roject to the depth of forty feet: And o· ed further, That notginaéierein contained shall be construedyr as adopting the said pro`ect ond the removal of said Coenties Reef L*¤’*•**°¤- to the extent and in the manner specified. Approved, March 3, 1915. E[No. 10.] Joint Resolution To refund under certain conditions a of the [i1‘?ll]izi§i9s%.) o ers in compromise for failure to make the retum required under the ct of October · ""; third, nineteen hundred and thirteen, said offers in compromise having been eovued mm R°"N°' an into the Treasury, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and the House 0 Re esentatives o the United States ry America in Congress assembled, Thiit the Secrejtaxizy of the Treasury, on application to the Commissioner of Internal evenue, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,‘j,‘}"*’°"‘“‘”' be, and is here y, authorized to refund, out of any money in the ¤¤•¤¤¤¤¤¢ ¤l?E1¤1¤· Treasury not otherwise appropriated, unto corgorations all amonmts paid by them into the 'I‘reasury of the United tates in compromise y suc corporations on account of their failure to make report under the requirements of the income-tax law for the income-tax year nineteen hundred and thirteen, so paid in excess of $10; and the Secretary of the Treasury is further authorized to likewise refund as to sai tax year any and all amounts exacted and paid into the Treasury of the United States as penalties by corporations required by the law to make income-tax return, but which in their nature are not subject to income tax; and the Secretary is further authorized to likewise ,g·¤•\¤¤ rv indi refund as to same tax year any and all amounts paid by individuals V °°°’l°"‘ as penalties on account of their failure to make income-tax returns for said year nineteen hundred and thirteen, as required by law, so paid in excess of $5. Approved, March 4, 1915. , , Joint Resolution Providin that the Gon of the United Sts, umn ‘·m5· shii1§(;>driiiipate in the celebration of the opening of The %?alles-Celilo Canal, ws Whereas The Dalles-Celilo Canal, on the Columbia River, has been riuliimiiftiirei-ceme under construction by the General Government for a number of °•““‘- years past and is to be opened for trailic on the fifth day of May, nineteen hundred and fifteen; and _ Whereas the opening of said canal will mark the comgletion of a great governmental work in aid of navigation, d1I‘69 y affecting the mdust and commerce of a vast section comprising the_ territory drainedyby the Columbia River and its tributaries, which event is to be marked by a celebration participated m by the people of the several States of the Northwest: Therefore be it _ Resolved by the Senate and House of Reggsentatives of the United _ States of America in, Congress assembled, at the Congress of the m$w°€",§‘jgg§‘u€§°’,’; United States partici ate in such celebration and that a comm1ttee mend ¤p¤¤i¤s on of twelve of its Members be appointed to attend and represent the Congress of the United States at said celebration, three to be appointed by the Vice President on behalf of the Senate and mne