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926 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 99—101. 1917. February W. 1917. CHAP. 99.—An Act To donate to the city of Saint Augustine, Florida, for park [S- 3****-] purposes, the tract of land known as the powder—house lot. [Public,N0·338`] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representat·i·ves of the S¤i¤*A¤¤,*{5**”°,,F({“€ United States of America in Congress assembled, _That the tract of d..’§2&‘.l°{..1 mm land situate in the city of Saint Augustine, Florida, known as the powder—house lot, heretofore set asi e as a m1l1tary_reservation of the United States, and lately abandoned as such military reservation, be, and same is hereby, donated t<; $e nzlimicipghty og tlhe saig city of Saint Augustine, in the State o on a, to e use y sai ' lit f bli rk oses.

m°§§‘,Y,°’“"°°l°' pub` m1SIil<(ilP; 'lgiallzrigib Sgciigta Pudf) the Interior is hereby directed to

l execute and deliver to the ldvuly constituted authorities of the said city of Saint Augustine, Florida, such conveyances as may be necessary to vest the fee—simple title to said powder-house lot in the said city of Saint Augustine, Florida, attaching to such conveyances u,§§`§€§_“i°" °° °°°` the condition that whenever the said powder—house lot shall cease to be used by the cigy for public park purposes, or whenever the Secretary of War may etermme that the use of said grounds is necessary for Government purposes, then and in that event title to the said powder-house lot shall revert to the Government of the United States. Approved, February 20, 1917. · F°°'E=.T'§`e°lZf°"‘ Menu. 100.-an Act To construct a bridge in San xm county, sms or New [Public, No. 339.] °¤°°' Be it enacted by the Senate and Hm1s¢§c¢l?I§:c_Ipreseritatives of the United S"' ’“°" m"?'· States of America in O s assemb , at the Secretary of the Adppropriation for _ _ mfgres . ge s;¤si_,¤1§¤¤ J¤¤¤ Interior IS hereby authorized and d1rected_to cause to be constructed mm y' °x` a steel bridge acres; tl;;SSan éluan R1ve51ualS%n Juan Couiinty, Stage of New Mexico att e t an most av a e ocation wes or sou - west and near to the town of Farmington, in said county and at a cost to the Government of the United States not to exceed $25,000, which sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, IS hereby appropriated, out of an mone in the Treas not otherwise appropriated, to Pm, Y Y u1`Y , _ Pg P _ Repdoyment from the BXPBDSB and COSl7 of CODSl»I'l1ClilI1g S8»ld bl'] gBZ PTOD'ld€d, Q,*§g;_ ° N°'°l° I¤‘ That said sum is to be reimbursable from any funds now or hereafter laced in the Treasury to the credit of the Navajo Indians of the State of New Mexico. ` Approved, February 20, 1917. February 20, 1917.

 R· ***2-] CHAP. 101.-An Act To restore homestead rights in certain cases.

[Public, M, ml Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United §‘,§{’,fQ§,,§{‘,j’i,,,,,,S ,,,_ States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the pass- $:3 P'}¥`°h|:*§£• of age of this Act any person who has helietofore entered under the homestead laws and paid a price e uiva ent to or eater than $4 per acre, lands embraced in a cededillndian reservatgdn, shall, upon proof of such fact, if otherwise qualified, be entitled to the benefits p,.,.,i,.,_ of the homestead law as though such former entry had not been °,§_““ ¥“°° P“Y"“’°*· made: Provided, That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to any person who has failed to pay the full price for his former entry, or w ose former ent was cance ed for fraud. TY Approved, February 20, 1917.