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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Cns. 160, 161. 1895. 703 Sec. 7. That said bridge herein authorized to be constructed shall be AMS *0 ¤¤*is¤*=i¤¤· so kept and managed at all times as to afford proper means and ways for the passage of vessels, barges, or rafts, both by day and by night; and there shall be displayed on said bridge by the owners thereof, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the Light—House Board Lights. etc. may 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 said company, in order the more effectually to preserve the free navigation of said river. Sec. 8. That this Act shall be null and void unless the construction 0<¤¤¤¤_<·>¤c¤r¤¤¤t and of said bridge shall be commenced within one year and completed within °°mp1°°‘°"‘ three years from the passage of this Act. Sec. 9. That Congress shall have power at any time to alter, amend, Am¤¤d¤¤¤¤¤·¤¢¤· or repeal this Act. ` Approved, March 2, 1895. CHAP. 161.-An Act Making appropriations for thepayment of invalid and other M'“°h 11895- pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen it" hundred and ninety-six, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, t,P¤¤¤i<>¤¤ **PPY°P¥'i“‘ and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury `°°s' not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of pensions for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for other purposes, namely: For Army and Navy pensions, as follows: For invalids, widows, _I¤v¤li·1. ew. wu, minor children, and dependent relatives, army nurses, survivors and sm"` widows of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve and with Mexico, and the survivors and widows of the Indian wars of eighteen hundred and thirtytwo to eighteen hundred and forty-two, inclusive, one hundred and forty million dollars: Provided, That the appropriation afore- Promo:. said for Navy pensions shall be paid from the income of the Navy pen- N“"Y P°¤°i°¤°· sion fund, so far as the same may be sufficient for that purpose: Provided further, That the amount expended under each of the above A¤<>¤¤¤¤¤· items shall be accounted for separately: And provided further, That so Iiestriction it non much of the fourth proviso of an Act entitled "An Act making appro· '°‘$‘§f'§Yf f,{’§§fl°d` priations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes/’ approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, which reads as follows: "That from and after July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, no pension shall be paid to a nonresident who is not a. citizen of the United States, except for actual disabilities incurred in the service/’ be and the same is hereby repealed. For fees and expenses of examining surgeons for services rendered E¤¤¤¤¤*¤*¤H e"' within the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six, eight hundred g°i}::§,m. thousand dollars. And each member of each examining board shall, as now authorized by law, receive the sum of two dollars for the examination of each applicant whenever five or a less number shall be examined on any one day, and one dollar for the examination of each prove". additional applicant on such day: Provided, That if twenty or more E¤¤¤i¤¤¤¤¤¤~ applicants appear on one day, no fewer than twenty shall, if practicable, be examined on said day, and that if fewer examinations be then made, twenty or more having appeared, then there shall be paid for the first examinations made on the next examination day the fee of one dollar only until twenty examinations shall have been made: Provided further, That no fee shall be paid to any member of an examining board _ No as unless mv- Hlllcss personally present and assisting in the examination of applicant: ‘°° "‘“°°”d‘ P1'0’v’ided, That the report of such examining surgeons shall specifically R¤¤i¤S· state the rating which in their judgment the applicant is entitled to: