THE

STATUTES AT LARGE

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

FROM

DECEMBER, 1905, TO MARCH, 1907

CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS OF THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS

AND

RECENT TREATIES, CONVENTIONS, AND EXECUTIVE

PROCLAMATIONS

EDITED, PRINTED, AND PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS

UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE

VOL. XXXIV–IN THREE PARTS

PART 1-Public Acts and Resolutions
PART 2-Private Acts and Resolution and Concurrent Resolutions
PART 3–Treaties and Proclamations

PART 1

WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

1907

ACTS OF THE FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.

STATUTE I.--1905-1906.

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Bridges, Oriachita River. An act to authorize the Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad

Company to construct bridges across Ouachita River and other navigable rivers in the State

of Arkansas. December 15, 1905..

Bridge, Columbia River. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Columbia

River by the Portland and Seattle Railway Company. December 21, 1905...

Panama Canal. An act supplemental to an act entitled "An act to provide for the construction

of a canal connecting the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans," approved June twenty-

cighth, nineteen hundred and two, and making appropriation for Isthmian canal construc-

tion, and for other purposes. December 21, 1905.

Alaska, right of way. An act to aid the Council' City and Solomon River Railroad Company,

January 11, 1906

Bridge, Columbia River. An act authorizing the Washington Bridge Company to construct a

bridge across the Columbia River near the city of Wenatchee, Washington. January 20,

1906..

Bridge, Sabine Rirer. An act authorizing the Jasper and Eastern Railway Company, its successors

and assigns, to construct and operate a railroad bridge across the Sabine River, in the States

of Texas and Louisiana. January 26, 1906 ..

Uinta Reservation, Utah, settlers. An act to provide for the extension of time within which home-

stead settlers may establish their residence upon certain lands which were heretofore a part

of the Uinta Indian Reservation, within the counties of Uinta and Wasateh, in the State

of Utah. January 27, 1906..

Bridge, Red River. An act to amend an act approved February third, nineteen hundred and five,

authorizing the construction of a bridge across Red River at Shreveport, Louisiana. Feb-

ruary 2, 1906....

Bridge, Missouri River. An act to extend the time for the completion of a bridge across the Mis-

souri River at Yankton, South Dakota. February 5, 1906..

Bridge, Missouri River. An act to amend an act entitled "An act authorizing the Winnipeg,

Yankton and Gulf Railroad Company to construct a combined railroad, wagon, and foot-

passenger bridge across the Missouri River at or near the city of Yankton, South Dakota.”

February 5, 1906.

Bridge, Mobile Bay. An act to authorize the Mobile Railway and Dock Company to construct and

maintain a bridge or viaduct across the water between the end of Cedar Point and Dauphin

Island. February 5, 1906....

Billings land district, Montana. An act to provide for a land district in Yellowetone, Carbon, and

Rosebud counties, in the State of Montana, to be known as the Billings land district. Feb-

ruary 5, 1906...

Jurors, Oklahoma. An act to provide for the selection of grand and petit jurors for the district

courts in the Territory of Oklahoma. February 9, 1906..

District of Columbia, license for inflammables. An act to amend paragraph thirty-four of section 7

of an act entitled " An act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the gov-

ernment of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen

hundred and three, and for other purposes," approved July first, nineteen hundred and

two. February 9, 1906.,

American National Bank, Bluefield, W. Va: An act to authorize The American National Bank of

Graham, Virginia, to change its location and name: February 15, 1906.

Dam, Rock River. An act permitting the building of a dam across the Rock River at Grand Detour,

* Illinois. February 16, 1906...

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