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FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 615, 621. 1888. 295 a translator and one of whom may be a stenographer; eight clerk of class one; live clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; two copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one messenger; one assistant messenger; three watchmen; two skilled laborers, at six hundred dollars each; two char-women; six special agents, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; ten special agents, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; four spec1a agents, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; in all, eighty-four thousand five hundred and forty dollars. For per d1em, in lieu of subsistence of special agents while travelin rei- diem, sec., spe. on dutp outside of the District of Columbia, at a rate not to exceed me °g°”” three ollars per day, and for their transportation, and for employ- ment of experts and temporary assistance, and for traveling expenses of officers and employees, forty-three thousand five hundred dollars. For stationery, two thousand dollars. · S*·¤*>i<>¤¢¤‘.v· For books, periodicals, and newspapers for the library, one thou- Books, ow. sailed dollars. or stage-stam to re y sta e on matter addressed to I’<>¤*¤g°· Postal—U)ni0n countiligs, twlb hputidrldd dodlars. For rent of rooms, four thousand dollars. _ Rom. For contingent expenses, namely: For furniture, c ts, ice, lum- 0°¤*i¤8¢¤*¤¤P¤¤¤¤¤~ ber, hardware, dry-goods, advertising, telegraphing, telephone service, expressage repairs of cases and furniture, and so forth, fuel and lights, soap, rushes, brooms, mats, and other absolutely necessary expenses, ve thousand dollars. mo. 2. That the pay of assistant messengers, firemen, watchmen, Iyw of my. ¤¤gir¤;»_ laborers, and charwomen provided for in this act, unless otherwise :fe¤,l?g°°g°”' specially stated, shall be as follows: For assistant messengers, firemen, and watchmen, at the rate of seven hundred and tweng dollars per annum each; for laborers, at the rate of six hundr and sixty dollars per annum each; and for charwomen, at the rate of two hundred and forty dollars per annum each. Approved, July 11, 1888. CHAP. 621.-—An act to authorize the Southwestern Arkansas and Indian Terri- July 16. 1889- tory Railroad Company to build a bridge across the Ouachita River, in Arkansas. """"_; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the South- h§_•£¤:g¤§g¤m,l¢;;; western Arkansas and Indian Territory Railroad Company, a cor- ritory minima comration created and existing under the laws of Arkansas, be, and is g;{g',’Q,jQ"A‘£ 0*** hgreby, authorized to erect and maintain a bridge across the Ouachita River, in township ten south, ranlge seventeen west, or at such point near said township as has been se ected by said railroad eompany for crossing said river with their railroad hne, the said bridge to e of such height as not to interfere with the navigation of said river; Provided, That any bridge constructed under this act and according Provinto its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be known and “!&¤:0Qt¤I;;{:¤*¤*¤ recognized as a post-route, and the same is hereby declared to be a post-route, upon which also no higher charge shal be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops and the munitions of war of the United States, or for through passengers or_ freight passing over said brid e, than the rate per mile (paid for their transportation over the radroads leading to the said bridge- and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph companies; and zhe United States shall have the_right of way for postal tele raph and telephone lines across said bridge. Postal eeiegraph- Sec. 2. That the plan and location of said bridge, with a detailed api;;)?;;?;; ¤> map of the river at the proposed site of the bridge and_near there- ’ to, exhibiting the depths and currents, shall be submitted to the