until valid title and jurisdiction pass. No money available and no money appropriated for this purpose shall be available until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of California 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. Appropriation. SEC. 2. That the sum of two hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act. Approved, April 28, 1890. April 28, 1890. CHAP. 169.-An act granting the counties of Hennepin and Dakota, Minnesota, the right to build two bridges across the Minnesota River. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Counties of Henne- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the board of may construct two county commissioners of the county of Hennepin and State of Minbridges across Minne- nesota. be, and the same hereby are, authorized to construct and pin and Dakota, Minn., sota River. Location of bridge. other. maintain two bridges over the Minnesota River and approaches one thereto. One bridge to be located by a majority of the said board of county commissioners of said Hennepin County, and a majority of the board of county commissioners of the county of Dakota, in said State of Minnesota, either in section thirteen in township twenty-seven, range twenty-four west of the fourth principal meridian; or in section eighteen, township twenty-seven, range twentythree west of the fourth principal meridian, as in the judgment of said majority of said commissioners shall be the best place for the Location of the construction of said bridge and approaches thereto; and one bridge and approaches thereto, between and connecting said Hennepin County and the county of Scott, in said State of Minnesota, at the point or place on said Minnesota River commonly known as and called "Bloomington Ferry" or "Lyndale Avenue," or at any place where said board of county commissioners of Hennepin County may F'ans and material. decide between said points. Said bridges and approaches shall be of such plans and material as said board of county commissioners of Hennepin County shall in their discretion determine, except that said bridges shall be constructed as draw-bridges, and shall be and remain forever free. Said bridge or bridges shall be constructed to Free wagon and foot provide for free passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals and for foot passengers. Draw. bridges. Lawful structure and post-route. Postal telegraph. Construction. Pivot draw-bridge. Width. Elevation. SEC. 2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its limitations, shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized as a post-route, and shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other postroads in the United States: Provided, That the United States may construct a postal telegraph over said bridge or bridges without charge therefor. SEC. 3. That any bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a pivot draw-bridge, with a draw over the main channel at an accessible and and the best navigable point, and with draw-spans having a clear water-way, measured at the lowest stage of water known at the locality, of not less than eighty feet in clear width, which shall not thereafter be reduced by deposits of rip-rap, or by other material about the piers and abutments; and the spans shall not be less elevation than ten feet above extreme high-water mark, as shown at the point of location, measuring to the lowest part of the superstructure of said bridge, and provision shall be made in the location and conUnimpeded water struction of the abutments and approaches to allow the free passage of flood water; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel to and the bridge itself at right angles to the direction of the current of said flow. stream: Provided, also, that the said draw, or draws, shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal, for the passage of boats, and said board of county commissioners of said Hennepin County shall maintain at the expense of said Hennepin County such lights or other signals thereon as the light-House Board may prescribe, and said Hennepin County shall provide at its own expense such sheer-booms, guide-piers, or other device as may be at any time deemed necessary by the Secretary of War to facilitate the safe passage of boats or other water craft through the spans of said bridge. No bridge shall be erected or maintained under authority of this act which shall at Provisos. Opening draws. Lights, etc. Aids to navigation. any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of Free navigation. said river; and if any bridge erected under such authority shall in the opinion of the Secretary of War, obstruct said navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge to be Changes or alteramade as will effectually obviate such obstructions, at the expense of tions in bridges. said county of Hennepin, and in case of any litigation arising from Litigation. No repeal of exist Secretary of War to any obstruction, or alleged obstruction, to the free navigation of said river caused, or alleged, to be caused by said bridges, or either, the case may be brought in the circuit court of the United States of the district in which said obstruction or bridges are located: 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 ing law. protection of the navigation of rivers, or to exempt any bridge or bridges constructed by virtue thereof from the operation of the same. SEC. 4. That any bridge or bridges authorized to be constructed under this act shall be built and located under and subject to such approve plans, etc. regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, and to secure that object the said board of county commissioners of said Hennepin County shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, designs and drawings of the proposed bridges and a map of the location, giving for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed locations 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 surroundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge or bridges such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. SEC. