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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 89, 98. 1890. 57 CHAP. 89.—An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to cause to be Apr-;] 17, 1g9g_ examined certain vouchers Bled, or to be Bled, by the State of Missouri, or her —····;—- agent or agents, for, sums claimed to be due from the Government of the United States on account of payments made by said State since April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to the officers and enlisted men of her militia forces for military services rendered to the United States in the suppression of the rebellion, as evidenced by the proper pay-rolls heretofore Bled with, examined, and accepted by the Government of the United States, and to report to Congress. Whereas it is claimed that there is due from the Government of the Preamble. United States to the State of Missouri certain sums on account of payments made by said State since April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to the officers and enlisted men of her militia forces, for military services rendered to the United States . in the suppression of the rebellion, as evidenced by the proper pay- rolls of said military organization, bearing the names of; such officers and enlisted men, and which said ay-rolls are now on file in the office of the Third Auditor of the 'llieasury, and have heretofore been examined, accepted, and paid upon by the Government of the United States: Therefore, _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives the A · United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary f ' of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to cause · the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department togex- “ g$bgmrg; ‘ amine the vouchers now on Ble, or which may hereafter be Bled by ury to examine ma the State of Missouri, or her agent or agents, for moneys expended ’°’°"‘ °“ '°“°"°'* by the said State of Missouri since April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-two (not to exceed the sum of one thousand dollars in the aggregate), for military services rendered to the United States in the suppression of the rebellion b the officers and enlisted men of the militia forces of the State of Missouri, whose names are borne on the proper ay rolls_of their respective military organizations, and which said) rolls are now on Ble in the office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury and have heretofore been examined, accepted, and paid upon by the Government of the United States, and to report to Congress, at the earliest practicable day, the result of such examination and the amount, if anything, which appears to be due to said State on account of the expenditures so made. Approved, April 17, 1890. ”""l CHAP. 98.-An act to amend and continue in force "An act to authorize the Apru1u,:s00. construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at Forest City, Dakota, by the ""·—······———— Forest City and Watertown Railway Company/’ approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. Be it enacted by the Senate aml Home of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time for Bridg across Misthe commencement and completion of the bridge authorized by the ’C‘{§fD,§_'fn°§‘,f,d’Q;3,,’$,$‘ aot of Congress entitled "An act to authorize the construction of a mc<;}m_25» v· *5- bridge across the Missouri River at Forest, City, Dakota, by the Forest City and Wateitown Railway C'0mpany,” aipproved August sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight as provided for in section V<>1.25.1>.36?. seven thereof, be, and it is hereby, extended two years from the date c0‘,§.f’1;'},j}:’i‘f,'j1°g£f,*j•'j,j* of the passage of this act. _ Sec. 2. That wherever in said act the term “Territory of Dakota" Chsnzecrwrriwrm is used it shall be held to mean and shall read “State of South Da,. ““"‘°‘ kota." Sec. 3. That so much of said act as authorizes the said bridge to S*=¤¤¢¤¤¤i ¢*¤··¤8¤· be built as a draw-bridge be, and the same is hereby; repealed, and any bridge constructed under the authority granted ysaid act shall be built as a high bridge. » Approved, April 18, 1890. `