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446 FIFTYSECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 105, 106. 1893. packages, or quantity, stating whether it be carrier’s or shipperks weight, and apparent order or condition of such merchandise or property delivered to and received by the owner, master, or agent of the vessel for transportation, and such document shall be prima facie evidence of the receipt of the merchandise therein described. Penalty for viola Sec. 5. That for a violation of any of the provi ions of this act the °i°"‘ · agent, owner, or master of the vessel guilty of such violation, and who refuses to issue on demand the bill of lading herein provided for, shall be liableto a une not exceeding two thou and dollars. The amount of Fi¤¤¢¤b¤¤1i¤¤- the line and costs for such violation shall be alien upon the vessel, whose agent, owner, or master is guilty of such violation, and such vessel may be libeled therefor in any district court of the United States, niipesiiiiiii or pm within whose jurisdiction the vessel may be found. One-half of such ‘"Y· penalty shall go to the party injured by such violation and the remainder to the Government of the United States. maui iiiiiuitisi Sec. 6. That this act shall not be held to modify or repeal sections "°‘ “°°°"°‘ forty-two hundred and eighty-one, forty-two hundred and eighty-two, Kg; %=¤4¤¤1-4M. and forty-two hundred and eighty-three of the Revised Statutes of the ""‘ United States, or any other statute defining the liability of vessels, their owners, or representatives. uvsuiiiiius. Sec. 7. Sections one and four of this act shall not apply to the transportation of live animals. I¤·¤•¤*·'¤l¥1» 1***- Sec. 8. That this act shall take eifect from and after the iirst day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Approved, February 13, 1893. February 14.18% CHAP. 106.-An act authorizing Velasco and Surfside Terminal Railway Com· ""'“';—°‘ pany to construct a bridge across the Galveston and Brazos Canal. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqwecentatives of the United _,;¤*¤¤¤¤ States of qlmerioa in Congress assembled, That the Velaseo and Surfside ii., `mf] ii,." c.Y$"Q.. Railway Company, a corporation chartered under the laws of the State §.°;‘x‘jf' "`“°' °*'“'~ of Texan? is hereby authorized and empowered to erect, construct maintain, an operate a bridge over and across the Galveston and lirazos Canal, in Brazoria County, Texas. Said bridge shall be constructed Railway imag,. to provide for the passage of railway trains on and over a double or single track, as said Velasco and Surfside Railway Company may elect. 1>¤··¤· Sec. 2. That said bridge shall be constructed with a draw or turn of sumcient capacity to aford hee passage to such vessels and boats as "~=**·*·· navigate said channel: Provided, That said bridge shall be opened ¤i»¤¤i¤s •¤¤·- promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats and other water craft, except when trains are passing over the draw or turn; but in no case shall unnecessary delay occur in opening the draw or tum after the passage of trains or at any other time; and the said Velasco and Surfside Railway Company shall maintain at its own expense, from Lista, i-ui. simset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the United States Light-House Board shall prescribe. And no bridge shall be erected and maintained under the authority of this act which shall rm iiivigsiiiiii at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said canal; and if any bridge erected under such authority shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, obstruct such navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of such bridge to be made as will eifectually obviate such obstruction, and all such alterations shall be made and such obstructions be removed at the expense of the owner of said bridge. And in case of any obstruction, or alleged obstruction, to the navigation of said canal caused, or alleged to be caused, niiigiumi. by said bridge, the case may be brought in the circuit court of the United States in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge may rziiiiiiig iiiwii im be located: Provided further, That nothing in this act shall be so con- "‘“""°"· strued as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing