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FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 181, 182, 183. 1868. 123 CHAP. CLXXXI. —·- An Act concerning the Taz Commissioners for the State of July 20, 1868. Arkansas. "_""`" Be it enacted hy the Senate and Muse if Representatives of the Matted Statesof America in Oongress assembled, That the acts and proceedings CQYWID ‘P"°‘ which have been had or performed by any two of the tax commissioners, ::;,d::§§,ng:§ in and for the State of Arkansas, shall have the same force and effect as or Arkansas if had and performed by all three of said commissioners. ’“*m°d· Approved, July 20, 1868. CHAP. CLXXXII. —An Act amendatory of an Act approved July twent_q—six [jive], _J`uly20, 1868. eiqhteen hundred and sixt_y»siz·, entitle:] “A:i Act to authorize the Cczistruclion tf certain 1866, eh. 246. Bridges, and to establish t/tem as Post-Roads? Vol. xiv. p. 244. WHEREAS the St. Louis and Illinois Bridge Company, organized un- Preamble. der the laws of the State of Missouri, and the Illinois and Sth Louis Bridge Company, organized under an act of the general assembly of the State of Illinois, have been consolidated, in pursuance of the authority granted to the said Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company, in their act of incorporation, and the authority granted to the St. Louis and Illinois Bridge Company, by an act of the general assembly of the State of Missouri, approved March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight: Therefore, Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the company formed by Illinois & St. this consolidation, under the name and style of the Illinois and St. Louis L°“l‘ BFld%".C°· Bricloe Com an i hereb r rr d ·nd d l r d to be or ioration maybmm bridge O p y, s y ecovmzc a ec a e a c i ,..,,058 the Mm. by that name, with full power and authority to construct a bridge across sissi1gpi,¤p9<>- the l\Iississippi_River opposite the city of St. Louis, in conformity to the Sm °°‘ L°“’“ act of which this act is amcndatory, with all the rights, privileges, and pow- H hu and ers granted and conferred by the several acts of the general assemblies priy§gges§ of the States of Illinois and Missouri to the respective companies by the consolidation of which the said Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company was lbrined, and not inconsistent with the provisions of the act to which this act is amendatory: And provided further, That in constructing said spans. bridge there shall be one span of at least five hundred Feet clear between iers. P Sec. 2. And he it further enacted, That the said corporation may exe- Corporation cute a mortgage and issue bonds payable, principal and interest, in gold, may °K°<>¤l¤° and their bridge across the Mississippi River and approaches thereto, yggggggggjd when constructed, shall be a post-road to carry the mails of the United Bridge tobe s States. and enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads. P°*`*""'°°d· Sec. 3. And he it further enacted, That said corporation may hold their Meetings of meetings in either the State of Illinois or the State of Missouri, as the °°'P°'”·“°“- board of directors may elect, and the directors may be citizens of any of Directors. the United States; and said corporation may sue and be sued in any cir- Splits by and cuit court of the United States: Provzfded, That nothing in this act or in :§)‘;l"“° °°"p°'“' any previous legislation affecting the premises shall be so construed as to deprive the legislatures of the States of Illinois and Missouri of the right - to regulate the tolls and {ares which may be charged by said company for the use of such bridge: Provided _)9¢rt}zer, That the tolls now fixed Tolls and by the legislatures of Illinois and Missouri shall not be increased. f"’°“· Approved, July 20, 1868. CHAP. CLXXXIII. —An Act providing j?>r the Sale of u Portion of the Fort Gratiot July 20, 1868. military Reservation in St. C/air County, in the State of Michigan. "—`"`°' Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Matted States ¢y" America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of \Var lifort Gratiot be, and he is hereby, authorized to sell, at such times as he may deem , most advantageous to the interests of the government, and in such man- sold.