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FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 64-66. 1893. 43] CHAP. 64.-An act relating to the anchorage and movement of vessels in the port February 6, 1893. of Chicago. -1;* Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the C"*°”g°·m· Treasury be authorized and directed to define and establish anchorage Aueimragegruuuau, grounds for vessels in the harbors of Chicago, and waters of Lake §§’g§,§°,,f;‘,‘*f,‘}'§$‘,}’,‘;‘l Michigan adjacent thereto, to adopt suitable rules and regulations in relation to the same, and also to adopt suitable rules and regulations governing the use of marked inshore channels in Lake Michigan in front of the city of Chicago, and to take all necessary measures for the proper enforcement of such rules and regulations. Sec. 2. That in the event of the violation of any such rules or regu- ,,£fQ§'f,$c;°’ "i°*°· lations by the owner, master, or person in charge of any vessel, such ' owner, master, or person in charge of such· vessel shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars, and the said vessel may be holden for the payment of such penalty, and may be seized and proceeded against summarily by libel for the recovery of the same in any United States district court for the district within which such vessel may be, and in the name of the officer designated by the Secretary of the Treasury. Approved, February 6, 1893. CHAP. 65.-An acttoamend an act approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and February 7, 1893. eighty-eight, entitled, "An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across "**_""""‘ the Alabama River." . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the rights, powers, and Rights ¤fA1¤b¤m¤ privileges granted to the Alabama Great Northwestern Railway Com- §,',§{$,,N§§*;PQf;“‘“{'}, pany by the act of Congress entitled “An act to authorize the construe- :;ig€gc{11¤¤;:¤¤5iv¤ tion of a bridge across the Alabama River/’ and approved August sixth, gmery, ru¤ca1•:;t£ eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, be, and the same are hereby, in all ’g,‘;‘;_M8‘j;';Pm°R¤”W¤¥ respects confirmed and extended to the Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and vJi.2s,j».a7a. Memphis Railway Company, the successor of the said Alabama Great Northwestern Railway Company. _ Sec. 2. That the time within which said railway company was author- m;f,*‘:jt6f;’_{“{f¤¤"¤° ized to complete the construction of said bridge, which construction has already been begun in accordance with the provisions of said act be, and the same is hereby, extended for three years from the date of the passage of this act. Approved, February 7, 1893. CHAP. 66.-An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mobile February 7, 1893. River by the Chicago, Mobile and Gulf Ports Railroad Company. —······—···——— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Chicago, Mobile and cnmgu,M¤tus me Gulf Ports Railroad Company, a corporation existing under the laws of g§uIf,,,*Q‘;,“§,a,*}{,‘,{'§g Alabama, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to M¤b¤1¤HmmM·R construct and maintain a bridge across the Mobile River at a place v°"‘°° g’ suitable to commerce and not interfering with navigation, at a {mint near Mount Vernon Landing, in the State of Alabama, and to lay on or over said bridge a track or tracks for the more perfect connection of any railroad or railroads that are or shall be constructed to said river, on either or both sides thereof, at or opposite said point, under the limitations and conditions hereinafter provided. That said bridgc U¤¤b¤¤’¤¤¢¢<l MM- shall DOE interfere with the free navigation of said river, and in case gm°°` of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to