SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 234-236, 240. 1910. 369 "Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereb , ,,·*P¥"°¥"'1°**°” ‘°" authorized, in his discretion, to pay the assessments on lands allottgd oriowagts on mm to the Iowa Indians that may be made by said draina e district, not exceeding nine dollars and fifty cents per acre, and giere is hereby appropriated for such purpose three thousand five hundred and twenty- Am¤¤¤= increasedmne dollars. " Approved, May 13, 1910. CHAP. 235.-—An Act Authorizing the connecting of a channel with Island End M¤v13.1910- River, in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Pu ic, 0. 177. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of t/we United States of America in Congress assembled, That the New England Gas C,§,’{,§,,‘2_ MI§,‘§,f"’““]• and Co e Company is hereby authorized to dredge and remove all fo{>¤p{{_{g]ig=Egg¤lg;g,g} that part of the United States Naval Hospital grounds, at Chelsea, acme; grounds 01, me Massachusetts, compriszig about seven thousand five hundred square “‘°““’d· feet, more or less, situat at the northwest extremity of said grounds, lying within the lines of the protected channel to be dred ed and established by said company in continuation of the Island Eng River across the peninsula formed by the bend in said river at the head _ thereof: Provided, That the dred 'n of said channel be approved ml cl Sm,. and authorized by the Secretary oglllgar; that the said channel)oppo· t'“'Y°1 W"- site the hospital grounds fronting thereon shall be dredged to a de th of twenty feet below mean low water, and a width of not less tlian one hundred and fifty feet at that depth; and that the said water front ,mPI{g*¢°¤°¤ 0* *Y¤'¤*‘ of the hospital grounds shall be stayed and protected in such manner ` as shall, in the ]udgment of the Secretar of the Navy, be sufficient _ . for its preservation: And provided furtllgr, That the United States "° °"°"‘°·°'°‘ shall be at no ex use on account of the work herein authorized; and that when said dlznnel shall be dredged and finished it shall be, and forever remain, a public water highway. Approved, May 13, 1910. CHAP. 236.-An Act To amend section sixty-three of the Act of August twenty- any xt. 1910. eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four (Twenty-eighth Statutes, page five hun- (H· $· 18818-l dred and sixty-seven). ‘ ’T> Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as , That section sixty-three of {;¤g$¤¤•gg";¤%°é, the Act of August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four messed. ' ’ (Twenty-eight Statutes, (page five hundred and sixty-seven), be, and the same is hereby, amen e so as to read as follows: · _ "Sec. 63, That storekeepers, storekeeper-gaugers, and gaugers, ke·;ggg*¤g§f°;f°0§ when traveling to or from assignments, or when transferred rom one ded. assignment to another, either m the same district or in different districts, shall receive the same compgnsation per day during the time necessarily occupied in traveling t t they would be entitled to if on duty at the place to which assi ned or transferred, or from which relieved, together with actual ant? necessary traveling expenses.” Approved, May 13, 1910. CHAP. 240.-Au Act To establish in the Department of the Interior a Bureau of May 16. 1910. Mine; [H. R. 13915.] _ _ _ [nuns, us. us.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives oftbe United States of Amervba in Congress assembled, That there is hereb estab- §§’,f,;YsgQ§‘*§,?·,¤_ lished in the Department of the Interior a bureau, to be called the mm nepmmem. Bureau of Mines, and a director of said bureau, who shall be thoroughly ,.,]{°,l'.2°,{°' ‘° °° ‘°‘ equipped for the duties of said office by technical education and experi-
