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FIFTY·SECON D CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 16-18. 1892. 413 in either of said bridges, or the entire removal of either or both of said bridges after being completed, if the Secretary of War deems the same necessary, shall be paid by the persons or corporation owning or controlling said bridge or bridges; and any action ensuing from the con- Litigation. struction of said bridges, or either of them, hall be instituted and brought in the district court of the United States within whose jurisdiction any portion of said bridge or bridges may be located: Provided, irgvw- _ _ That no bridge shall be built under the provisions of this act, except“ *° ”““g““°"‘ there also be built, at the time of the erection of the piers, such sheer booms, dikes, piers, or other suitable structures for the guiding of rafts, steamboats, and other water craft safely through the passageways as shall be required by the Secretary of War: And provided also, That Lights. ew. the said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signal on said bridges as the Light-House Board shall prescribe. S20. 5. That this act shall be null and void as to such bridge, herein Commencement and provided for, on which actual construction is not commenced within °°“‘*"°°‘°“· one year and completed within three years from the date thereof; but shall remain in lull force and edect as to such bridge, herein provided for, on which actual construction is commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof. Sec. 6. That Congress hereby expressly reserves the right to alter, Ameuumsntsm. amend, or repeal this act whenever the public interests so require. Approved, December 28, 1892. CHAP. 17.-An act to provide for the removal of the remains of the late Ensign .1.;,.,,,-, ;_ 1w_ D. F. Terrell, United States Navy, from Sitka, Alaska, to his home in the State of ——————— Mississippi. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy n.r.rm·¤n,n.s.N. be, and he is hereby, authorized to make such arrangements as he may m$§§:ff,}*::f;f},,_:f' deem necessary and proper for the removal fiom Sitka, Alaska, to Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Mississippi, of the remains of the late Ensign D. F. Terrell, United States Navy, who died on board the United States steamer Pinta at Sitka, Alaska, on the "iiiteenth of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-one; and such expense as may be necessarily incurred thereby shall be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated upon duly certiiied bills therefor. Approved, January 5, 1893. CHAP. 18.-An act granting increase of pension to soldiers of the Mexican war in 5,,.,,,-,- 5_ mcg, certain cases. ——-—--·-····‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Mexican wm- psu- Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to increase the pension of Sigfggem m m,,,,, every pensioner who is now on the rolls at eight dollars per month on cms. · account of services in the Mexican war and who is wholly disabled for vo, 24 3,1 manual labor, and is in such destitute circumstances that eight dollars’P` ` per month are insufficient to provide him the necessaries of lite, to twelve dollars per mouth. Approved, January 5, 1893.