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1'Z4 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 388-390. 1900. may cause the owners of said bridge to remove all material and substantial obstructions to the navigation of said bay by the construction of said bridgeand its accessory works, or to prevent such obstructions; and the expense of altering said bridge an removing such obstructions shall be at the expense of the owners of the bridge. _ c§Dg¤¥‘§gg§§¤¤¤*¤¤d Sec. 6. That this Act shall be null and void if construction of said Pbridge shall not be commenced within one year and completed within three years from its approval. Approved, May 10, 1900. May 10,1900. CHAP. 389.-—A11 Act Relating to the Twelfth and subsequent censuses, and ··"‘_‘_""_ g3rli‘prg g)S;ector thereof additional power and authority in certain cases, and for Be it emtcted by the Senate and House of Representatives cfthe United g%’;%tmeut of su_ States og: America in Congress assembted, That in addition to the power penntendeggoiipgéut and authority conferred uipon the Director of the Census by an Act "%.,‘§f%g6,“I‘§ 13mentitled "An Act to yiikovi e for taking the Twelfth and subsequent censuses,” approved arch third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, said Director of the Census shall have power, and is hereby authorized, to appoint and employ, as the necessity therefor may arise, one superinten ent of printmg, at an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars, and to appoint and employ such number of skilled mechanics and other persons in the Census printing office as may be necessary to carry into eifect the preliminary printing and binding provide for in said Act, at the same congensation as is paid for sim- 1lar work m the Government Printing O ce. cme: clerk census Sec. 2. That the chief clerk of the Census Office shall act as super- §§§§d°§¤*{°t0‘}‘ $,‘{§§{Z intendent, and have general charge of all buildings occupied for the i¤g¤· ew- purpose of carrying on the wor of the Census, and s all receive therefor the sum of three hundred dollars, in addition to his regular salar . Salary oi the m- SE?). 3. That the salary of the Director of the Census shall be seven ’°°‘°" thousand Eve hundred dollars per annum. Aaaiaonaicmppen- Sec. 4. That in addition to the sum provided to be paid to super- ‘““°“ °f ““"°"“°”‘ visors of census in section eleven of an Act entitled "An Act to pro- Vol. 30. p. 1017· vide for taking the Twelfth and subsequent censuses,” approved March third, eighteen hundred.and ninety-nine, the ·Director of the Census is hereby authorized and directed to pay to each supervisor, as further compensation, a sum equal to two per centum of the amount aid to the enumerators for taking the census in said supervisor’s district: _I1;¤;¢:1*g1°6mpaymeut Provided, That the amount of such additional or further compensation ` to be aid to each supervisor shall in no case be less than two hundred and fifty dollars. _ Approved, May 10, 1900. May 10,1900. . CHAP. 390.-An Act To provide for Sittings of the circuit and district courts of ——_‘;""‘ South Carolina in the city of Florence, South Carolina. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ci·§1¤gg;r<§;·é¤£¤1i¤¤5¤¤i· States of America in Ocngress assemble , That in addition to the times ' and places now fixed by law for the sitting of the circuit court of the United States for the district of South Carolina there shall be a session of the said circuit court in the city of Florence on the first Tuesday in March in each year hereafter. _ a . F{§§;g§e_°* mm °° Sec._2, That there shall be a regular term of the district court of · the United States for the eastern district of the district of South Car-