Interior of such, payment, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to cause to be issued to the Leavenworth City and Fort Leavenworth Water Company a patent to the said lands, and on such deposit being made and notice to the Secretary of the Interior being given, the said company may enter upon, possess, use, and occupy the said lands. Approved, June 6, 1888. CHAP. 363.-An act authorizing the construction of bridges across the Cape Fear River, Black River, and the Northeast River, in the State of North Carolina. 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 Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of North Carolina, its successors and assigns, to construct and maintain bridges, and approaches thereto, over the Cape Fear River at or near the town of Fayetteville, in the State of North Carolina, over the Black River, in the county of Bladen, and over the Northeast River, in the County of New Hanover, in said State, at such point or points as said railway company may desire or find most practicable in the final location of its road to the city of Wilmington June 6, 1888. Cape Fear and YadCompany may bridge Cape Fear, Black, and North Carolina. kin Valley Railway Northeast Rivers, Unobstructed navi SEC. 2. That said bridges shall be so constructed either by draw, span, or otherwise, that a free and unobstructed passage may be gation to be secured. secured to all vessels, boats, or other water craft navigating said rivers. SEC. 3. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post-route, and shall enjoy all the rights and privileges of other post-roads of the United States. And equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph companies; and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal telegraph purposes. To be lawful structures and post-routes. SEC. 4. That if either of said bridges authorized to be constructed Draws. by this act shall be constructed as a draw-bridge the draw shall be opened promptly by said corporation upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats, and said company or corporation shall maintain,. at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals Lights. on said bridge or bridges as the Light-House Board shall prescribe. No bridge shall be erected or maintained under the authority of this act, which shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said river or rivers; and if any bridge or bridges 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 obstructions shall be removed and alterations made at the expense of the owner or owners of said bridge: Provided, 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 any bridge erected under this act from the operations of the same. SEC. 5. That all railroad companies desiring the use of the bridge Other companies 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; and 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 upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all such matters of difference Proviso. may use. decide compensation. Secretary of War to between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties. Secretary of War to approve plans, etc. Amendment. Effect. Commencement and completion. June 6, 1888. Louisville, Cincin way Company may bridge Kentucky Riv nati and Virginia Rail er and tributaries, Kentucky. SEC. 6. That any bridge erected or 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 rivers 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 drawing of said bridge or bridges, for his examination and approval, and a map of its location, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject, and in all things shall be subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War, and until such plan and location of said bridge or bridges are approved, they shall not be built. SEC. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is expressly reserved. SEC. 8. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. SEC. 9. 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 of the approval of this act. Approved June 6, 1888. CHAP. 364.-An act to authorize the construction of bridges across the Kentucky River, and its tributaries, by the Louisville, Cincinnati and Virginia Railway Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Louisville, Cincinnati and Virginia Railway Company, a corporation organized under act of the general assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, be, and it is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge, and approaches thereto, over the Kentucky River, in the State of Kentucky; and also a bridge or bridges over the tributaries or forks of said river, at such point or points as said company may deem suitable for the passage of its said road over said river, or its tributaries or forks. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for Railway, wagon, and the passage of railway trains, and, at the option of the company by which it may be built, may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals and for foot-passengers; and all tolls charged for the passage of vehicles, animals, and foot-passengers over said bridge shall be subject to modification and approval of the Secretary of War. foot bridge. Tolls. Lawful structure and post-route. Secretary of War to approve plans, etc. SEC. 2. That any bridge built under this act, and subject to its limitations, 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 post-roads in the United States. SEC. 3. That any bridge authorized to be constructel 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 drawing of the bridge, and a map of the location thereof; 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. All changes required by the Secretary of War in the structure of said bridge, or its entire removal after the same is constructed, shall be at the expense of the company owning or controlling said bridge; and in event of any litigation in reference to said bridge, or any part thereof, the same shall be had in the circuit court of the United States within whose jurisdiction said bridge or any part thereof may be located. may use. SEC. 4. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge Other companies or bridges shall have, and be entitled to, equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon the payment of reasonable compensation therefor; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge or bridges and the railroad company or companies desiring to use same shall fail to agree upon the terms with reference to the use of same, all matters of issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of Secretary of War to War upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties. decide terms. Commencement and completion. SEC. 5. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge or bridges herein authorized be not commenced within two years and completed within five years from the date thereof. SEC. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. Approved, June 6, 1888. CHAP. 365.-An act to enlarge, improve, and make repairs upon the United States court-house and post-office building in Atlanta, Georgia, and to appropriate money therefor. 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 enlarge, improve, and make repairs upon the United States courthouse and post-office building in Atlanta, Georgia; and said enlargements, improvements, and repairs to be made upon plans and specifications under and by direction of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury. June 6, 1888. Atlanta, Ga. enlarged, etc. Public building to be SEC. 2. That for the purposes named in the preceding section the Appropriation. sum of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, June 6, 1888. CHAP. 369.