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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 354-356 -JUNE 13, 1940 [CHAPTER 354] AN ACT June 13, 1940 [8. 3644] [Public, No. 622] Kettle River, Wash. Bridges authorized across, near Marcus, Wash. 34 Stat. 84. 33 U. S. 0. §§491- 498. Right reserved. Granting the consent of Congress to the Secretary of the Interior and the Great Northern Railway Company to construct, maintain, and operate two railroad bridges across the Kettle River, near Marcus, Washington. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the Secretary of the Interior and the Great Northern Railway Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota, and their suc- cessors and assigns, jointly or separately, to construct, maintain, and operate two railroad bridges across the Kettle River at points suitable to the interests of navigation, near Marcus, and between Ferry County and Stevens County, Washington, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters", approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations of this Act. SEO. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, June 13, 1940. [CHAPTER 355] AN ACT June 13, 1940 J[8.1377s To donate to the city of Seattle a totem pole carved by the Alaskan native Civilian [Public, No. 623] Conservation Corps. Seattle, Wash. Donation of totem pole to, authorized. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Director of the Civilian Conservation Corps, through the regional forester, United States Forest Service, Juneau, Alaska, is hereby authorized to donate to the city of Seattle, Washington, the duplicate of the pioneer place totem pole which has been carved by Alaskan native Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees. Approved, June 13, 1940. [CHAPTER 356] AN ACT June 13, 1940 [8. 36931 To authorize the Secretary of War to grant an easement for pipe lines across [Public, No. 824] public lands reserved for military purposes in the parish of Plaquemines, Louisiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Par- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to grant, under such terms and conditions as are deemed advisable by him, to the Texas Pipe Line Company, its successors, and/or assigns, an easement for a period not exceeding fifty years for a right-of-way for pipe lines for the transportation of oil and/or gas over, across, in, and upon certain lands owned by the United States of America, situated in the State of Louisiana and in the parish of Plaquemines, described as follows: Sections 30, 31, 32, 36, and 39, township 21 south, range 19 east, and sections 2, 4, 6, 8, and 9, township 22 south range 19 east, including any accretions thereto; and such portion of section 29 township 22 south, range 32 east as remains, and to cross the channels of Cheniere and Pass a Loutre with said pipe lines: Provided, That such easement for right-of-way shall be granted only upon a finding by the Secretary of War that the same will be in the public interest and will not substantially injure the interest of 386 [54 STAT. Plaquemines bhb La. Easement. Description. Croitios. Conditions.