CHAP. CCCXXIII. An Act extending the Time for the Completion of the Portage Lake March 3, 1873. and Lake Superior Ship Canal. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time for the completion of the Portage Lake and Lake Superior ship canal be and the same is hereby extended to the first day of December, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-three. APPROVED, March 3, 1873. Time for completing the PortLake Superior ship canal extended. age Lake and CHAP. CCCXXIV. - An Act to enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to purchase March 3, 1873. and pay for certain Improvements within the Nez Perce Indian Reservation in the Territory of Idaho. Preamble. Whereas, by the tenth article of the treaty concluded with the Nez Perce tribe of Indians, June eleventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, Vol. xii. p. 960. it was agreed that the tract of land then occupied by William Craig should not be considered a part of the reservation set apart for them by said treaty, except that the same should be subject to the intercourse act in common with the other lands of the reservation, in consideration of the fact that said Craig had consented to reside among them as their friend and adviser; and whereas the said Craig, and, since his death, his legal representatives, have cultivated and otherwise improved the tract of land in question; and whereas the right of personal occupancy of the same, acquired under the treaty referred 'to, ceased with the death of said Craig; and whereas the improvements upon said tract, as aforesaid, are required for the use of the Nez Perce tribe of Indians: Therefore from the repre Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Improvements States of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioner of Indian to be purchased affairs be, and he is hereby, authorized to purchase, from the legal representatives of Wil sentatives of the said William Craig, the said improvements, at a cost not liam Craig. exceeding the sum of three dollars per rod for fencing and four dollars and fifty cents per acre for the plowing upon the said tract, and to pay for the same, out of any unexpended money appropriated for fulfilling treaty with the Nez Perce tribe of Indians. APPROVED, March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCCXXV. - An Act to authorize the Construction of a Bridge across the Mis- March 3, 1878. souri River at or near the City of Lexington, in the State of Missouri, and to establish it as a Post-road. Missouri river at tracks laid there on. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for any Bridge may be person or persons, company, or corporation, authorized by the general built across the or special laws of Missouri, and having the consent of the Burlington or near Lexingand Southwestern and the Lexington Lake and Gulf Railroad Com- ton, Missouri, panies, to build a bridge across the Missouri river at or near the city of and railway Lexington, in the State of Missouri, and to lay on or over said bridge railway-tracks for the more perfect connection of any railroads that are or shall be constructed to the said river at or opposite said point, under the limitations and conditions hereinafter provided. That said bridge shall not interfere with the free navigation of said river beyond what is Navigation. necessary in order to carry into effect the rights and privileges hereby granted. And in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction, or alleged obstruction, to the free navigation of said river, the cause may be tried before the district court of the United States in the district of said State in which said bridge is located. Litigation. SEC. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this act may, at Bridge may be the option of the company building the same, be built either as a pivot built as a pivot draw-bridge, or with unbroken or continuous spans: Provided, That if with continuous draw-bridge, or the said bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans, it spans. If bridge is shall not be of less elevation, in any case, than fifty feet above highbuilt with contin- water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the bottom chord uous spans; if as a pivot draw-bridge. of the bridge; nor shall the spans of said bridge. be less than two hundred and fifty feet in length, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river; and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river, and not less than three hundred feet in length: And provided also, That if any bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a pivot draw-bridge the same shall be constructed with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point, with spans of not less than one hundred and sixty feet in length in the clear on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw; and the next adjoining spans to the draw shall not be less than two hundred and fifty feet, if the proper location of the draw over the channel will admit spans of this width between it and the shore; and said spans shall not be less than thirty feet above low-water mark, and not less than ten above extreme high-water mark, measuring to the bottom chord of the bridge; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river: And provided also, That said draw shall be opened opened promptly. promptly, upon reasonable signal, for the passage of boats, and in no case shall unnecessary delay occur in opening the said draw during or after the passage of trains. Draw to be Bridge to be a lawful structure and post-route. Charges. All railway companies to SEC. 3. That any bridge constructed under this act, and according to its limitations, shall be a lawful structure, and shall be known and recognized as a post-route, upon which, also, no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for their transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to the said bridge. SEC. 4. That all railway companies desiring to use the said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passage have equal rights. of the same, and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof, and of all the approaches thereto under and upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War, upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties in case they shall not agree. Regulations for building the bridge. Design and map. SEC. 5. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge and piers, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of at least one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography 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 Bridge not to understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of be built until, &c. the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War, the bridge shall not Changes in be built; and if any change be made in the plan of construction of said bridge during the progress of the work thereon, or before the completion of said bridge, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and the said structure shall be at all times so kept and managed as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels through or under said structure; and the said structure shall be changed at the cost and expense of the owners thereof, from time to time, as Congress may direct, so as to preserve the free and convenient navigation of said river. And the authority to erect and continue said bridge shall be subject to revocation or modification by law whenever the public good shall, in the judgment of Congress, so require without any expense or charge to the United States. plan Passage of vessels. Authority to erect may be revoked. SEC. 6. That the right to alter or amend this act, so as to prevent or Act may be remove all material obstructions to the navigation of said river by the altered, &c. construction of bridges, is hereby expressly reserved. APPROVED, March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCCXXVI.—An Act to extend the Works of the Georgetown Gas-light March 3, 1873. Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the rights and privileges Rights of granted by the act approved July twentieth, eighteen hundred and fifty- Georgetown Gaslight Company four, entitled "An act to incorporate the Georgetown Gas-light Com- extended. pany," be, and the same are hereby, so extended as to cover all the terri- 1854, ch. 98. Vol. x. p. 786. tory within the limits of the District of Columbia, lying on the western side of Rock creek. APPROVED, March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCCXXVII. - An Act to authorize Inquiries into the Causes of Steam-boiler March 3, 1873. Explosions investigated. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United Causes of States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause such experiments to be steam-boiler made and such information to be collected as in his opinion may be explosions to be useful and important to guard against the bursting of steam-boilers; Report. and that, he be requested to communicate the same to Congress; and that the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be appropriated for the purposes of this act. APPROVED, March 3, 1873. Appropriation March 3, 1873. 1821, ch. 10. Vol. vi. p. 255. Columbia Col lege to be known as Columbia Uni CHAP. CCCXXVIII. An Act supplemental to the Act of February ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, incorporating the Columbia College, in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act to incorporate the Columbia College in the District of Columbia, approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, be, and the same is hereby, so modified versity. that said corporation shall be hereafter known and called by the name of the Columbia University, and in that name shall take, hold and manage Rights and all the estate and property now belonging to said college, or that powers. may hereafter be conveyed, devised or bequeathed to said corporation by its original name; that the restriction of the yearly value of the property of said corporation to the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars be, and the said restriction is hereby, repealed; and that said corporation may increase the number of its overseers to twenty-one, and the number of its overseers. trustees to twenty-one, exclusive of the president of the faculty, who shall be, ex-officio, a trustee of said corporation. Number of District act for bian College con. firmed. Limitations. SEC. 2. That the act for the relief of the Columbian College in the District of Columbia enacted by the legislative assembly of said District, relief of Columand approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, be, and the same is hereby, approved and confirmed: Provided, That this act nor the said act of the legislative assembly of the said District, shall be so construed as to authorize the said Columbian University to sell, or use the proceeds of any sale of land granted by Congress to said institution for any purpose other than that expressed in the act of incorporation, and the act granting any such land or real estate, or contrary to any will, devise or grant of any land or real estate heretofore or hereafter made, by any person or persons to said institution. APPROVED, March 3, 1873. March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCCXXIX. An Act to authorize the Little Rock, Pine Bluff and Arkadel phia Southwestern Railroad Company to construct a Bridge over the Ouachita River at or near Arkadelphia, Arkansas Bas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Little Rock, States of America in Congress assembled, That the Little Rock, Pine &c., Railroad' Bluff and Arkadelphia Southwestern Railroad Company, a corporation Co., may construct a bridge organized under the general incorporation laws of the State of Arover the Ouachita kansas, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct a bridge over the river, in Arkan- Ouachita river at or near Arkadelphia in the State Arkansas for the purpose of terminating the Little Rock, Pine Bluff and Arkadelphia, Southwestern Railroad at Arkadelphia, in said State, and for the purpose of connecting said railroad with any other railroad which may run from said place: Provided, That said company may construct said bridge Purposes of the for the accommodation of foot passengers, animals, and vehicles of all bridge kinds over said river, and shall keep up, operate, and maintain said bridge. Bridge may be spans; if as a drawbridge. SEC. 2. That said company may build said bridge as a draw-bridge, a draw-bridge, or with a pivot or other form of draw, or with unbroken or continuous with continuous spans: Provided, That if the same shall be made of unbroken or continuif with continuous spans it shall not be of less elevation in any case than fifty feet above ous spans; high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the bottom chord of the bridge, por shall the spans of said bridge be less than one hundred and fifty feet in length, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river, and not less than one hundred and eighty feet in length. And