Punishment for unlawfully hunt ing, etc., in. of conserving the navigability of navigable streams," and Acts supplementary thereto and amendatory thereof, as should, in his opinion, be set aside for the protection of game animals, birds, or fish; and whoever shall hunt, catch, trap, willfully disturb or kill any kind of game animal, game or nongame bird, or fish, or take the eggs of any such bird on any lands so set aside, or in or on the waters thereof, except under such general rules and regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may from time to time prescribe, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. August 21, 1916. [H. R. 10643.] [Private, No. 129.] Bagge. Payment to, for injuries. CHAP. 390.-An Act For the relief of Theodore Bagge. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Theodore That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Theodore Bagge the sum of $221.91, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for injury sustained on the twenty-fourth day of April, in the year nineteen hundred and seven, while employed by the United States Government on the United States dredge Ajax. Approved, August 21, 1916. August 25, 1916. [S. 5202.] [Public, No. 234.] Vol. 39, p. 534. Saint Croix River. Dams authorized across BaileyFalls, Me. ville and Grand Provisos. CHAP. 407.-An Act To authorize the maintenance and operation of dams across the Saint Croix River at Baileyville and Grand Falls, Maine. 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 given to the maintenance, use, and operation by the Saint Croix Water Power Company of the State of Maine and the Sprague Falls Manufacturing Company (Limited) of the Dominion of Canada of the two dams built by the said companies, jointly, across the Saint Croix River at Baileyville and Grand Falls, Maine; and the said dams are hereby declared to be lawful structures: Provided, That the construction, maintenance, and operation of the said dams, and the diversion thereby of the waters of said river, shall have received the approval of the International Joint Commission, so far as such approval may be required under the provisions of the Boundary Waters Treaty between the United States and Great Britain ratfied May fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, and proclaimed by the Plans, etc., to President of the United States May thirteenth, nineteen hundred and ten: And provided also, That the plans and locations of said dams shall receive the approval of the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War. Approval by InCommission. ternational Joint Vol. 36, p. 2450. be approved by Secretary of War. SEC. 2. That the dams herein authorized, and their maintenance and operation, shall be subject to and in accordance with all the pertinent provisions of the laws of the United States now in force, or which may hereafter be enacted by Congress to regulate and govern the construction of dams across navigable waters. SEC. 3. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, August 25, 1916. Subject to laws regulating dams. Vol. 36, p. 593. Amendment. CHAP. 417.-An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and for other purposes. August 29, 1916 [H. R. 15947.] (Public, No. 241.] Vol. 39, p. 556. Naval service Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriations. appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and for other purposes: * * * * * Dredging Cooper River, approach to navy yard, Charleston, South Carolina, $175,000. Charleston, 8. C. CHAP. 433.-An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled' That one half of the following sums, respectively, is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the other half out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, in full for the following expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, namely: For continuing the reclamation and development of the Anacostia River and Flats from the Anacostia Bridge northeast to the District line, to be expended for the purposes and under the conditions specified in the item for this improvement contained in the "District of Columbia apprproiation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifteen," $200,000, including the amount authorized to be contracted for in the District appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixteen. * * Approved, September 1, 1916. * * September 1, 1916. [S. 5103.] CHAP. 435.-An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to lease to Charleston-Dunbar Traction Company a certain Private, No. 147.] strip or parcel of land owned by the United States Government on the Great Kanawha River in West Virginia. Charleston. Dunbar Traction Company. Lease of land to, River improve ment, W. Va. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to lease, at a nominal rental value of not exceeding $50 per year, to the Charleston-Dunbar Great Kanawha Traction Company, a corporation, its successors or assigns, the strip of land fifteen feet wide and six hundred and one and eight-tenths feet long, or approximately twenty-one hundredths of an acre, which said strip of land is situated at or near United States Government Lock and Dam Numbered Six of the Great Kanawha River improvement, near the city of Charleston, in the State of West Virginia, which said strip of land said Charleston-Dunbar Traction Company is now occupying with its track: Provided, That said annual rental shall be promptly paid as required by the Secretary of War, and that the United States Government shall sustain no loss or expense by reason of said lease to said traction comMaintenance of pany: And provided further, That said traction company shall not fence up said strip of land unless required to do so by the Secretary of War; and shall, at its own expense, keep up and maintain the existing crossings over said traction company's line on the Government property: Station to be re- And provided further, That said traction company shall not remove its station or stop upon or near the Government's said property as said stop and station is at present located. Proviso. Payment, etc. crossings, etc. tained. Approved, September 1, 1916. September 8, 1916. Vol. 39, p. 801. appropriations. CHAP. 464.- An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and prior fiscal years, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Deficiencies That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and prior fiscal years, and for other purposes, namely: WAR DEPARTMENT War ment. Depart RIVER AND HARBOR WORK River and harbor damage Vol. 36, p. 676. To pay the claims adjusted and settled under section four of the river and harbor appropriation Act approved claims. June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, and certified to Congress in House Documents Numbered Six hundred and ninety-one, Nine hundred and ninety-three, One thousand and nineteen, Twelve hundred and eighty-one, and Twelve hundred and ninety-eight at the present session, $1,226.20. Approved, September 8, 1916. CHAP. 18.-Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to issue temporary permits for additional diversions of water from the Niagara River. January 19, 1917. [S. J. Res. 186.] [Pub. Res., No. 45.] Vol. 39, p. 867. Niagara River. version of water permitted from, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue permits, revocable at will, for the diversion of water in the United States from the Niagara River above the Falls for the creation of power to individuals, companies, or corporations which are now actually producing power from the waters of said river, in additional quantities which, with present diversions, shall in no case exceed the capacity of the generating machinery of the permittee and tenant companies now installed and ready for operation, nor an amount sufficient to enable the permittee to supply the now existing hydroelectric demands of the individuals, companies, or corporations which said permittee and tenant companies are now supplying, but not in excess of the capacity of power-using appliances of said consumers now installed and ready for operation: Provided, That in no event shall the total quantity of water diverted in the United States from said river above the Falls for power purposes exceed in the aggregate a daily diversion at the rate of twenty thousand cubic feet per second: And provided further, That this resolution shall remain in force until the first day of July, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and no longer, at the expiration of which time all permits granted hereunder shall terminate, unless sooner revoked; and nothing herein contained shall be held to confirm, establish, or confer in or upon any such permittee any right in or to the water which he is now diverting or which he may be authorized to divert hereunder. Any such permittee who without further authority of Congress diverts after the time herein mination. named for the expiration of such permit any part of the additional amount of water, authorized by Congress to be Provisos. Maximum. Expiration of permits. Rights stricted. re Punishment for use after ter diverted for the first time under this resolution, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine not exceeding $2,000 nor less than $500, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year nor less than thirty days, or both in the discretion of the court; and each and every day on which such violation occurs or is committed shall be Corporations deemed a separate offense: Provided, That where such violation is charged against the company or corporate body, the offense shall be taken and deemed to be that of any director, officer, agent, or employee of such company or corporate body ordering, directing, or permitting the same. agents, etc. Approved, January 19, 1917. February 15, 1917. [S. 3743.] [Private, No. 185.] John Simpson. ages. CHAP. 79.-An Act To reimburse John Simpson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Payment to, for the United States of America in Congress assembled, That property dam- the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $100 to John Simpson, of Pulaski County, Kentucky, to reimburse him for damages arising from the destruction of a creek ford due to backwater created by the construction of Lock and Dam Numbered Twenty-one on the Cumberland River, and which payment is recommended to Congress by the Chief of Engineers, with a renewed recommendation therefor, in his annual report for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen (pages ten hundred and eighty-five, twenty-eight hundred and thirty-seven, and twenty-eight hundred and thirty-eight), which is printed as House Document Numbered Ninety-one, Sixty-fourth Congress, first session. Approved, February 15, 1917. February 15, 1917. [S. 7556.] [Public, No. 325.] Vol. 39, p. 921. River. Shenango Rail dam and bridge, CHAP. 74. An Act To grant to the Mahoning and Shenango Railway and Light Company, its successors and assigns, the right to construct, complete, maintain, and operate a combination dam and bridge, and approaches thereto, across the Mahoning River, near the borough of Lowellville, in the County of Mahoning and State of Ohio. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Mahoning of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Mahoning and the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the Mahonway and Light ing and Shenango Railway and Light Company and its Company may successors and assigns, to construct, complete, maintain, Mahoning and operate a combined dam and bridge, and approaches County, Ohio. thereto, across the Mahoning River, near the borough of Lowellville, in the County of Mahoning, in the State of Ohio, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled Vol. 34, p. 386; An Act to regulate the construction of dams across navigable waters," approved June twenty-first, nineteen hun Vol. 36, p. 593. |