-An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for other purposes. tions. sions. June 7, 1888. Provisos. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following Pension appropriasums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of pensions for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for other purposes, namely: For Army and Navy pensions as follows: For invalids, widows, Invalid, etc., penminor children, and dependent relatives, and survivors and widows of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, and with Mexico, eighty million four hundred and seventy-three thousand dollars: Provided, That the appropriation aforesaid for Navy pensions shall be paid from the income of the Navy pension fund, so far as the same may be sufficient for that purpose: And provided further, That all pensions which have been, or which may hereafter be, granted under husband. the general laws regulating pensions to widows in consequence of death occurring from a cause which originated in the service since, the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. shall commence from the date of death of the husband: And provided further, That the amount expended under each of the above items shall be Navy pensions. date from death of Widows' pensions to R. S., secs. 4709, 4710, pp. 917, 918. Accounts. istered by officers free. accounted for separately: And provided further, That all United Oaths to be admin- States officers now authorized to administer oaths are hereby required and directed to administer any and all oaths required to be made by pensioners and their witnesses, in the execution of their vouchers for their pensions free of charge. Examining surgeons' fees, etc. Rroviso: Examinations. Agents' salaries. Clerk-hire. Proviso. Apportionment. Fuel. Lights. Stationery, etc. Rents. Rooms in public buildings where prac For fees and expenses of examining surgeons for services rendered within the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, one million dollars. And each member of each examining board shall, as now authorized by law, receive the sum of two dollars for the examination of each applicant whenever five or a less number shall be examined on any one day, and one dollar for the examination of each additional applicant on such day: Provided, That if twenty or more applicants appear on one day, no fewer than twenty shall, if practicable, be examined on said day, and that if fewer examinations be then made, twenty or more having appeared, then there shall be paid for the first examinations made on the next examination day the fee of one dollar only until twenty examinations shall have been made. For the salaries of eighteen agents for the payment of pensions, at four thousand dollars each, seventy-two thousand dollars. For clerk-hire, one hundred and seventy-eight thousand dollars: Provided, That the amount of clerk-hire for each agency shall be apportioned as nearly as practicable in proportion to the number of pensioners paid at each agency. For fuel, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For lights, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For stationery and other necessary expenses, to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, sixteen thousand dollars. For rents, eighteen thousand two hundred dollars. And the Secretary of the Treasury, where practicable, shall cause suitable rooms to be set apart in the public buildings under his control in cities where pension agencies are located, which shall be acceptable to the Secretary of the Interior, for the use and occupancy of the said agencies respectively. Approved, June 7, 1888. June 7, 1888. Tallahassee, Fla. Site, plans, etc. Estimates. Cost. Proviso. Title, etc. CHAP. 370.-An act for the erection of a public building at Tallahassee, Florida. 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 purchase, acquire by condemnation, or otherwise provide, a site for, and cause to be erected, a suitable building, with proper fire-proof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the courts of the United States, post-office, land-office, internal-revenue offices, and other Government offices, at the city of Tallahassee, Florida. The site and building thereon, when completed, upon plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed the cost of seventy-five thousand dollars, nor shall any site be purchased until estimates for the erection of a building which will furnish sufficient accommodations for the transaction of the public business, and which shall not exceed in cost the balance of the sum herein limited after the site shall have been purchased and paid for, shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury; and no purchase of site nor plan for said building shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars for site and building: Provided, That no money to be appropriated for this purpose shall be available until a valid title to the site of said building shall be vested in the United States, to be approved by the Attorney-General, and until the State of Florida 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 any civil process therein. And the sum of seventy-five thousand Appropriation. dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, to be used and expended in the purchase of said site and toward the construction of said building: Provided, That the site shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys around the same. Approved, June 7, 1888. CHAP. 371.—An act to increase the appropriation for the erection of the public building at Sacramento, California. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the amount heretofore fixed as the limit of cost for the erection of a public building, by the United States Government, at Sacramento, California, be, and the same is hereby, increased to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and that sum is hereby fixed as the limit of cost for the erection of said building, including site. Proviso. Open space. SEC. 2. That the officers of the United States Government having Contracts. charge of the erection of public buildings are authorized and required to be governed by the limitation hereby prescribed in making con tracts for the erection of said building. SEC. 3. That the additional sum of fifty thousand dollars be, and Appropriation. the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be used and expended for the purposes provided in this act. Approved, June 7, 1888. CHAP. 372.-An act for the erection of a public building in Paterson, New Jersey. 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 purchase, or acquire by condemnation proceedings or otherwise, a site for, and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with fireproof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the post-office and other Government offices, at the city of Paterson, New Jersey. The plans, specifications, and full estimates for said building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed for the site and building complete the sum of eighty thousand dollars: Provided, That the site shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys; 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 New Jersey 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. June 7, 1888. Paterson, N. J. Site, plans, etc. Proviso. Open space. Title, etc. SEC. 2. That the sum of eighty thousand dollars be, and the same Appropriation. is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be used and expended for the purpose provided in this act. Approved, June 7, 1888. |