foot-passenger bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Lyons, Iowa." Strike out the first section of said act and insert in lieu thereof the Amendment, sec. 1. following: "That the Lyons and Fulton Bridge Company, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Iowa, its successors or assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto, over the Mississippi River, at a location suitable to the interests of navigation from a point in or near the city of Lyons, Iowa, to the opposite Location. shore of said river, in the State of Illinois. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the safe and convenient passage of wagons, Wagon or railway road-way vehicles of all kinds, animals, and foot-passengers, and, at the option of said corporation, its successors or assigns, may be so constructed as to provide for and be used for the passage of railroad trains, for such reasonable rates or tolls as may be fixed from time to time by said corporation, its successors or assigns, and subject to approval and change by the Secretary of War." Strike out section two of said act and insert in lieu thereof the following: bridge. Tolls. Amendment, sec. 2, pp. 901, 902 Ibid. Spans, draws, or pon Provisos. Channel spans. SEC. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this act may, at the option of the company building the same, be built with unbroken and continuous spans, or as a draw-bridge, or as a ponton ton-draw. draw-bridge: Provided, That if said bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans it shall have one or more channel spans, each giving not less than three hundred and fifty feet clear channel way, and not less than fifty-five feet clear head room above highwater mark, and the clear head room under other than channel spans may be less than fifty-five feet, but no part of the superstructure of such spans shall be less than ten feet above high-water mark: Pro- Unobstructed navivided, That the interests of navigation be not injured by such reduc- gation. tion of height: And provided further, That if any bridge built under the provisions of this act shall be constructed as a draw-bridge, it shall have two or more draw-openings, each giving not less than two hundred feet clear channel way, and, in addition to said draw-openings, shall have one or more fixed channel spans, each giving not less than three hundred and fifty feet clear channel way, and every part of the superstructure of draw-bridges shall give a clear head room of not less than ten feet above high-water mark: And provided further, That if any bridge built under the provisions of this act Draw openings. shall be constructed as a ponton draw-bridge, it shall be built subject Ponton-draw. (except as herein modified) to all the terms, requirements, and limitations contained in the act entitled "An act to legalize and establish a ponton railway bridge across the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien, and to authorize the construction of a similar bridge at or near Clinton, Iowa," approved June sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, so far Vol, 18, pp. 62, 63.. as they may be applicable thereto: And provided, also, That it shall be constructed with one suitable ponton draw giving not less than five hundred feet clear channel way, and such other ponton draws and other openings as may, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, Openings. be necessary: And provided further, That the piers of any bridge authorized by this act shall be parallel with the current of the river and the bridge itself at right angles thereto, and the spans of any such bridge shall be so located as to afford the greatest possible accommodation to the river traffic, and the drawspans of any such bridge shall be opened promptly by steam or other reliable mechanical power upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats: And provided further, That the dimensions of all spans, not definitely Span dimensions. fixed by this act, shall be such as in the opinion of the Secretary of War, will best serve the interests of navigation: And provided fur Aids to navigation. Opening draws. ther, That for any two adjacent draw-openings, of two hundred feet Adjacent draws. each, one draw-opening of three hundred feet may be substituted, if number of draws. the interests of navigation be not injured thereby: And provided Dimensions and further, That if the physical characteristics of the locality where a bridge authorized by this act is to be constructed require, and the interests of navigation be not injured thereby, the length of the fixed openings or the number of draw-openings required by this act may be reduced by the Secretary of War. Amendment, sec. 4. Use by other companies. Strike out section four of said act and insert in lieu thereof the following: "SEC. 4. That if any bridge built under the provisions of this act shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railroad trains, all railroad and other companies desiring to use the same 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 all Secretary of War to 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.' prescribe terms. Approved, March 15, 1890. March 15, 1890. District of Colum bia. Terms of imprison ment shortened. ductions. CHAP. 33.-An act to shorten the terms of imprisonment in the jail and in the work-house of the District of Columbia on account of good conduct during confine ment. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all persons sentenced to and imprisoned in the jail or in the work-house of the District of Columbia and confined there on and after the first day of January, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety, for a term of one month or longer, who conduct themselves so that no charge of Good conduct de- misconduct shall be sustained against them, shall have a deduction of five days in each month made from the term of their sentence, and shall be entitled to their discharge so much the sooner, upon the certificate of the warden of the jail for those confined in the jail, and the certificate of the intendant of the Washington Asylum for those confined in the work-house, of their good conduct during their imprisonment (with the approval of the judge making the commitment); and it shall be the duty of said judge to write, or cause to be written, in the docket of his court, across the face of the commitment of the person to be so discharged, the following words: "DisOrder of discharge. charged by order of the court [giving date] on account of good conduct during imprisonment." In jail. In work-house. 