various appropriations for rivers and harbors, fortifications, and surveys for military defenses, to be paid for from such appropriations: Provided, That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, and the amount paid to each, Proviso. PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, For clerk in the Office of Public Buildings and Grounds, one thou- Clerk, messensand six hundred dollars; and for messenger in same office, eight hun- ger. dred and forty dollars, For the public gardener, one thousand eight hundred dollars, For overseer, draughtsman, foremen, and laborers employed in the public grounds, twenty-six thousand dollars, Public gar dener. О тегнеет, draughtsman, foreman, etc. Watchmen Franklin Square. Lafayette For watchman in Franklin Square, six hundred and sixty dollars, For watchman in Lafayette Square, six hundred and sixty dollars, For two day watchmen in Smithsonian Grounds, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars, For two night-watchmen in Smithsonian Grounds, at seven hundred Square. and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars, Smithsonian For one watchman for Judiciary Square, and one for Lincoln Square Grounds. Judiciary and adjacent reservations, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, one Square. thousand three hundred and twenty dollars, For one watchman for Iowa Circle; one watchman for Fourteenth Iowa Circle, etc. Street Circle and neighboring reservations; one for Rawlins Square and Washington Circle; one for Dupont Circle; one for McPherson and Farragut Squares; one for Stanton Place and neighboring reservations; one for Armory Square and reservations east to Botanic Garden; one for Mount Vernon Square and adjacent reservations; one for greenhouse at the nursery, nine in all, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, five thousand nine hundred and forty dollars, For one night-watchman for Armory Square and reservations east to For contingent and incidental expenses, five hundred dollars. # Approved, March 3d, 1885. Armory Square, etc. Contingent ex penses. Rent of office. CHAP. 345.-An act making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, and for the armament thereof for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six and for other purposes. March 3, 1885. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sums of money herein Fortifications. provided for be, and the same are hereby, appropriated out of any Appropriations. moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, namely: For the protection, preservation, and repair of fortifications and other For protection, works of defense for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen preservation, and hundred and eighty-six, one hundred thousand dollars the same to be repairs. expended under the direction of the Secretary of War. character of de And the President of the United States shall appoint a Board of which Appointment the Secretary of War shall be a member and president, to be composed of Board to exof two officers of the Engineer Corps, two from the Ordnance Corps, amine and report two officers of the line of the Navy, and two civilians, which Board as to location and shall examine and report at what ports fortifications or other defenses fenses needed. are most urgently required, the character and kind of defenses best adapted for each, with reference to armament, the utilization of torpedoes, mines, or other defensive appliances, and for the necessary and proper expenses of said Board and for the compensation of the two civilians at ten dollars per day while so employed in the discharge of said duty the sum of forty thousand dollars to be immediately available is hereby appropriated; and the report of said Board shall be transmitted to Congress by the Secretary of War. For the purchase of movable submarine torpedoes propelled and controlled by power operated and transmitted from shore stations as may be recommended by the Board of Engineers of the Army of the United Report to be transmitted Congress. to Submarine movable torpe States, and approved by the Secretary of War, fifty thousand dollars. Improvement, For improvements, competitive test, and purchase of motors for movchase of motors pur able torpedoes, twenty-five thousand dollars. test, and for torpedoes. Submarine mines. Torpedo ex For purchase of appliances for submarine mines for harbor defense ten thousand dollars. For continuation of torpedo experiments and for practical instrueperiments. tion of engineer troops in the details of the service twenty thousand engineer troops. dollars. Instruction of Approved, March 3, 1885. March 3, 1885. CHAP. 347.-An act to empower the Secretary of War to permit the establishment. under certain conditions, of a horse-railway upon and over the island of Rock Is and, and the bridges erected by the United States connecting the cities of Davenport and Rock Island therewith. Right of way Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United granted Daven: States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, port and Rock Island Street and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to permit the location, Railway Com-building, and keeping in repair upon the island of Rock Island, in the pany over island State of Illinois, and upon the arsenal bridges connecting said island and of Rock Isl- with the cities of Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Illinois, in such and and bridges connecting with manner as he, the Secretary of War, may deem fit, and so as to interDavenport, Iowa, fere as little as may be with the use of said island by the United States and Rock Island, for a national armory and arsenal, a continuous line of double track Ill. War. Proviso. railway, at the expense of the Davenport and Rock Island Street Railway Company which company shall have the privilege of running their cars on and over the said railway, at their own expense, under such Regulations, regulations and restrictions as to times and manner of running the cars etc., to be made and rates of fare as the Secretary of War shall from time to time preby Secretary of scribe: Provided, That the rate of fare for employees of the United States at the Rock Island Arsenal from Rock Island and Moline, in IlliRates of fare as nois, and from Davenport, in Iowa to the arsenal shall not exceed two and to employés of one-half cents for one passenger for one way: Provided, further, That United States. the rate of fare shall not exceed two and one-half cents for one passenother passengers. ger for one way during the hours from six until seven o'clock in the Secretary of morning and from five until seven o'clock in the evening. The Secre War may retary of War is empowered to suspend or revoke this privilege, and to move, etc., at his discretion. remove said railway at any time in his discretion. Proviso as to Regulations for SEC. 2. That the Secretary of War is empowered to establish and encollecting and ac- force such rules and regulations as he may deem fit for collecting from counting for said railway company and for holding, expending, and accounting to moneys of the said Davenport and Rock Island Street Railway Company