514 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. OHS. 82-S4. 1899. 1·=wf¤1¤¤¤¤¤*¤¤¤•·¤·l Sec. 3. That any bridge ouilt under this Act and subject to its limi. pm mm' tations shall be a lawful structure and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and munitions of war of the United States, or passengers or freight over said bridge, than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge, and it shall enjoy the rights T¤1¤sr¤1>h=¤¤¤ me- and privileges of other post roads of the United States; and equal
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and telephone companies, and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for said postal-telegraph ur >oses. Rights of ¤i1r<>¤·1¤ P Sho. 4. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge °° ““‘ and its approaches shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of trains over the same upon payment of
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' owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, or upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge and approaches, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of V\'ar upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the partie . <><>¤e¤·&¤¤¤¤¤¢¤¤ ¤¤<1 Sec. 5. That this Act shall be_null and void if actual construction of °°mp °"°°‘ the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof. Amendment. Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 2, 1899. February 2. 1899. CHAP. 83.—An Act To change and fix the time for holding the district and cir- ——-— ~---- Y »·· · · cuit courts of the United States tbr the northern division of the eastern district of Tennessee. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _·re¤¤essee jutnmi States of America. in Congress assembled, That the terms of the circuit "‘§?jj.;f,, ,,,~ ,, ,,,, ,,_ and district courts of the United States for the northern division of the ner-stern ;g :i·>;, eastern district of Tennessee, held at Knoxville, Tennessee, shall comiiiiigdiie.' meuce on the second Monday in March and September of each year, instead of the iirst Monday in March and September, as is now provided by law; and each of said terms shall continue as long as the presiding judge may deem necessary. Pending cam. Sec. 2. That no action, suit, proceeding, information, indictment, recognizance, bail bond, or other process in either of said courts shall abate or be rendered invalid by reason of the change of time in the holding of the terms of said courts. but the same shall be deemed to be returnable to, pending. and triable at the terms herein provided for. nepen. Sec. 3. That all laws and parts of laws conflicting with this Act be, and are hereby, repealed. Approved, February 2, 1899. F•·ln-u.u-y2, 1899. 'CHAP. 84.-An Art To amend section five of the Act approved June tenth, ` `"“" eighteen hundred and eighty. governing the immediate transportation of dntiahle gDOdS Wlilllllllt JlIlpI'1llS81l1€lllC. _ Bt it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United p0{¤::;;:·:=L*;3 ,,;j;_*g_gé States oj America an Congress assembled, That section live of the Act g.,§,i;;‘_F1r·1iI1\:OI_qv'\'l11 approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the _,u,_m,,,_s ,n~,m,;;ék_ nninediate transportation of dutiable goods without appraisement, be, ~<li;-ET. ¤;n§~· x_’ 1 7 4 and U18 $81118 lS_l1_€I‘€by, SO zlmélldéll RS to allow 00mm0n carriers bonded mendédj * ‘ ‘ under the provisions of said Act, 111 instances where a sufficient quan-
