Public Law 261. extending the homestead laws and providing for right-of-way for railroads in the District of Alaska, and for other purposes”, approved May 14, 1898, as amended (U

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(/us/pl/72/260)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the firstAlaska.Homestead laws amended.Vol. 30, p. 413; Vol. 44, p. 1365.[U. S. C., p. 1597; Supp. VII, p. 987](/us/usc/p1597/p987). paragraph of section 10 of the Act entitled “An Act extending the homestead laws and providing for right-of-way for railroads in the District of Alaska, and for other purposes”, approved May 14, 1898, as amended (U.S.C., title 48, secs. 461, 462, 463, 464, and 465;

U.S.C., Supp. VI, title 48, sec. 461), is amended by inserting after the first proviso in such paragraph as amended, the following: " “Provided further, That any citizen of the United States, after occupying land of the character described as a homestead or headquartersHomesteader’s right to purchase tract., in a habitable house, not less than five months each year 810Limit of acreage.for three years, may purchase such tract, not exceeding five acres, in a reasonable compact form, without any showing as to his employment Price.or business, upon payment of $2.50 per acre, under rules Surveys.and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and in such cases surveys may be made without expense to the applicants Vol. 40, p. 633;

Vol. 44, p. 243.in like manner as the survey of settlement claims under the Act of June 28, 1918 (40 Stat. 632), as amended by section 1 of the Act Minimum payment.of April 13, 1926 (44 Stat. 243) : And provided further, That the minimum payment for any such tract shall be $10, and no person Purchase restriction.shall be permitted to purchase more than one tract except upon a showing of good faith and necessity satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior.” " Approved, May 26, 1934.

Granting the consent of Congress to the county of Pierce, a legal subdivision of the State of Washington, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across Puget Sound, State of Washington, at or near a point commonly known as “The Narrows”. 1934-05-28 363 Chapter 48 Stat. 810 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 73 2 public [CHAPTER 363.] AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the county of Pierce, a legal subdivision of the State of Washington, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across Puget Sound, State of Washington, at or near a point commonly known as “The Narrows”.May 28, 1934.[[H.

R. 9530](/us/bill/72/hr/9530)][[Public, No. 261](/us/pl/72/261)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Puget Sound.Pierce County, Wash., may bridge at “The Narrows”. That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the county of Pierce, a legal subdivision of the State of Washington, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across Puget Sound, State of Washington, at or near a point commonly known as “The Narrows”, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the Construction.Vol. 34, p. 84.construction of bridges over navigable waters”, approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act.

Sec. 2. Tolls, if charged, to be adjusted to provide for operation and sinking fund. If tolls are charged for the use of such bridge, the rates of toll shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay the reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the bridge and its approaches under economical management, and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to amortize the cost of the bridge and its approaches, including reasonable interest and financing cost, as soon as possible under reasonable charges, but within a period of To be a free bridge after amortizing cost, etc.not to exceed thirty years from the completion thereof.

After a sinking fund sufficient for such amortization shall have been so provided, such bridge shall thereafter be maintained and operated free of tolls, or the rates of toll shall thereafter be so adjusted as to provide a fund of not to exceed the amount necessary for the proper maintenance, repair, and operation of the bridge and its Record of expenses and receipts to be kept.approaches under economical management. An accurate record of the costs of the bridge and its approaches, the expenditures for maintaining, repairing, and operating the same, and of the daily tolls collected, shall be kept and shall be available for the information of all persons interested.

Sec. 3. Amendment. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, May 28, 1934. To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents for lots to Indians within the Indian village of Taholah, on the Quinaielt Indian Reservation, Washington. 1934-05-28 364 Chapter 48 Stat. 811 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 73 2 public 811 [CHAPTER 364.] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents for lots to Indians within the Indian village of Taholah, on the Quinaielt Indian Reservation, Washington.May 28, 1934.[[S. 1882](/us/bill/72/s/1882)][

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