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Residence counted only when actually upon the land.Provided further, That no such entryman shall be entitled to have counted as a part of the required period of residence any period of time during which he was not actually upon said land prior to the date of the notice aforesaid.

Approved, February 9, 1929.


February 9, 1929
[S. 4036.]
[Public, No. 713]

Chap. 166.An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to transfer the control of certain land in Oregon to the Secretary of the Interior.

Columbia River, Oreg.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Lands connected with improvements of, transferred for Indian fishing camp site.of War be and he is hereby, authorized to transfer to the control of the Secretary of the Interior, for the use and benefit of certain Indians now using and occupying the land as a fishing camp site, two irregular shaped parcels of land containing in the aggregate approximately seven and four-tenths acres, located in lot 1 of section 17 and in lots 1 and 2 of section 20, township 2 north, range 15 east, Willamette meridian, Oregon, originally acquired by the United States as a right of way for a projected boat railway in connectionProviso with the improvements of The Dalles-Celilo section of the ColumbiaStrip reserved for roadway to the Columbia River Highway River: Provided, That a strip forty feet wide be reserved from such transfer for a roadway connection between the lock keeper's grounds at Celilo and the Columbia River Highway.

Approved, February 9, 1929.


February 9, 1929
[S. 4338.]
[Public, No. 714]

Chap. 167.An Act To authorize the President to award, in the name of Congress, gold medals of appropriate design to John H . Towers, Albert C. Read, Elmer F. Stone, Walter Hinton, H. C. Rodd, J. L. Breese, and Eugene Rhodes.

Gold medals.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President Award by the President of, in the name of Congress, to personnel of the first trans-Atlantic flight. be, and is hereby, authorized to award, in the name of Congress, gold medals of appropriate design to Commander John H. Towers for conceiving, organizing, and commanding the first trans-Atlantic flight; to Lieutenant Commander Albert C. Read, United States Navy, commanding officer NC-4; to Lieutenant Elmer F. Stone, United States Coast Guard, pilot; to former Lieutenant Walter Hinton, United States Navy, pilot; to Lieutenant H. C. Rodd, United States Navy, radio operator; to former Lieutenant J. L. Breese, United States Naval Reserve Force, engineer; and to former Machinist's Mate Eugene Rhodes, United States Navy, engineer, for their extraordinary achievement in making the first successful trans-Atlantic flight, in the United States naval flying boat NC-4, in May, 1919.

Approved, February 9, 1929.


February 9, 1929
[S. 4787.]
[Public, No. 715]

Chap. 168.An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the city of Savanna, Illinois, and the city of Sabula, Iowa.

Mississippi RiverBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the times for Time extended for bridging, from Savanna, Ill., to Sabula, Iowa.commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the city of Savanna, Illinois, and the city of Sabula, Iowa, authorized to be built by the States of IllinoisVol. 43, p. 173. and Iowa by the Act of Congress approved May 26, 1924, as revived Ante, p. 297. and reenacted by Act of Congress approved March 10, 1928, are