Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 31.djvu/1009

This page needs to be proofread.

FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cus. 815-817. 1901. 957 Act relative to wharf property and certain public spaces in the District of Columbia," is hereby authorized and directed, in ascertaining the values of the wharf structures and other improvements made y or belonging to the defendants in the above cause, or to others, which are A in or over waters of the Potomac River south of Water street, in the city of Washington, in which the said defendants claim riparian rights, to also, in like manner, ascertain and determine the values of the por- gmvgggggmggguggjlggg tions of such wharf structures and other improvements which are upon upon agjoining and the adjoining land of the United States, but not in or over the said ‘§,,,,"§§,, §§.‘,§,d§,Q“§‘; waters of the Potomac River, and shall also ascertain, declare, adjudge, ¤>¤¤¤•¤· etcaud award to whom the values so determined are justly payable. The - said su reme court of the District of Columbia is hereby invested with all need)ful power, authority, and jurisdiction to carry into effect in all_ · respects the said mandate of the Supreme Court of the United States according to its true intent and meaning, and to determine every question of right, title, interest, and claim arising in the premises; and such court may exercise such power, authority, and jurisdiction as fully and completely, for all purposes, as if the same had been conferred u n it by the said Act a proved August fifth, eighteen hundred andmeighty-six; and its Endings shall be reported to Congress agreeably to the fourth section of said Act. Approved, March 2, 1901. CHAP. 818.-An Act To revive and amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize Much 2-1901- the Georgia Pine Railway of Georgia to construct a bridge across the Flint River, a " " navigable stream, in Decatur County, Georgia." Be it enacted by the Senate and Haase§f.R.<g>7·esentat¢}ves 0 f the United _ States of America in Congress assemble , That an Act to authorize the G,,i$,‘,§§, §.,§,*§‘{§,‘§‘§,,,f§ Georgia Pine Railway of Georgia to construct a bridge across the g>€g¤@H¢ FHM Rivet Flint River, a navigable stream, in Decatur County, Geor ia, approved vlillgb, p. ssc. March first, eighteen , hundred and ninety-nine, be, andg the same is hereby, revived, reenacted, and declared to be in full force and effect. f EEG. 2. That section six of said Act is hereby amended to read as 0 ows: . " Sec. 6. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from March first, nineteen hundred and one. A Approved, March 2, 1901. CHAP. 81’7.—An Act Authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Cumberi March {-’· 1901- land River at or near Carthage, Tennessee. UU Be it enacted ly the Senate and House 0 f Representattves of the United States of Ame1··lca in Congress assembled, That the town of Cartha e, m§;rQ*gg°é Cljljiggi; a municipal co oration in the State of Tennessee, organized under land Rivgr at outhe laws of sai1dpState, either singly or in conjunction with the county th”g°‘ of Smith, in the said State, upon such terms as may be agreed upon, be, and is hereby, authorized and empowered to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Cumberland River at or near the town of Carthage at such point as, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, may be suitable to the interests of navigation. _ Sec. 2. That the bridge built under this Act and subject to its lim- mlaawhyr utimctm ltations may be a drawbridge or of fixed span or spans, but in any POS 0 ` event shall be a lawful structure, and shall be known and recognized