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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. UH. 70-72. 1894. 73 any change be made in the plans of said bridge during the progress of its construction, such changes shall be subject tc the approval of the `Secretary ofVV2u·. The channel span of said. bridge shall not be less <Jh¤¤¤¤1¤x>a¤. than five hundred fect in length in the clcms and the superstructure shall not be less than fiftythree feet above the lcvvl of the water at pool 11111 in said river. Sec. 4. That tha bridge herein authorized to be constructed shall be —**<*¤ *·· ¤·W·z¤*i·~¤· so kept, managed, and maintained as to afford proper means and ways for the passage of vessels, barges, or rafts, by day and night, and there shall be kept and displayed, by the owners thereof, from sunset to sunrise, such lights and other signals as the Light-House Board may Lights. ew. prescribe; and such changes shall be made from time to time in the structure of said bridge as the Secretary of War may direct, at the expense of the owners of such bridge, in order the better to preserve ficc navigation of said river. Sec. 5. That the bridge herein authorized shall be commenced by Commencement mm the said city of Pittsburg within one year and completed within three °°""’l°°’°"` years hom the date hereof ; otherwise this Act to be null and void. Sec. 6. That the right; to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amemimcm, em. expressly reserved. Approved,—May 7, 1894. CHAP. 'I1.—A1i Act '1`0 extend the limits of the port of New York. .~. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the limits of the port of New Y¤*k· N- Y- Ncw York, in the State of New York, bc, and the same are hereby, Pmumxnexiauuod extended so as to include the city of Yonkers, Westchester County, *’·‘Y°""°“’· in said State. Approved, May 7, 1894. CHAP. 72.-An Act T0 protect the birds and animals in Yellowstone National M¤Y7· imi- Park, and to punish crimes in said park, and for other purposes. " ”""""""` "`"` Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0j`Repo·esentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Yellowstone National ,Y··1\·;;•·¤,;·>¤·— M- Park, as its boundaries now are defined, or as they may be hereafter °°“"l _'"_ dctincd 01* extended, shall be under the sole, and exclusive jurisdiction U§{;§’d·’g}‘}§;§f"""‘ "' of the United States; and that all the laws applicable to places under the solc and exclusive jmisdiction of the United States shall have force and cifect in said park: Provided, however, That nothing in this Act promo. shall be construed to forbid the service in the park of any civil or S¤·*•~ v¤·¢<··-· criminal process of any court having jurisdiction in the States of Idaho, Montana, and \Vyoming. All fugitives from justice taking refuge in said park shall be subject to the same laws as refugees from justice found in the State of Wyoming. Sec. 2. That said park, for all the purposes of this Act, shall consti- J_¤¤*¤·*i{jQ;j_¤;,_·{"‘,£>;,j tutc a part of the United States judicial district of Wyoming, and the 2E3g J ’ district and circuit courts of the United States in and for said district shall have jurisdiction of all offenses committed within said park. Sec. 3. That if any offcnsc shall be committed in said Yellowstone ,mf;j°’$f,’;{ National Park, which offense is not prohibited 01* the punishment is not ming laws. specially provided for by any law of the United States or by any regulation of the Secretary of the Interior, the offender shall be subject to the same punishment as the laws of the State of Wyoming in force at the time of the commission of the offense may provide for an like offcnsc in the said State; and no subsequent repeal of any such law of the State of \Vy0min g shall affect; any prosecution for said odensc committed within said park. Sec. 4. That all hunting, or the killing, wounding, or capturing qt ,¤P¢g:j_l;?i<·*;y: *¤¤¤*· any time of any bird or wild animal, except dangerous animals, when it g` g` `