352 FIFDY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 1623, 1624. 1904. A ril 27. 1904- CHAP. 1623-An Act Granting certain rights and privileges to the commission- [§· R' lm'] ers of Waterworks in the city of Erie, Pennsylvania. Uiubucy No- 182.] Be it ewtcd by the Senate and House of Representatzbes of Ute United diiiebiiiima my ws- States of Awrericalin_O0ngress_assembZed, That the commissioners of g{;",;§f,u‘;Quf°’é°§*;,j‘f waterworks in the city of Erie, State of Pennsylvania, are hereby mm. nted the right to use and occupy so much of the land belonging to _ 5-e1United States, known as Presque Isle 5BH1DSHl3, nc? expheeding one ` hundred and seventy-tive acres as may e necessary_ or e purpose of laying, extending, protecting, and maintaimng an intake p1pe, and . for laying out, instal ing, bu1 ding,.ma1nta1ning, and operating the necessary reservoirs, settling basins, and nltration beds, for the waterworks of the said city of Erie, and in connection therewith to construct and maintain buildings, houses, and sheds, to reclaim- mgrsh] lagds, tg lant trees and shrubs to build and maintain walks roa s oc s an guy other works, impiiovements, or structures that, may he reqiiired _ for the purpose of sup lying the city of Erie with water, apd {or ng ' MMM- other u : Rromagd hat the use and occupation 0 the sai mgiighiment mb lands shali in- no manneri affect the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to suzéh lang, ger th: Government rigpt oi passage ` R¤¤¤¤¤<>¤- across the land so occupie · an thesai commissionerso wa erwor s shall do nothing that may iinjuriously affect the harbor of Erie or the " peninsula of Presque Isle as a protection for this harbor: Provided Nouns bility or further, That the United States shall not be liable, for any damage £;gedStat€¤fofd¤¤· whamv€l· phat may at ayiéiltimil occur tt) th? lm}§)FOV€m$H(;7: &p*;_¢1_<g$;¤;{&g§’Vg;{ *0 And£r0zrzded_Z"urthe1·, at the exercise o e rig ere y gran e , · and the execution of any work hereby authorized, shall be in accordance with such plans and specifications as may be approved by the Secretary of War, and subject to such further stipulations and conditions as e may rescribe. Ammameuc. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, April 27, 1904. Agri} 27. 1904. CHAP. 1824.-—An Act To ratify and amend an agreement with the Indians of the [ ·R- 1167*] Crow Reservation in Montana, and making appropriations to carry the same into [Public. N¤.1a:z.] ¤*f*><‘¢· mgglgginn R_ __r_ Whereas Benjamin F. Barge, James H. McNeely, and Charles G. vation. mm. N Hoyt, acting for and on behalf the United States, did, on the fourv‘“· ”· *’· ML teenth day of August, A. D., eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, make and conclude an agreement with the Indians of the Crow Reservation, in Montana, which said agreement is in wgds and tigures as follows: lVhereas Benjamin F. Barge James . McNeely and Charles G. Hoyt, being duly appointed as cpmmissioner[s] ondbehalf of the United States by t ne Secretary of the nterior under an by virtue of an act of Congress approved June 10th, 1896 (29 U. S. Statutes A. L., page 341), entitled "An act making appropriations for current and contingent expenses of the Indian Bureau of the Interior Department and fulfilling treatjy stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending . une 30th, 1897] and_for other purposes," and by said act being authorized to negotiate with the Crow Indians, in the State ofh Montapa,1f<g· the cession of a ipplrtion of their reservation: and w ereas the n ians residincr on an aving rights upon the said Crow Indian Reservation in the State of Montana arb willing to dispose of a portion of their surplus lands: C Agrgegxientf ·.»-311] Now therefore. this agreement made and entered into by and lietweggn ,,}`"p‘§,.Jf,,,‘,’§§{“ °" “ the aforesaid commissioners on behalf of the United States of America and the head men and a majority of the male adults residing upon and
