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474 » FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Szss. I. CHs. 921-923. 1890. Bvvwmber 25, 1890- CHAP. 921.-An act to amend an act entitled "A11 act to authorize the Cairo and U`;" Tennessee River Railroad Company to construct bridges across the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers." Approved January eighth, Eighteen hundred and eighty- IIIHB. ` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ¤¤’*d8·;¤ug¤*gu¤mTbgg; United States y America in Congress assembled, That an act of Conmm mms.gross gpprove January eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine Vvl 25. pr. 640. 641. entitl "An act to authorize the airo and Tennessee River Railroad Company to construct bridges across the Tennessee and Cumberland R1V6PS’, be and the same is hereby, amended by striking ¤¤¤·¤s¤i¤1<>¢¤¤¤¤- out the words "below Aurora" in section one, and inserting in lieu thereof "from Birmingham in Marshall Count Kentucky to the" and in lines fourteen and fifteen section four afster the words "Sec- ¤¤¤f¤r·¤i¤v ¤fv¤•¤¤ retary of War" insert "or conform to the existing laws of Congress concerning the building of such bridges across navigable streams ;"

 and in section six, line two, strike out " two" an insert in lieu

°°°“"°"°“. ° thereof "three" and in line three strike out "three" and insert in lieu thereof "five." Approved, September 25, 1890. ‘ $¤¤¤¤b¤¤ zi im- CHAP. 922.-Au act to amend section five hundred and seventy-two of the Revised Statutes so as to tprovide for the holdingof the regular terms of the circuit · and district courts for e western districts of irgnma. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Vlrduh United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter the '1'ermsot sqm-um- circuit and district courts of the United States for the western dis- W" "'“"'°' trict of Viniginia shall be held: At Danville on the Tuesday after R new-5¤¤.1>·101, the second onday in Adpril and November; at Lynchburg on the as ummm Tuesday after' the secon Monday in March and Slpftember; at Ab- ""“'*'*l”- iugdon on the Tuesday after the first Monday in pg and October, and at Harrisonburgh on the Tuesday after the iirst onday in J imc and December, instead of at the times now provided by law. P¤><=¤¤¤·¢¤¤· All process, bonds, and recognizances heretofore issued or existing, having relation to the terms of said courts as now by law exist- _ ing, shall be deemed and taken to have relation and effect at, and in respect of, the terms of said courts in this act nxed. Approved, September 25, 1890. Sepmmbur 25. l890. CHAP. 923.-An act to authorize the construction of bridges over the Savannah, "_"·_—"·"—‘ Ocmulgee, and Oconee Rivers by the Macon and Atlantic Railway Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Bglnmn nad Atlantic United States of America in Congress assembled, That the assent of m.yi,$Z;`.g'Q'$`.'f.§L'h’; the United States of America. is hereby given to the Macon and At-

 °°°· lantic Railwa Company, a corporation incorporated by the'laws of

the State of (leorgia, its successors and assigns, and such other persons as may be associated with it, to construct and maintain a bridge rwmou. over the Savannah River at a point, by it to be selected, within six miles of the bridge of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad Company over said river in the County of Eiiingham, over the Ocmulgee iver, within six miles of the mouth of Tobesofka Creek, in Bibb County, and over the Oconee River, within six miles of Dublin, in Laurens County. mSocurlty of mvlsw Sec. 2. That the bridges shall be so constructed by drawgspan or '* otherwise that a free an unobstructed passage may be secur to all vessels and other water-craft navigating said river. That any bridges constructed under this act shall be built and located under