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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 6, 7. 1890. 5 approved plan and location; and should any change be made in the changes plan of the bridge or said accessory works, during the progress of work thereon, such change shall be subject likewise to the approval of the Secretary of War, and in case of any litigation arising from Litigationany obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said Missouri River, caused or alleged to be caused by said bridge, the case may he brought in the circuit court of the United States of the State of Kansas or State of Missouri in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located. Sec. 4. That the said bridge and accessory works, when built and Lswtul suueuue constructed under this act and according to the terms and limita- °"“d *’°“°"`°“°°· tions thereof, shall be lawful structures; and said bridge shall be recognized and known as a post-route upo11 which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads or public _ highways leading to said bridge; and said bridge shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-routes in the United States; and ' Congress reserves the right at any time to regulate by appropriate Hsht w regulate _ legislation the char es for freight and passengers over said bridge. °l'“*°" Sec. 5. That the United States shall have the right of way for such rmanmsgmpn postal-telegraph lines across said bridge as the Government may construct or control. Sec. 6. That Congress shall have power at any time to cause to be _R¤mova1<>t cum-ue removed all materia and substantial obstructions to the navigation of °‘°““‘ said river by the construction of said bridge and its accessory works; and the e use of altering said bridge or removing such obstructions shalltlib at the expense of the owners of or persons controlling such bridge. Sec. 7. That this act shall be null and void if actual construe- oommeueemeuemd tion of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within`0ne °°m"l°°°'“ year and completed within three years from the date hereof. Sec. 8. Congress shall have plower, at any time, to amend or re- A¤¤¤¤•1m¤¤t.¤t¤· peal this act as in its judgment the public interests shall require. Approved, February 6, 1890. CHAP. 'I.-—An act creating three additional land oinces in the State of Colorado. Febmary 6, 1890. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenfatives of the United Sfufes of America. in Congress assembled, That all that por- g<£;9d¤· I I d tio11 of the State of Colorado bounded and described as follows : omces élildasumlu Commencing at the northeast corner of the State of Colorado ; m§°'“¤g md *”¤· thence west along the north boundary line of said State to a point Boundaries. at the intersection of said line with the west line of range fifty-nine west ; thence south along said west line of said ran e to its intersection with the first corrected line north in said State of Colorado; thence east along said first corrected line north to the eastern boundary line of said State of Colorado ; thence north along the eastern boundary line of said State to the place of beginning be, and is hereby, constituted a new land district, to be called the Sterling _ land district. Sec. 2. That all that portion of the State of Colorado bounded Akron and described as follows : Beginning at the point where the iirst cor- B°“"°““°s‘ rected line north in the said State intersects the eastern boundary line thereof ; thence west along said corrected line north to its intersection with the seventh guide meridian west in said State ; thence south along said seventh guide meridian to the (point of its intersection with the first corrected line south in said State.; thence east along said nrst corrected line to the point of its intersection with the ~ eastern boundary line of said State ; thence north along said eastern