for the company to be made by Secre- moneys required for and expended in carrying out the provisions of seetary of War; his tion one of this act; and the decision of the Secretary of War as to the decision to be fi- amount of moneys required therefor shall be final and binding on said nal. sage on road a misdemeanor. Penalty. railway company. Injury, etc., to SEC. 3. That if any person or persons shall willfully and unnecessaany property or rily obstruct or impede the passage on or over said railway, or any part obstructing pas- thereof, or shall injure or destroy the cars or any property belonging to said company, the person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay for every such offense the sum of twenty dollars to said Davenport and Rock Island Street Railway Company, and shall remain liable, in addition to said penalty, for any loss or damage occasioned by his, her, or their acts as aforesaid; and that the suits therefor may be had in the courts of the United States having jurisdiction: Provided, That this clause and penalty shall not apply to or restrict or affect in any way the officers or employees of the United States Government on said island in any act of theirs for the maintenance of good order on and for enforcing the rules and regulations pertaining to said bridges and island, and for enforcing the regulations of the Secretary of War for the gov ernment of said railway thereon. Proviso. Approved, March 3d, 1885. CHAP. 356.-An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi route. March 3, 1885. to construct Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Davenport and of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the Daven- Rock Island port and Rock Island Bridge Company, a corporation duly created and Bridge Company organized under the laws of the State of Iowa, to build a bridge across bridge across the the Mississippi River at Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa, as Mississippi may accommodate the Moline, Rock Island and Southern Railroad, a River at Rock Isl and corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, on and, Ill., Davenport, Iowa. the east side of said river, and the Davenport, Iowa and Dakota Railroad, a corporation created under the laws of the State of Iowa, on the west side of said river, and for the accommodation of any railroads that are or may hereafter be built, and to lay over said bridge a railroad track for the more perfect connection of any railroad or railroads that are or may be constructed to the said river, on either side thereof, at or opposite said point, under the limitations and provisions hereinafter provided: Provided, That Congress may at any time prescribe such rules and regulations in regard to toll and otherwise as may be deemed reasonable. Proviso. Toll. Proviso. Lights. Plans, etc., to be approved by Secretary of War. SEC. 2. That said bridge shall be built with a draw, so as not to im- Draw. pede the navigation of said river; said draw shall be a pivot-draw, over the channel of said river usually navigated, and with spans giving a clear width of water-way of not less than two hundred feet on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw, and the next adjoining span or spans shall give a clear width of water-way of not less than three hundred feet, and said spans shall not be less than three hundred feet, and said spans shall not be less than ten feet above extreme high-water mark and not less than thirty feet above lowwater mark, measured to the bottom chord of the bridge, and the piers of said bridge shall, as nearly as practicable, be parallel with the current of said river: Provided, That said draw shall always be opened promptly upon reasonable signal; and said company, or its successors and assigns, shall at all proper times keep and maintain all proper lights on said bridge during nights, so that its presence may always be noticed by vessels and craft navigating the channel of said river. And all plans for the construction of said bridge and approaches thereto must first be submitted to the Secretary of War for his approval, and when the same shall be approved by said Secretary the work thereon may be commenced and prosecuted to completion: And provided further, That said bridge Proviso. shall be constructed with such aids to the passage of said bridge, in the form of booms, dikes, piers, or other suitable and proper structures for confining the flow of water to a permanent channel and for the guiding of rafts, steamboats, and other water-craft safely the gh the draw and raft spans, as the Secretary of War shall prescribe and order, to be constructed and maintained at the expense of the company owning said bridge: And provided further, That said bridge shall, as nearly as may be, be constructed at right angles with said river or the current thereof: And provided further, That any change in the mode of construction of said bridge shall be first submitted to the said Secretary for his approval, and when approved the said company may then proceed with the construction according to said change: And provided struction. Proviso. further, That if said bridge, when constructed, shall, in the opinion of Free navigathe Secretary of War, be a substantial obstruction to the navigation of tion to be presaid river, the said Secretary shall require said company to change the served. Construction thereof so as to avoid any serious and substantial obstruction to the navigation of said river, at the expense of the owners of said bridge. Aids to passage of bridge. Proviso. To be at right angles with cur rent. Proviso. Changes in con SEC. 3. That the bridge hereby authorized shall be a lawful structure, Post-route, and and shall be a post-route, upon which no higher charge shall be made a lawful structfor the transportation of the mails of the United States, and the troops ure. and munitions of war, or for passengers or freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per mile paid to railroads and transportation companies leading to said bridge. All railroad SEC. 4. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the companies acpassage of railway trains or cars over the same, and over the approaches corded equal thereto, upon payment of reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad com rights. ment as to amount to be paid. Secretary of panies, or any one of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon War to decide in the sum or sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to which case of disagree each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War, upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties: Provided, That the provisions of section three in regard to charges for passengers and freight across said bridge shall not govern the Secretary of War in determining any question arising as to the sum or sums to be paid to the owners of said bridge by said companies for the use of said bridge. Proviso. Subject to limiSEC. 5. That this act shall be subject, except as above mentioned, to tations of act to the limitations and provisions of an act entitled "An act to authorize construct bridge at Clinton, Iowa. the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the 1872, vol. 17, ch. town of Clinton, in the State of Iowa, and other bridges across said river, and to establish them as post-roads," approved April first, eighteen hundred and seventy-two. 73, p. 44. Specified rights of the United States reserved. SEC. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved; and the right to require any changes in such structure, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress shall decide that the public interest requires it, is also expressly reserved. Approved, March 3, 1885. March 3, 1885. East and Middle Tennessee CHAP. 358. An act to give the assent of Congress to the construction of a railroad bridge by the East and Middle Tennessee Railroad Company over the Cumberland and Caney Fork rivers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the East and Middle TenRailroad Compa- nessee Railroad Company be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and ny to construct maintain a bridge, and approaches thereto, over the Cumberland River bridge over the at the most accessible point in or near the corporate limits of Carthage, River at or near county of Smith, and State of Tennessee. Said bridge shall be conCarthage, Tenn. structed to provide for the passage of railroad trains and wagons and travelers across said river. Cumberland Post-route, and spans. Proviso. SEC. 2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its limilawful structure. tations shall be a lawful structure and shall be recognized and known as a post route; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other Proviso as to post roads in the United States: Provided, That the United States may postal telegraph. construct a postal telegraph over said bridge without charge therefor. Continuous SEC. 3. That if said bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans, the spans thereof shall not be less than one hundred and sixty-four feet in length in the clear, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river. The lowest part of the superstructure of said bridge shall be at least thirty-four feet above extreme highwater mark, as understood at the point of location, and the bridge shall be at right angles to and its piers parallel with the current of the river: Provided, That if the same shall be constructed as a draw-bridge, the Draw-bridge. draw or pivot shall be over the main channel at an accessible point, and the spans shall not be less than one hundred and sixty feet in the clear, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with and the bridge itself at right angles to the current of the river, and the spans shall not be less than ten feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the lowest part of the superstructure of said bridge: Provided also, That the said draw shall be opened promptly Lights and sig by said corporation, upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats; and said corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset till sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light House Aids to naviga- Board shall prescribe, and shall also place and maintain such sheer booms and other guides necessary for the safe passage of vessels and other water craft as may be required by the Secretary of War. No Free naviga bridge shall be erected or maintained under the authority of this act tion to be pre- which shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said river; and if any bridge erected under such authority shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, obstruct such navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge to be made as will effectually obviate such obstruction; and all such alterations shall be made and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of said corporation; and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river Proviso. nals. tion. served. caused or alleged to be caused by said bridge, the case may be brought in the circuit court of the United States of the middle district of Tennessee in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located, or in the circuit court of the State of Tennessee for that circuit: Provided further, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers, or to exempt this bridge from the operations of the same: And provided further, That the right is reserved to regulate tolls and freights over said bridge. Proviso. Proviso. SEC. 4. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act, Right to regu late tolls, etc., shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the reserved. security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and draw- Plans, etc., to be submitted to ings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of Secretary of War one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topog- for approval. raphy of the banks of the river, the shore-lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. of United States SEC. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby Specified rights expressly reserved; and the right to require any changes in said struct- reserved. are, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress shall decide that the public interest requires it, is also expressly reserved. to Same company construct SEC. 6. That the East and Middle Tennessee Railroad Company is hereby also authorized to construct a railroad bridge over the Caney bridge over Fork River at such point between the mouth of said river and the Caney Fork Buffalo Valley as may be necessary in the building of their road, sub- River between ject to the provisions and limitations contained in the preceding sec- mouth and Buf tions. Approved, March 3d, 1885. CHAP. 359.-An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for five years, and for other purposes. falo Valley, subject to preceding provisions and limitations. March 3, 1885. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Deficiency apStates of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and propriation for the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury 30, 1885, and for year ending June not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations prior years. for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely: etc. The Attorney General of the United States is required to investigate Attorney-General of U. S. to the judgments and awards against the United States arising under an investigate judg act of Congress entitled "an act to aid in the improvement of the Fox ments, and Wisconsin Rivers in the State of Wisconsin" approved March against United third eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and to report to Congress at States, its next session whether the liability of the United States therefor is under act established and what amount is justly due thereon. * BUILDING AND GROUNDS IN AND AROUND WASHINGTON. For improving, care, and maintenance of various reservations seven thousand dollars For care and repair of and refurnishing the Executive Mansion, ten thousand dollars. For fuel for the Executive Mansion and greenhouses, five hundred dollars. arising ap proved 1875, vol. 18, ch. 166, p. 506, and report to Congress. |