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby Amendment, etc. expressly reserved, and the right to require any changes in such structure or structures, or the entire removal thereof, at the expense of the owners, whenever Congress shall decide that the public interest requires it, is also expressly reserved. SEC. 6. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridges herein authorized be not commenced within one year, and completed within three years from the date thereof Approved, April 28, 1890. CHAP. 170.-An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Red Commencement and completion. April 28, 1890. Crookston, Fort Stevenson and Montana of the North at Polk Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the assent of Congress is hereby given to the Crookston, Fort Stevenson and Mon- Railroad Company tana Railroad Company, a corporation existing under the laws of may bridge Red River the State of Minnesota, and to its successors and assigns, to construci County, Minn. and maintain a pivot draw-bridge, and approaches thereto, across the Red River of the North, between the State of Minnesota and the State of North Dakota, at such point on said river, on the boundary foot bridge. line between Polk County, in the State of Minnesota, and the State of North Dakota, as may accommodate the lines of railroad which Railway, wagon, and said corporation may build to said point. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains, and, at the option of the said corporation, may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot passengers, for such reasonable rates of tolls as may be fixed by the Secretary of War; and the Secretary of War shall have the right, from time to time, to revise such rates. Tolls. Construction. Proviso. Opening of draw. Lights, etc. approve plans, etc. Location, etc. SEC. 2. That the said bridge shall be constructed as a pivot drawbridge, and shall be so constructed that a free and unobstructed passage may be secured to all water-craft, rafts, or logs navigating said river at the point àforesaid: Provided, That the draw of said bridge shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signals for the passage of boats or vessels; and said corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Secretary of War shall prescribe. The said Secretary of War to bridge shall be located and built under and subject to such regulations for the security of the navigation of said river and such requirements as to location and direction of piers and spans clear headway at high water and clear spans at low water, as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said company shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, drawings of said bridge and piers, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile below and one mile above the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shorelines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the current at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed and channel of the stream, and shall furnish such other information as shall be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said location and plan of the bridge hereby Approval to precede authorized to be constructed are approved by the Secretary of War the said bridge shall not be built; and should any change be made in the plan of such bridge during the progress of construction thereof, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. SEC. 3. That all railroad companies desiring the use of the bridge constructed under this act shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains, cars, and locomotives over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon the payment of a reasonable compensation for such use, to be fixed prescribe terms, etc. by the Secretary of War, in case the owner or owners of the said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any of them desiring such use, shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid; and the Secretary of War shall prescribe the rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, and all matters of difference between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties. construction. Changes. Use by other companies. Secretary of War to Lawful structure and post-route. SEC. 4. That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this act shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post-route, and the same is hereby declared to be a post-route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, troops, and munitions of war of the United States, or for through railways passengers or freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per mile for their transmission over the railroads leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for Use by telegraph postal-telegraph purposes and all telegraph or telephone companies and telephone compa- shall have equal rights and privileges in constructing and maintaining their lines across said bridge. Postal telegraph. nies. Amendment, etc. SEC. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act, so as to prevent or remove all material and substantial obstructions to the navigation of said river by the construction of the said bridge, is hereby expressly reserved; and any alterations or changes that may Expense of changes. be required by Congress in the bridge constructed under this act shall be made by the corporation owning or controlling the same, at its own expense. completion. SEC. 6. That the time within which the construction of said bridge Commencement and shall be commenced shall be one year and it shall be completed within three years from and after the passage of this act. Approved, April 28, 1890. April 29, 1890. Arizona customs district established. CHAP. 171.-An act to create a customs district of the Territory of Arizona. