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FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 134-136. 1883. 567 CHAP. 134.-An act 1*0 amend section eighteen hundred and sixty of the Revised Mar. 3, 1883. Stat ntos so as not to exclude retired Army officers from holding civil office in the ——····—· Territories Bc it enacted py the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Q'ta¢cs_0f America in Congress assembled, That the fourth clause of sec- R- S- 1860, 329, tIOD eighteen hundred and sixty of the revised statutes of the United °”"’“d°d· States be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: ‘•Fom·th. No person belonging to the Army or Navy shall be elected to or hold any civil office or appointment in any Territory, except officers of the Army on the retired list." Approved, March 3, 1883. CHAP. 135.--—An act to hx the salary of the Collector of Customs of the District of Mar. 3, 1883. Chicagq Hlinois 1;; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Ocmgress assembled, That irom and after the thir- Salary of collectieth clay of June, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, the salary of the {E" {lgtfi“';*:f“‘ah9f Collector of Customs of the District of Chicago, Illinois, shall be seven chg;] ° l` thousand dollars per annum, and the same shall bein place of all salary, . commissions, fees, and charges now allowed by law as compensation of that officer: Provided, That all fees and emoluments now received by Prrwi-vvthe said collector and applied to his compensation under the provisions of existing law shall from and after the thirtieth day of June eighteen hundred and eighty two, be accounted for and paid into the Treasury of the United States. _ Approved, March 3, 1883. CHAP. 136.-A.n act to authorise the eonshwmtion of bridges over the Ogeeoheé, Mar. 3, 1883. Oconee, Ooomulgee, Flint and. Rivers, in the State of Georgia ——————-———- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqnvmitativas of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Savannah and Paciiic P {Pd Short Line Railway Company be, and it is hereby, authorized to con- Rau,,';, (amp;:; ` struct bridges over the Ogeechee River, in the county of Chatham 5 over ,u;h.,rg,,d to ,,0,,- the Oconee, in the county of Montgomery; oyer the Ocmulgee, IH the su-ucc bridges over county of Pulaski; over the Flint River, in the county of Dooly, and gg-ff’°h°°» 0‘;,’l*3°°·· ovei; the Chattahoochee River; in Stewart or Muscogee Counties, or such an dmg§°$;m{& other county as said railroad company may desire or iii1d most practi- choo Rivers, in cable in the final location of said road. State ofGoc¤gia. Sec. 2-That said bridges shall be so constructed, either by draw, Fr¤¤mvig=¤ti¤r¤· span, or otherwise, so that a free and unobstructed passage may be secured to all vessels and other water-craft navigating said rivers - Sec. 3—'1*hat any bridge built under this act and subject to its limi- Dqclu-eds lawful tations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known ¤*¤’¤°*¤*'° ¤¤dP°¤*· as a p0st—route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the "’"°°' transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, or passengers or freight passing over said bridges, than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the rail- . road or public highways leading to the said bridges· and it shall enioy the rights and privileges of other post-roads in the llnited States. Sec. 4-That if any of the said bridges authorized to be constructed Signals. by this act shall be constructed as a draw-bridge, the draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signals for the passage of boats; and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset till sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge or bridges us the Light:-House Board shall prescribe. No bridge shall be erected or maintained under the authority of this not which shall at any time