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366 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cus. 191, 226, 227. 1898. °,Y§¤r:.¤j:¤_ft*:;;•i_j)·; numerary enlisted men; and nothing contained in this Act shall be mu. Y construed as authorizing a permanent increase of the commissioned or _jx’gjb{·“‘· enlisted force of the Regular Army beyond that now provided by the law in force prior to the passage of this Act, except as to the increase of twenty-tive majors provided for in section one hereof. Approved, April 26, 1898. April 29, 1898. CHAP. 226.-An Act Extending the time for the completion of bridge across Saint """'i"°‘ Lawrence River. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United §';¤f·:‘;’;,:;f,fQ'§j; States of America in Congress assembled, That section four of the Act - bridging?. approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, author- V° ·` ·P‘“°‘ igiaglitlée Sgint liawrencle Tgailway Com1paé1y,¢;fthe State NewtYork, an mamtam a rr ge across e am awrence 1ver a some point in Saint Lawrence County, State of New York, as amended by v¤1.2¤.p·?- the Act approved February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, be, and is hereby, further amended by extending the time for the completion of said bridge to February ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. ' Approved, April 29, 1898. Apr1l29.1898· CHAP. 22'I.—An Act Providing for the construction of a bridge across the Yale- ‘—‘*"_”"’“ busha River, between Letlore and Carroll counties, in the State of Mississippi. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representati·ves of the United _h$¤g,°"u*;Q,°*RQ§gf$ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Yazoo and Mississippi m;yi,na,g¤‘rn»un¤¤a Yalley Railroad Company, a corporation created and existing under R‘;:‘· *"·‘;;:“‘PP‘· and by virtue of the laws of the State of Mississippi, be, and is hereby, "' " ‘ authorized toconstruct and maintain a railway bridge across the Yalobusha River, at or near the railroad station known as Dodds Ferry, in Carroll County, Mississippi, the said bridge to be so constructed as not to unreasonably interfere with the navigation of said river and to be frgvjge-_tmctue provided with a suitable draw: Prorided, That a bridge constructed .mi°pm Ame. under this Act and according to its limitations shall be a lawful structuple, apd Shadi be kno)wn and recognized as a post route, and the same is ere y ec ared to e a post route- and the United States shall have the right of way for a_ postal telegraph across said bridge. _ S·»;r·;\:=;r:_<»;l;l;;:):I;¤ Sec. J. That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this Act "’°"g ‘ shall be located and built under and subject to such regulations for the security of the navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall gp approve i>1¤¤··. 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 drawings of the proposed bridge and a map of the location giving, for the space of two miles above and two miles below the proplpsedlocation, tlgs lizgh agtnld lc;_wt;*ater lines upon the banks of the river, t e irec ion an s ren o e currents at all stages of the water with the soundings, accurately showing the bed of th; stream and thé location of any other bridge or_bridges,_such map to be sufficiently in detail to enable the Secretary of NI ar to judge of the proper location of said bridge, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for it fpll and} sat1sfacto;y+ lundprstanding of the subject, and until the sai p an an ocation o .. e ri ge are approved by the Secretary of -¤—hanges. \‘\`ar no work upon the bridge shall be commenced; and should any cliauge be maldelin the [ga}; of said bxéidgeliluring the progress of cons ruc ion, suc c range s a e su jec theapproval of the Secretary of War. iiliimi-lx;:?;' wm. $1510. 3. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal ,mm,,,,,,_ this Act at any time; and it at any time navigation of the said river shall in any manner be obstructed or impaired by the said bridge, the