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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 656, 657. 1890. 219 Sec. 20. That the legislature of the said State may elect two Sen- Stf*£g*ég¤ ggl_sU¤£¤d ators of the United States as is provided by the constitution of said M ’° ° State, and the Senators and Re resentative of said State shall be entitled to seats in Congress anti) to all the rights and privileges of Senators and Representatives of other States in the Congress of the United States. Sec. 21. That until the State officers are elected and qualified under hjgngyéfd gfwmg the provisions of the constitution of said State, the officers of the after smé gneéhtiil Territory of Idaho shall discharge the duties of their res ective offices under the constitution of the State, in the manner and form ` as therein {provided; and all laws in force made by said Territory, at Existing rmiemai the time o its admission into the Union, shall be in force in said mm State, except as modified or changed by this act or by the constitution of the State. Sec. 22. That all acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provis- Repeal provision. ions of this act, whether passed by legislature of said Territory or by Congress, are hereby repealed. Approved, July 3, 1890. CHAP. 657.-An act to authorize the County of Pulaski, in the State of Georgia, July 3, 1890. to maintain a high wagon and foot bridge across the Ocmulgee River at or near ····——··—··" ‘ Hawkinsville in the State of Georgia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the G;¤¤1_¤¤ki County United States of America in Congress assembled, That the county of 0cmr€°;g;,,,"'§‘;ZY,2'§*d,€‘Z Pulaski, in the State of Georgia, be, and the same is hereby, author- H"¤¤S*m¢· 6*- ized to maintain a free wagon and foot bridge across the Ocmulgee mmm nmtm River at or near Hawkinsville, in said countly and State. mage. g° Sec. 2. That the bridge authorized by this act shall be a high coueemcmm. bridge of unbroken and continuous spans, and its lower chord shall 1****** S¥’““*· °*°· not e of less elevation than fifty-t ree feet above ordina Y lowwater-mark, as understood at the point of location. That anylbrid e seci-emzlogywm-w constructed under this act shall be built and located under and sub °*'l°"°"°*’ °‘°· ject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall ppescribe; and to secure that object the said county shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, the design and drawings of the bridge. piers, and approaches, and a. map of the location, giving, for the space of at least one-half mile above and one—half mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore-lines at high and low water, and the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, and the location of other bridge or bridges, wharves, land- . ings. or ferries, and, shall furnish such other information as may be re uired for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; arid until saidvplan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of ar the bridge shall not be built; and after suc approval by the Secretary of War the approved dplans and designs for the bridge shall not be deviated from or adde to, either during the construction or after the completion of the bridge, until the proposed change shall have been submitted to the Secretary of War and received his approval; and the said bridge shall be at all times so kept and managed as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels through or under said bridge; and for the safety of vessels Unousu-uma navipassing at night there shall be displayed OD said bridge, from sunset g‘“°“· to sunrise, such lights or other SigI13»lS BS may be prescribed by the Lights, ew. Light—House Board; and if at any time the navigation of said river shall in any manner be obstructed or impaired by the bridge authorized by this act to be constructed, the Secretary of War shall have authority, and it shall be his duty, to require said county to alter mmmm and change the said bridge, at its own expense, in such manner as