provided also, That if said bridge shall be built as a draw-bridge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot draw-bridge with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point, and with spans of not less than one hundred and sixty feet on either side of the pivot-pier; and said spans shall not be less than thirty feet above low-water mark, and not less than ten feet above above extreme high-water mark, measuring to the bottom chord of the bridge; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel to the current of the river, And provided also, That said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable opened promptly. notice or signal, for the passage of boats, and in no case shall unnnecessary delay occur in opening the said draw during or after the passage of trains. Draw to be Bridge to be a lawful structure and a post-route. Charges. All railway companies may use the bridge upon, &c. SEC. 3. That said bridge, when constructed under this act, shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post-route, and no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, troops, and munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for their transportation over the railroads of public highways leading to said bridge. SEC. 4. That all railway companies desiring to use the said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passage of the same, and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof, and of all the approaches thereto, under and upon such terms and conditions as shall War to prescribe be prescribed by the Secretary of War, upon hearing the allegations and regulations for building, &c., the proofs of the parties in case they shall not agree. Secretary of bridge. be changed SEC. 5. That the structure herein authorized shall be built under and Structura nay subject to such regulations for the security of the navigation of said river and lake as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, and the said structure shall be, at all times, so kept and managed as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels through and under said structure; and the said structure shall be changed at the cost and expense of the owners thereof, from time to time, as Congress may direct, so as to preserve the free and convenient navigation of said river; and the authority to erect and continue said bridge shall be subject to revocation by law whenever the public good shall, in the judgment of Congress, so require, This act may SEC. 6. That the right to alter or amend this act and to prevent or remove all material obstructions to the navigation of said river by the con- be aftered, &c. struction of said bridge, is hereby expressly reserved. APPROVED, March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCCXXX.- An Act donating condemned Cannon and Cunnon-balls to the March 3, 1873. Gettysburgh Battle-field Memorial Association. Condemned 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 is hereby, authorized to deliver to the Gettysburgh Battle-field cannon, &c., to the Gettysburgh Memorial Association, if it can be done without detriment to the gov- Battle-field ernment, such number of condemned cannon and cannon-balls as his Memorial Associ judgment may approve, for the purpose of their work of indication of the ation. battle-field of Gettysburgh. APPROVED, March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCCXXXI. 1 An Act for the Extension of Time to the Saint Paul and Pacific March 3, 1873. Railroad Company for the Completion of its Roads. road from Saint Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time for the completion Time for comof the railroad from Saint Anthony to Brainerd, in the State of Minne- pleting the railsota as now limited by law, and of the railroad from Saint Cloud to Saint Anthony to BraiVincent, in said State as now located, with the approval of the Secretary nerd in Minneof the Interior, be extended for the period of nine months from the time sota, and that limited by the acts of Congress relating to the same respectively; and if to Saint Vincent compleated within said nine months the said railroads shall be entitled to extended. all the benefits of the several provisions of the acts of Congress relating thereto, in the same manner as if said roads had been fully completed within the time therein limited APPROVED, March 3, 1873. from Saint Cloud CHAP. CCCXXXII. - An Act to abolish the tribal Relations of the Miami Indians, March 3, 1873. and for other Purposes. Indians in Kan Vol. x. p. 1093. Lands to be Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That if the Miami tribe of In- The unallotted, dians in Kansas shall signify to the President of the United States their reserved lands, desire to sell the lands reserved for the future homes of the said Indians &c., of the Miami by the first article of the treaty of June fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty- sas, may be sold. four, and which remain unallotted, together with the school-section mentioned in said article, said lands shall be disposed of in the following manner to wit: The said secretary shall appoint three disinterested and competent persons, who shall, after being duly sworn to perform said ser- appraised, and mode of apvice faithfully and impartially, personally examine and appraise said lands praisal. by legal subdivisions of one hundred and sixty acres or less, separately, and make return thereof to the commissioner of Indian affairs: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, set aside any appraisements that may be made under the provisions of this act, and cause a new appraisement to be made; And provided further, That in making said appraisement, the land and improvements made by the United States and Indians shall be included, and the improvements made by white. settlers shall be excluded in determining an estimate of the value thereof. SEC. 2. That each bona-fide settler occupying any portion of said Certain bonalands at the date of the passage of this act, and having made valuable fide settlers may within a year purimprovements thereon, or the heirs at law of such, who is a citizen of the chase not exceedUnited States, or who has declared his intention to become such, shall be ing, &c., at ap entitled, at any time within one year from the return of said appraisement, praised value. to purchase, for cash, the land so occupied and improved by him, not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres in each case, at the appraised value thereof, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior |