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FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 112, 113, 121, 122. 1897. 509 Sec. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is iléiléby A”*°*;“;’¤*·· °*·°· expressly reserved. Approved, January 30, 1897. CHAP. Act Extending the time for the completion of the hridgeacross J=*·¤¤¤¥'Y 30- 189% the East River, between the city of New York and Long Island, now__in course of ‘j`;"`_ construction, as authorized by the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time for the comple- YE? R*Y‘?":,N°"’ tion of the bridge of the New York and Long Island Bridge Company Time e·¤¢•>¤¤¤•! wr across the East River, between the city of New York and Long Island, $$Z`I1°""g b"dg° authorized by the Act of Congress entitled "An Act authorizing the "°'-2‘·P·“°· construction of a bridge across the East River, between the city. of New York and Long Island," approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and the various Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, is hereby extended to and including the first day of January in the year nineteen hundred. Approved, January 30, 1897. CHAP. 121;-An Act To provide for an examination and survey of a water route February 1, 1897. from the mouth of the jetties at the city of Galveston, Texas, through the ship channel ~~ ·—···—~- and up Buffalo Bayou to the city of Houston, Texas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ·United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, “_;fg;*¤‘,0*°·}_§%¤S‘fu*§· and he hereby is, authorized and directed to make an examination and mix. _' survey, with an estimate of the necessary cost, for a water channel not ,€§,y_‘"">'· °"’·· ‘“' less than twenty-tive feet deep and one hundred feet wide, extending from the mouth of the jetties at the city of Galveston, Texas,-through the existing ship channel and up Buffalo Bayou to the city of Houston, Texas, and for a harborat or near Houston of a depth of not less than twenty-five feet and of a width of five hundred feet, and to make a report of such examination, survey, and estimate, with its commercial importance, to Congress. . Sec. 2. That the cost of said examination, survey, and estimate be Exwm. paid out of funds already appropriated for work on the improvement of ‘""·""· 2°"· 2** the ship channel and Buffalo Bayou. Approved, February 1, 1897 . CHAP. 122.-An Act To authorize the construction or acquisition of a bridge February 1, 1897. across the Rio Grande River at El Paso, in the State of Texas. ·-—···—— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representat·i·ves of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Sierra Madre Con- _,§;:¤{;:“¤g¤;£;¤pE;¤; struction Company, a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of Qlmy syringe are the State of New Jersey, and its successors and assigns, be, and the €·¤*¤d°» Ll 1****** 1*** same is hereby, authorized to erect, construct, maintain, and operate a bridge over the Rio Grande River at the city of El Paso, in the State of Texas, at such point on said river in the county of E1 Paso as may accommodate the line of railway which said corporation . may build to said point;. Said bridge shall be constructed so as to provide for the 1m1w¤y.»e¤..1»¤ag¤. passage of railway trainsand shall be used_for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, and for the transit of animals and for foot passengers, and for the transit of freight, goods, wares, and merchandise, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be iixed by the Secretary Tvliof War; and the Secretary of War shall have the right from time to time to revise such rates.