138 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 757-759. 1886. D¤‘¤Wb=¤<=l< cvrti- including drawback certificates, of said District. And all the draw- ‘l‘j,“l:;i “’ b° °°““ back certincates heretofore or hereafter received for general taxes °l·€,,l_oj°;l§gf°y' under the acts of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy- Vo1.23;p. 132. nine, and July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and pa1d or deposited in the Treasury, shah be considlersd audhtreated (asbinpney in the keepin and settlement o accounts e ween e m ea es am the Distrigz of Columbia under this or any other act, and one—half of the same less any amounts heretofore credited shall be credited to said District as such, together with all other revenues, as received, upon the books of the Treasury. Approved, July 9, 1886. July 10, 1886. CHAP. 758.--An act relating to the supreme court of Montana Territory, and pro- ·-—-——-——— viding for the establishment of judicial districts in said Territory. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Montana Terri- States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter the supreme
- •°H{dm M, .u court of the Territory of Montana shall consist of a chief justice and
mo in °mP,;l,m”: three associate justices, three of whom shall constitute a quorum; they court of. shall hold their offices for four years, and until their successors are ap-_ pointed and qualified; they shall hold a term annually at_the_ seat oi Provise. _ government of said Temtory: Proocded, however, That no justice shall . N° -l“‘}¤,9 “’ :5* act as a member of the supreme court of said Territory of Montana in
""" "° any action or proceeding brought to such court by writ of error; bill of
_ exceptions, or appceal from a decision, judgment, or decree rendered by · him as `ud e of a istrict court. Territory to be Sec. Tghat said Territory shall be divided into four judicial districts, ‘l?"‘l°d "’*° *`°“' and a district court shall be held in each district of the Territory by one d"°°"°t°’ of the jlnséigeslof the supreme court, at such time and place as may be reserr aw. oironsosoommit- P Sec. 3. Tllat all offenses committed before the passage of this act
- ,:5*1*9}*3*2 *° °°* *° shall be prosecuted, tried, and determined in the same manner and with
cms'; "' p"°°"t the same effect as if this act had not been passed. Approved, July 10, 1886. . _ HAP. .——An act to authorize the construe `on of a brid e e isson '
Riger attrorvrfjezr the city of Saint Joseph, in the Sthte of Misso§ri:‘ari•dsst¢:Ild2t.ridblish
l DB B POB {OB . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United SaintJoseph and States of America in Congress assembled, That the Saint Joseph and §;’dg¤*¤d° P°“· Rio Grande Railroad Company of the State of Kansas, its successors tb0m:_l"fQ;"{;}g‘§‘{;'; or assigns, are hereby, authorized to build a bridge across the Missouri Missouri River, at River at or near the city of Saint Joseph, in the State of Missouri, and Saint Joseph, mo. 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 Frm-iw. _ _ hereinafter provided: Provided, That said bridge shall not interfere i"*°°b;*§*'*¤*!*¤•:1¤ with the free navigation of said river beyond what is necessary to carry “°°l°° "' p°"°into effect the rights and privileges hereby granted. · construction. Sec. 2. Thatfany bridge built under the provisions of this aet may, at the option o the company building the same be built either as a Promos. pivot draw-bridge or with unbroken or continubus spans: Provided, spans. That if the said bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans, it shall not be of less elevation in any case than fifty-feet above high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the bottom chord of the bridge, nor shall the spans of said bridge be less than three hundred 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 be less than three hundred feet in
