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430 FORTY—-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 65, 67, 68. 1871. Tim'! d!¤¤P- the Territory of Wyominv into council and representative districts, and P'°"‘· r 1 ·· °eh ·h b ir e a or otier purposes, be, an t~ e same xs ere y, ltsapprove an ret_Next upper- pealed. And the next apportionment of said Territory for members of wligaklziggfngé mln the council and house of representatives in the Territorial legislature shall ues, cu.za5,§4. be made by the governor of the Territory in the manner and form pro- V°l· ¤V· P- 179- scribed in‘section four of the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Wyoming," approved July twenty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. Approved, February 21, 1871. Feb. 24, 1871, CHAP. LXVII. — An Act to authorize the Union Pacific Railroad Company to issue its '_'“"—"" glands oconslruct a Bridge across the Missouri River at Omaha, Nebraska, and Council offs, awa. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the more perfect con- Ungcn pacggc nection of any railroads that are or shall be constructed to the Missouri B¤·il¤>¤d_C<>mp¤· river, at or near Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska, the Union ggnglgyggig Pacific Railroad Company be, and it is hereby, authorized to issue such c0pstruct,&c.u bonds, and secure the same by mortgage on the bridge and approaches liilgsiz and appurtenances, as it may deem needful to construct and maintain its omaha_ bridge over sand river, and the tracks and depots required to perfect the fgonstruction same, as now authorized by law of Congress; and said bridge may be so §w_"dg°’ l°u°* constructed as to provide for the passage of ordinary vehicles and travel, and said company may levy and collect tolls and charges for the use of the same; and for the use and protection of said bridge and property, the Union Pacific Railway Company shall be empowered, governed, and vg”‘§;i$h-2*;*; limited by the provisions of the act entitled "An act to authorize the ` ’ p`construction of certain bridges, and to establish them as post roads," _ approved July twenty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, so for as the m§*?fPiTu;;;'g" same is applicable thereto: And provided, That nothing in this act shall ,,0m, be be so construed as to change the eastern terminus of the Union Pacific changed. railroad from the place where it is now fixed under existing laws, nor to release said Union Pacific Railroad Company, or its successors, from its Congress may oblivation as established by existinv laws: Provided also, That Congress }:§;l_°‘°°t°““ ““d shall at all times have power to regulate said bridge, and the rates for the transportation of freight and passengers over the same, and the local travel bO·:£°““° of hereinbefbre provided for. And the amount of bonds herein authorized p,;,,,, shall not exceed two and a. halt' millions of dollars: Provided, That if said bridge shall be constructed as a drawbridge, the same shall be constructed with spans of not less than two hundred feet. in length in the clear on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw. Approved, February 24, 1871. Feb. 24] 1871. CHAP. LXVIII. -·- An Act to pmvidejbr the Disposition of useless military Reservations. Be it enacted; by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, theligésgtligtafff and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to transfer to the custody min military ms. wld control of the Secretary of the Interior, for disposition for cash, zgvntious in according to the existing laws of the United States relating to the public "g°“’ l¤¤dS,.9.ftcr appraisement, to the highest bidder, and at not less than the . appraised value, nor at less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the United States military reservations at Forts Lane and Walla- K““’““i Walla, in the State of Oregon; Fort Zarah, in the State of Kansas; §°"“d‘*i Cilmp McGarry, in the State of Nevada; Fort Sumner, in the Territory L:;sE€;'lf’°i Of New Mlexicog _Forts Jessup and Sabine, in the State of Lolllslélflfi; Arkaiimf Fort Wayne and Fort Smith, in the State of Arkansas; such portion of md Rifm the Fort Abercrombia reservation as lies east of the Red River of the W5’¤¤¤¤¤S· North; and such portions of the reservation at Fort Bridger, in the