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462 FIFTYSECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 137-140. 1893. requisite for carrying this act into effect, and which may not be repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States. P¤v¤¤· Sec. 4. That the said Eclectic Medical Society of the District of Columbia. is hereby endowed with all the rights, privileges, and immunities that appertain to other medical societies of the District of Columbia. Sec. 5. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved, February 18, 1893. February 18. 1893- CHAP. 138.-An act granting to the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway —"""*‘ Company the right of way across the Whipple Barracks military reservation in A11- 20118. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United u§i•¤;,*:mf,·£ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Santa Fe, Prescott Etmpwfy gunned and Phoenix Railway Company, a corporation duly organized under the gghgggg laws of the Territory of Arizona, is hereby granted the right of way, mm. am. one hundred feet in width, for its said railroad across and through the · Whipple Barracks military reservation, located in the said Territory of Arizona, not‘to interfere with any buildings or improvements on said reservation, and the location of the line of said right of way to be sub- P•·•>•¤·¤- ject to the approval of the Secretary of War: Provided, That the right R°’°°' to repeal this act, if the interest of the United States should so demand, is hereby expressly reserved. . Approved, February 18, 1893. F°l¤’¤¤'Y1$»1“3- CHAP. 139.-An act to change the name of the Capitol, North O Street and W South Washington Railway Company. _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _,fg'*}‘·n§'°gjf,',‘,f States of America in Congress assembled, That the name of the said wumugam nanny Capitol, North 0 Street and South Washington Railway Company c°j?.’::"ci),;,?g,d t, be, and the same i hereby, changed to “The Belt Railway Company ;" B•1¢ R¤i1v¤y 0<>=¤- Provided, That said change shall not affect pending suits against said P""' company nor the enforcement of existing contracts with said company. Approved, February 18, 1893. I"°b'¤•'Y 18• mm CHAP. 140.-An act to authorize the Union Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River. ` Be it enacted by the Senate and House oj Representatives of the United l"nion miirqa .1 States of America in Congress assembled, That the Union Railroad Com- §§{{§:;§,,§}§" Qfjif pany, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Pennsyl- 1-... vania, is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Monongahela River, between a point in Midlin Township and a point opposite in Wilkiris Township, in Allegheny County, State of Pennsylvania; and said bridge, when built in accord- Legal su-mm. ance with the requirements of this act, shall be a legal structure, and may be used for railroad and highway purposes. nagm, mc. Sec. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this act shall not be in any case of less elevation than fifty-four ieet from the level ot the water at pool full in said river to the bottom chord of the bridge, nor shall the main span be of less than three hundred and fifty feet in length in the clear, and the piers of the bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river at ordinary water.