Draw.Sec. 5. That the draw provided for the bridge herein authorized to be constructed shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passing of boats; and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset till sunrise, Lights, etc.such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light House Board shall prescribe.
Use by telephone and telegraph companies.Sec. 6. That all telephone and telegraph companies shall be granted equal rights and privileges in the construction and operation of their lines across said bridge; and if actual construction of the bridge herein Commencement and completion.authorized shall not be commenced within one year from the passage of this act, and be completed within three years from the same date, the rights and privileges hereby granted shall cease and be determined.
Use by railroad companies.Sec. 7. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same, and over the approaches thereto, Terms.upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any one of them, desiring such use, shall fail, to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War, upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties.
Joining with other companies authorized.Sec. 8. That the said company may associate or join with themselves, in the construction, maintenance, and operation of said bridge, the Kansas City, Watkins and Gulf Railway Company, or any other railway company duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Louisiana.
Approved, March 2, 1891.
CHAP. 517.—An act to establish circuit courts of appeals and to define and regulate in certain cases the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States, and for other purposes.
United States courts.
Additional circuit judges to be appointed.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall
be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, in each circuit an additional circuit
judge, Qualifications, etc.who shall have the same qualifications, and shall have
the same power and jurisdiction therein that the circuit judges of
the United States, within their respective circuits, now have under
existing laws, and who shall be entitled to the same compensation
as the circuit judges of the United States in their respective circuits
now have.
Circuit court of appeals created.
Composition.Sec. 2. That there is hereby created in, each circuit a circuit court
of appeals, which shall consist of three judges, of whom two shall
constitute a quorum, and which shall be a court of record with
General powers.appellate jurisdiction, as is hereafter limited and established. Such
court shall prescribe the form and style of its seal and the form of
writs and other process and procedure as may be conformable to the
exercise of its jurisdiction as shall be conferred by law. It shall
have the appointment of the Marshal.marshal of the court with the same
duties and powers under the regulations of the court as are now provided
for the marshal of the Supreme Court of the United States, so
far as the same may be applicable. The court shall also appoint a
Clerk.clerk, who shall perform and exercise the same duties and powers
in regard to all matters within its jurisdiction as are now exercised
and performed by the clerk of the Supreme Court of the United
States, so far as the same may be applicable. Salaries.The salary of the
marshal of the court shall be twenty-five hundred dollars a year,
