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SIXTX -FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 362, 363. 1916. 519 CHAP. 882t—An Act To amend an Act sp roved May twenty-ninth, nineteen August 21. 1916- hundred and exght, enutled "An Act to amend, an Act to authorize the Baltimore lS· 597**] and Waahmgb0n_Traus1t_Compsny, of Maryland, to enter the District of C0lumbia," [Public, N0.21? spproved June exghth, exghteen hundred and ninety-six. Be it e1uzcted_by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of Ammm an Congress assembled, That section two of an Act ]§§`{‘§‘{°{,Y{,(E‘§‘“"},b,{{; approved May twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and eight, entitled gV“m¤¤*°¤ 'I`*=*¤¤i* " An Act to amend an Act to authorize the Baltimore and Washington t¥V1l>l·?§9¥-p. 264. Transit Company, of Maryland, to enter the District of Columbia, approved June eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six/’ be amended to read as follows: » · "SEc. 2, That the said transit company shall be empowered to mf,’g‘§,j*"{;§§;“ °“** construct, maintain, egulp, and operate a single or double track V¤1- PS5, b. 473, street railway over said line, with all necessary buildings, switches, °m°“d°d' machinery, appliances, appurtenances, and other devices necessary to operate the same by electricity, com ressed air, store. e battery, or other motive power, to be approved gy the Public Utilities Commission of said District. ’ That section four of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the ,.e€,,‘§‘§f '°“m°"°" Baltimore and Washington Transit. Company, of Maryland, to enter °*· ”·P·°°*~ the District of Columb1a," approved Juno eighth, eighteen hundred P I and ninety-six, be, and the same is hereby, repealed: Promied, how- cpnsuéczsonii ses., ever, That said railway shall be constructed of good material, with §{‘§§°€;E,f,§’,{,f,‘$*}°§’I;§,'Q‘ rails of approved pattern, and in a neat and substantial manner, subject to the supervision and a£?roval of the Public Utilities Oommjssion of the District of Colum a.; the standard gauge to be used, and the surfaces of the tracks to conform to the grades of the streets established by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and where the tracks lie within the streets of the District of Columbia the said transit company shall comply with the laws and regulations relating to the paving and repairing of streets in the Dnstrict of Columbia. Approved, August 21, 1916. CHAP. 363.-An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease, for pro- Au§g?gdé,}9l6` duction of oil and gasnceded lands of the Shoshone or Wind River Indian Reservauon in the State of Wyommg. [ u l°' °' S'} Be ·ifenacted by the Senate and House of Regiesentatives of the United Sh ‘ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the R,S,,‘R,l§‘{{‘§,,{J‘,‘l,l°” Interior is hereby authorized and em wered to lease, for the pro- uQ;}i°¤1%n¤gS?*°g?“:g duction of oil and as therefrom, land;) within the ceded portion of umm. ’ the Shoshone or Vgind River Indiun_Reservstion in the Sttate of Wyoming, under such terms and conditions as shall be by lum prescribed; and the roceeds or royalties arising from any such leases P¤¤—‘¤•·*= *·>I¤<¤¤¤¤- shall be first; sx pllled to the extinimshment of any mdebtedness of the Shoshone llldizm Tribe to the Ynited Stat»es_and thereafter shall be applied to the use and benefit of smd tribe m the same manner as though secured from the sale of sand lands as provxded by the Act v¤1.s:s,p. mm. of Congress approved March third, nineteen hxmdred and five, entxtled "An Act to ratify and amend an agreement with the Indugns residing on the Shoshone or Wind River Indian Reservation in the State of Wyoming, and to make Wroprhtlom for carrying the same Prom into eifecthz Provided, however, at nothing contained an this Act Prior ixgms not shall be construed to abridge or enlarge any asserted or m1tz1ated nghts °“°°‘°"* or claims under any law of the United States. _ _ Sec. 2. That. the leases zmted under this Act shall be cond1Q1oned R°"‘“‘°“· upon the payment. by the irssee of such royalty as may be fixed H1 the lease, which shall not. be less than one-tenth m amount. or value of the production and the payment in advance of a rental of not less than