400 FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 5,8,12. 1872. be directed at any time by Congress, shall be made at the cost and expense of the owners thereof. Repeal oflaw Sec. 8. That joint resolution number ten, approved April seventh, f)‘$‘°;":;‘;§ thta eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, authorizing the construction of q, Ohigrmr at bridge over the Ohio river at Paducah, be, and the same hereby is, ¥’¤`<}l¤f¤b· _ repealed. Stiaaik p' 5S' Sec. 9. That the provisions of an act entitled "An act to provide for swam pressure the better security of life on vessels propelled in whole sr in part by ¥°",*°‘” wd steam," &c., approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and reiglit boats on x I I h 1. . . f the A[,SS,Ss,pp, seventy one, so far as tiey re ate to the imitation 0 steam piessnre of riverand mbu- steamboats used exclusively for towing and carrying freight on the Mis- “"i'§.?i ch 100 sissippi river and its tributaries, are hereby so far modified as to subgu, claus; 3, ’ stitute for such boats one hundred and fifty pounds of steam pressure 44;***- XW- P· in place of one hundred and ten pounds, as provided in said act, for the ’ standard pressure upon standard boilers of forty-two inches diameter, and of plates of one-quarter of an inch in thickness; and such boats may, on the written permit of the supervising inspector of the district in which such boats shall carry on their business for a period of twelve months from and after the passage of this act, be permitted to carry steam above the standard pressure of one hundred and ten pounds, but not exceeding the standard pressure of one hundred and fifty pounds to the square inch. APPROVED, December 17, 1872. 1)%.17, 1372_ CHAP. V.-An Act to fix the Satary of the Members of the Board of Health of th; ‘”""'_‘*"" District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United SMU, of States of America in Congress assembled, That the members of the board members of of health of the District of Columbia shall be paid a salary of two
‘{§iQ§*;;h0£. thousand dollars each, annually, and the salary of the persons now
C0]umbfg_ constituting said board shall be paid from the date of their appointments, respectivel . Ar1~1n0vyia1>, December 17, 1872. Dec. 19, 1872. CHAP. VIII. — An Act to autlzorfze the Secretary of the Navy to transport in a Govern- "`";`; ment Vessel, fee of I)uty,a Jllonument deszyned by Admiral Porter to be erected in the Grounds of the Abwal Acadamyat Annapolis, in Memory of the Oficcrs, Seamen, and Man'nes xy" the Navy who fell in Dqjénce of the Union. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Monument in States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasm*?*¤°FY °f Um ury is hereby authorized and directed to admit, free of duty, the m0nu~ officers, &c., of · . , _ . . me ,m,y to be ment designed by Admiral I ortei, and now being executed m Rome by bmuglitfrom Franklin Simmons, the American sculptor, to the memory of the officers,
::1; l;;lf“° seamen, and marines of the navy who fell in defence of the Union. And
xnitied me or the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to have the said monud’~‘*Y- ment conveyed to the United States in a public vessel, and landed at Annapolis, Maryland, where it is to be erected in the Naval Academy rounds. g AP1’ROVED, December 19, 1872. Dec. 24, 1872. CHAP. XII, ——· An Act authorizing the Construction of Railroad-bridqes across the Jllobile ?"*"*""‘ River and other navigable Streams tributary to llfobile Bay, in Accordance with the Acts of the Legislature of the State of Alabama, and to establish them as Post-roads. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United D,,,wi,,;dgcs States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress muy be crime;} be, and the same is hereby, given to the Mobile and Montgomery Rail- ‘QK;, t’g;°£ °b*° road Company to erect one or more drawbridges over the Mobile river and other navigable streams tributary to Mobile bay, in accordance with the acts of the legislature of Alabama incorporating said company:
