412 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 83, 98, 99. 1867. States, shall be subject 00 the navigation laws of the United Sgateg; and Steam yossols all vessels propelled in whole or m part by steam, and navxgating gg "° b‘]::{;’·:;°°°° aforesaid, shall also be subject to all rules and regulations consistent m€g52’ gh,-106, therewith, established for the government of steam Yesscls in passing, as 529- provided in the twenty-ninth section of gu act relating to steam vessels, v°]‘x'p'"' approved the thiydcth day of August 01g}1teen hundred and fifty-·t.w0, Sea-going And every sca-going steam vessel now subject or hereby made subject to mam "§:c“I’» the navigation laws of the United States, and to the rules and regulations xfzndér aforesaid, shall, when under way, except upon the high seas, be under the Wa-Y• ¤¤<=¢Q¤ control and direction of pilots licensed by the inspectors of steam vessels; f:;";";::?; vessels of other countries and public vessels_0f tlgc United. States only der Em direction excepted: Provided, however, That nothing m thus act, or in the act of °*`é>i;‘;;§· _ h which it is amendatory, shall be construed to aunul or dffect any regulaing ;cg,;{°&§§; Finn establighed by th? existing law of any Strata requiring vessels enterunder Smmaws mg or leaving a. port in such State to take a pilot duly licensed or author- ""* ’·H`°°"°d· ized by the laws of such State, or of a State situatc upon the waters of the same port. APPROVED, February 25, 1867. Feb. 27, 1867. CHAP. XCV1`[I.—An Act declari Clinton Brzdqe, across the Mississippi River, at L_"""" Clinton, in the gm of Iowa, a Post-Route. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United fthe Clinton States of America in Congress assembled, That the bridge across the Mis- ';";;§;’B:?°"?”:i:*;° sissippi river erected by the Albany Bridge Company, and tha Chicago, decymofg pgs;} Iowa, and Nebraska Railroad Company, under the authority of the Smt.c[s] ¤‘<>¤t¤· of Iowa and Illinois, between the towns of Clinton, Iowa, and Albany, Illinois, shall be 2. lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known Rates of mus, as a post;-r0ute,_up0u which also no higher charge shall be made. for the M- transmission over the same of the maxls, the troops, and the mumtions of war of the United States, than the rata per mile paid for their transportation ovcr the railroads or public hi hwa s leadin to the said brid c. P S Y E g Regulations as Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the draw of said bridge shall 3:*:5**W °f be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats g° whose construction shall not ba such as to admit of their passage under the permanent spans of said bridge, except when trains are passing over the same; bug in no case shall unnecessary delay occur in opening the said draw during or after the passage of trains. _ Liiqintion Mis- Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in case of any litigation here-
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navigation, _ mvar, the cause may be tncd before the Cl1‘CU[t court of the United States "h°'°’·°b° m°d- ofauy State in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge touches. Ant may be S20. 4. And be it furtlwr enacted, That the right to alter or amend Z:_*'¤d°d 5°”• this act so as to prevent or remove all material obstructions to the navi- ' gation of said river, by the construction of said bridge, is hereb ex ressl d Y P Y reserve . APPROVED, February 27, 1867. Feb. 28, 1867. CHAP. XCIX. — An Act making Appropriations for the Consular and Dzplomazic Ex- ‘*"" pauses of the Government for the Year cndi thimeth Jima, eighteen hundred and szkvty- eight, and for other Purposes. ng g Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ,C°¤°“{’·' ml States of America in Congress assembled, That the followinv sums bc, diplomatic ex- . . ° pmse, ,pp,,,_ and the sarge arc hereby, appx·opr1a.tcd,_0ut of any money m the treasury priatiom not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereuficr expressed, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, namely:- ¤_£’:g'§15:> °¤· For salaries of cnvoys extraordinary, ministers, and commissioners of mhismmrggd the United States at Great Britain, France, Russia, Prussia, Spain, Ausmmmissioucrs.