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a new customs collection district, to be called the district of Arizona, be, and the same is hereby, established, which shall embrace all the territory now included in the Territory of Arizona; and a collector shall be Collector; residence, appointed for the same, to reside at Nogales, which shall be the port of entry for the district; and the said collector shall receive in full Nogales. for all services as collector a compensation at the rate of two thou- Compensation. sand dollars per annum, which compensation shall be in lieu of salary, fees, commissions, storage, and all perquisites of every name and nature. Approved, April 29, 1890. CHAP 172.-An act to amend the charter of the Eckington and Soldiers' Home April 30, 1890. Company, District of Vol. 25, p. 190. Extension of tracks Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Eckington Eckington and Soland Soldiers' Home Railway Company of the District of Columbia diers' Home Railway is hereby authorized to extend its tracks and to run its cars thereon Columbia. through and along the following-named streets: Beginning at the ter intersection of New York avenue and Fifth street northwest, south along Fifth street northwest to G street northwest, and thence west along G street northwest to the east line of Fifteenth street northwest; and also beginning at the present terminus of its Cemetery Branch on the east side of Lincoln avenue, and thence northerly along Lincoln avenue to a point opposite the entrance to Glenwood Cemetery, and also beginning at the intersection of New York avenue and North Capitol street; thence north along said street to the south boundaries of the grounds of the Soldiers' Home: Provided, That if electric wires or cables are used to propel its cars over said streets from New York avenue and Fifth to Fifteenth street northwest, the or cables. same shall be placed underground: And provided further, That the said company shall not be permitted to stop its cars at its western terminus, or at any point within the city limits, for a longer time than is necessary to take on and let off its passengers. Said company shall charge not exceeding five cents fare for one continuous ride from any point on its line to the terminus of its main line or any of its branches. And said company is authorized to use overhead wires on its North Capitol Street Branch. Provisos. Underground wires Stoppages. Fare. North Capitol street route; overhead wires. Vol. 25, p. 190. SEC. 2. That so much of the original charter of the Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway Company, granted by act approved June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, as authorized the construction of a branch on First street west, from New York avenue to the south boundary of the Soldiers' Home be, and the same is abolished. hereby, repealed. First street route Capital stock increased. · Commencement and completion. Proviso. SEC. 3. That said company is authorized to increase its capital stock one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars for the purpose of enabling it to extend and equip its line as provided in this act. SEC. 4. That unless said extensions are commenced within three months and the cars run thereon within one year from the passage. of this act the authority herein granted shall be void: Provided, North Capitol street That said company shall have one year to complete the North Capitol Street Branch after said street is opened and graded. route. Amendment, etc. Vol. 25, p. 190. tion. SEC. 5. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend or repeal this act. SEC. 6. This act shall be considered as an amendment to the act of June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, granting a charter to the Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railroad, and shall Judicial construc- be construed as being subject to all limitations and conditions of said original act except as specifically provided otherwise herein. That the authority of said company by this act or any other act conUse of overhead ferred to erect or use overhead wires in its operations within the city of Washington shall absolutely cease and determine on the first day of July, anno Domino eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Approved, April 30, 1890. wires to cease. April 30, 1890. Park appropriations. CHAP. 173.-An act for the organization, improvement, and maintenance of the National Zoological Park. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the National Zoological United States of America in Congress assembled, That the one-half of the following sums named, respectively, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and Half from District the other half out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, for the organization, improvement, and maintenance of the National Zoological Park, to be expended under the direction of the regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and to be drawn on their requisition and disbursed by the disbursing officer for said institution: For the shelter of animals, fifteen thousand dollars. revenues. Shelter of animals. For shelter-barns, cages, fences, and inclosures, and other pro- For water supply, sewerage, and drainage, seven thousand dollars. For current expenses, including the maintenance of collections, food supplies, salaries of all necessary employees, and the acquisi tion and transportation of specimens, thirty-seven ther and dollars. SEC. 2. That the National Zoological Park is hereby placed under the directions of the regents of the Smithsonian Institution, who are authorized to transfer to it any living specimens, whether of animals or plants, now or hereafter in their charge, to accept gifts. for the park at their discretion, in the name of the United States, to make exchanges of specimens, and to administer the said Zoological Park for the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people. SEC. 3. That the heads of executive departments of the Government are hereby authorized and directed to cause to be rendered all necessary and practicable aid to the said regents in the acquisition of collections for the Zoological Park. Approved, April 30, 1890. |