782 FIFTYFIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 41, 42. 1899. dollars authorized to be appropriated and expended, for continuing improvement of the Missouri River from its mouth to Sioux City, Iowa, for the liscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, by the_“Act making appropriations for the construction, repair and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes," which became a law on June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. capuoirouee. CAPITOL POLICE. To continue the employment during the six months beginning January tirst, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, of not exceeding eighteen additional Capitol policemen (privates), at the rate of nine hundred and sixty dollars per annum each, eight thousand six hundred and forty dollars. Mgggw 6fR¤vr¤¤¤¤¤ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. For stationery for Members of the House of Representatives on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, five thousand dollars. Ussupremo Com. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. Clerk’¤ omce For iireproof cases for the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States, six thousand dollars, to be immediately available. Approved, January 5, 1899. Jnnnnzy10, 1899. CHAP. 42.5An Act To authorize the Choctaw and Memphis Railroad Company ———-—-—·—· gilrgggzguct bridges across the Arkansas and other navigable rivers in the State of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United cntcmv and Mem- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Choctaw and Mem- §f.‘§§‘,g1§°‘,§"§’{.d,$.“§’Q phis Railroad Company, a corporation created and existing by virtue Rivemctc- of the law of the State of Arkansas, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain bridges across the Arkansas River and such other navigable rivers in the State of Arkansas as may be necessary for the crossing of said rivers with its railroad line at such points as may be selected by the said railroad company and rrmmn. or vemeiee, approved by the Secretary of War. Said bridges shall be constructed Me to provide for the passage of railroad trains, and, at the option of said railroad company by which they may be built, may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals rene and for foot passengers, for such reasonable rates of toll as may bd hged by the said railroad company and approved by the Secretary of ar. reneiawmimue Sec. 2. That any bridges built under this Act and subject to its
- ¤*°¤ *-*¤** P°‘° ’°“‘“’*· limitations shall be lawful structures, and shall be recognized and
known as post routes; and they shall enjoy the same rights and privi~ Telegraph ima ¢»—i·~· leges as other post roads in the United States; and equal privileges in ¥""’""· the use of said bridges shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies; and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridges and their approaches for postal telegraph purposes. izaintzins. Sno, 3. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridges -•~i¤¤i risks *0 ¤*>¤· shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same and over the approaches thereto, upon the payment of a reasonable compensation for such usegliszsureenienis of and in case the owner or owners of said bridges and the several rail; “"“*°"“"”"*""dg*"’· pond companies, or any of them desiring such use, shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and upon the rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridges, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War, upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties.