'Docket entry. ¡Repeal. SEC. 2. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved, March 15, 1890. March 15, 1890. and Dardanelle Rail bridge Arkansas River vived. CHAP. 34.-An act to amend an act entitled "An act to autho e the building of a railroad bridge at Fort Smith, in the State of Arkansas," approved July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Fort Smith, Paris United States of America in Congress assembled, That an act entitled way Company may "An act to authorize the building of a railroad bridge at Fort Smith, -at Fort Smith, Ark. in the State of Arkansas," approved July nineteenth, eighteen hunVol. 25, p. 337, re- dred and eighty-eight, be, and the same is hereby, revived, and declared to be in full force and effect from and after the passage of Vol. 25. p. 288, this act. And section seven of said act, which provides that said act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge therein authorized be not commenced within one year, and completed within three years from the date thereof, shall be, and the same is hereby, .amended. so amended, that the time within which said bridge is required to be commenced, shall be one year from the passage of this act, and the time within which it is required to be completed shall be three years from the date of the passage of this act. Approved, March 15, 1890. Commencement and completion. CHAP. 35.-An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Arkansas March 15, 1890. sas Valley Railway tory. Bridge at Fort Smith. Railway, passenger, and wagon. High or draw. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Kansas Kansas and Arkanand Arkansas Valley Railway, a corporation organized and existing may bridge Arkansas under the laws of the State of Arkansas, and being empowered by River, Indian Terriact of Congress, approved June first, eighteen hundred and eighty- Vol. 25, p. 78, supplesix, to construct its railway from a point on the eastern boundary mented. line of the Indian Territory, at or near Fort Smith, Arkansas, through said Territory in a northwest direction to a point on the northern boundary line of said Territory, with the power to build a branch as therein provided, the construction and operation of which said line of railway involves the necessity of constructing a bridge across the Arkansas River, in the Indian Territory, from a point at or near Fort Smith be, and the said Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway, its successors and assigns, are hereby authorized and empowered to construct said bridge across said river, and to maintain and operate the same as a railway, passenger, and wagon bridge. SEC. 2. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act, whether constructed as a high bridge or a draw bridge, 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 said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War a design and drawings of said bridge to be erected for his examination and approval and a map of its loca- of War. tion, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject, and until said plan and location of said bridge are approved by the Secretary of War said bridge shall not be commenced or built; and should any change be made in the plan of any bridge authorized to be con- Change of plan. structed by this act during the progress of the work of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. That all railway companies desiring to use 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 approaches thereto, under and upon such terms and conditions as shall Secretary of War to be prescribed by the Secretary of War upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties, in case they shall not agree. SEC. 3. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recogized and known as a post-route, upon which no higher charge shall be made for 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 the transportation over the railroad or public highways leading to the said bridge; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads of the United States. Security of naviga tion. Plans, etc., to be ap proved by Secretary Use by other com panies. prescribe terms. Lawful structure and post-route. Railroad transporta- tion charges. SEC. 4. That the charges for transportation of passengers and freight in the cars of said company over said bridge shall be subject to, and regulated by, the provisions of section four of the above-recited act of June first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, authorizing the construction of said railroad in the Indian Territory. The rates of toll which shall be charged for vehicles and foot-passengers over said Tolls for vehicles, etc. bridge shall be the same as those now established for like service by Right to amend, etc., reserved. the laws of Arkansas, as expressed in section five thousand five hundred and forty-six of Mansfield's Digest thereof, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, page one thousand and sixty-eight. SEC. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act, or any part thereof, whenever Congress shall consider it necessary for the Consequent expend-public interest, is hereby expressly reserved, and any expenditure required by reason of such legislation by Congress shall be made by the owners of said bridge, or the corporation or parties controlling and using the same, without cost or damage to the United States. iture. SEC. 6. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of approval of this act. Approved, March 15, 1890. CHAP. 36.-An act making an appropriation for the removal of a dangerous obstruction to the entrance of the harbor at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six thousand one hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the purpose of removing the sandbars formed at the entrance or mouth of the harbor at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and to make the same free and easy of access or passage by boats arriving at or departing from such port. Approved, March 17, 1890. CHAP. 37.-An act vesting in the vestry of Christ Church, Washington Parish, District of Columbia, all of the right, title, and interest of the United States of America in and to square south of square one thousand and ninety-two, in the city of Washington, District aforesaid, this being an act to remove a cloud upon the title of said lot. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all of the right, title, and interest, whether legal or equitable, of the United States of America in and to all that lot or parcel of ground situate in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and known on the ground plan of the said city as square south of square numbered one thousand and ninety-two, be, and the same hereby is, released and quit-claimed to the vestry of Christ Church, Washington Parish, otherwise called the Vestry of Washington Parish, in the said Dis-. trict, and to their successors forever. Approved, March 19, 1890. CHAP. 38.—An act for the erection of a public building in the city of Lansing, in the State of Michigan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site, and cause to be erected thereon a suitable building, including fire-proof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office and other Government offices, in the city of Lansing and State of Michigan, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, which said sum of one hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for said pur pose, out of any moneys in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited Proposals for site by public advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of said invited. city of largest circulation for at least twenty days prior to the date specified in said advertisement for the opening of said proposals. sites by agent. Proposals made in response to said advertisement shall be addressed Responses. and mailed to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall then cause the said proposed sites, and such others as he may think proper to designate, to be examined in person by an agent of the Treasury Examination, etc., of Department, who shall make written report to said Secretary of the results of said examination, and of his recommendation thereon, and the reasons therefor, which shall be accompanied by the original proposals and all maps, plats, and statements which shall have come into his possession relating to the said proposed sites. Appointment of ex If, upon consideration of said report and accompanying papers, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem further investigation necessary, he may appoint a commission of not more than three persons, one of whom shall be an officer of the Treasury Department, which amining commission. commission shall also examine the said proposed sites, and such others as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, and grant Commission repo such hearings in relation thereto as they shall deem necessary; and Hearings. said commission shall, within thirty days after such examination, make to the Secretary of the Treasury written report of their conclusion in the premises, accompanied by all statements, maps, plats, or documents taken by or submitted to them, in like manner as hereinbefore provided in regard to the proceedings of said agent of the Treasury Department; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall thereupon finally determine the location of the building to be erected. The compensation of said commissioners shall be fixed by the Sec- Commissioners' comretary of the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars per day and actual traveling expenses: Provided, however, That the member of said commission appointed from the Treasury Depart- Treasury member. ment shall be paid only his actual traveling expenses. Final determination. pensation. Proviso. Appropriation in part immediately So much of the appropriation herein made as may be necessary to defray the expenses of advertising for proposals, actual traveling available. expenses of said agent, and the compensation and actual traveling expenses of said commissioners, and other expenses incident to the selection of the site, and for necessary survey thereof, shall be immediately available. Available as to other expenses on ap So much of said appropriation as may be necessary for the preparation of sketch-plans, drawings, specifications, and detailed estimates proval of site. for the building by the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department shall be available immediately upon the approval by the Secretary of the Treasury of such site. Unavailable until title and jurisdiction No money appropriated by this act shall be available, except as herein before provided, until a valid title to the site for said building pass. shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Michigan shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein. After the said site shall have been paid for and the Sketch-plans and detailed estimates for the building shall have been prepared by the Supervising Architect and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Postmaster-General the balance of said appropriation shall be available for the erection and completion of the building, including fire-proof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches. The building shall be unexposed to danger from fire by an open space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys. Approved, March 19, 1890. Balance available ment for site, etc. for building after pay. Open space. |