38 · FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. L Ch. 59, 60. 1882. hundred and ninety" in line nve, add the words “ and parts of lots one and seventeen in square three hundred and seventy-two" After the word “ the", in line fourteen, add the words “purchase of lots and the ”, so as to make it read “purchase of lots and the erection”; After the word “two", in line fourteen, add the words " or more", so as to make it read “two or more new police station-houses" ; so that section three of said act will read as follows: “SEc. 3. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to sell and convey, to the highest bidder, at public auction, the following-named property belonging to the said District of Columbia in Washington City: Lot three, square three hundred and eighty-two, part of lot three, square four hundred and ninety, and parts of lots one and seventeen in square three hundred and seventy-two; and also the followingnamed property in the city of Georgetown belonging to said District: Fish-wharf on square six, part of lots forty-seven, forty-eight, and forty-nine in square thirty, and part of lot two hundred and forty-five in square ninety-nine: Provided, That it, in the opinion of said Commissioners the highest bid made at said sale for any or all of said lots is not a full and fair price for the same, the said Commissioners shall have the right to reject such bid or bids and annul said sale or sales; and that the proceedsof the _ sale of the said lots situate in Washirlgton shall be applied to the purchase of lots and the erection and furnishing of two or more new police station houses in Washington; and the proceeds of the sale of the said lots situate in Georgetown, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be applied to the purchase of a lot and the erection and furnishing of a new engine-house for Engine Company Number Five of the District at Columbia iire department, at present located in said city of Georgej 3 Wn: ‘ Approved, April 1, 1882. Ay, 1, ]£_ CHAP. 60.-An act authoxizing the of a bridge over the lissouri River,
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Bs it enacted by the Senate and House qaffilgeprueatatives of the United Hannibal md States of America in Congress assembled t it shall be lawful for the 8¤p¤hv¤¤t¤r¤ Hannibal and Southwestern Railway (lompany a corporati duly and Bm"'? c°“°1!*“¥ legally incorporated under and by virtue of the laws of ge State of toccustructbrldge . . its . . . . ,,,,,. q,, M,,,,,,,,,., lhssomi, assigns or successors to construct and mamtam a bridge, River n Arrow and approaches thereto, over the Missouri River at or near Arrow Bock Wk. K0- in the county of Saline, in said State. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains, and, at the option of the persons by whom it may be built, may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all for the transit of animals, and for foot passengers, for such rates of toll as may be approved from time Shu be tognme gy t1hleaSecreta,rydof War. ¤1¤¤¤·_ E0. .-— tany ri gebuiltunderthis andsubecttoitslim-
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as a post-route, upon which also no higher charge sh 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 height passing over said bridge, than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroad or public highways leading to the said bridge; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads in the United States. _ Sec. 3.-That if said bridge shall be madewith unbroken and con- SPN tmuous spans, the spans thereof shall not be less than three hundred feet in length in the clear, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river. The lowest part of the su of said bridge shall be at least fifty feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, and the bridge shall be at ri t hadn. angles to, audits piers parallel with, the current of the river: Providgeld,
