FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 668, 669. 1901. S2]. GHAP. 668.-—An Act To permit certain burials of the dead in the lands of the Merch 1-1901- Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the District of Columbia, and for other W purposes. Be tt enacted by the Senate and House ofltepresentatvhzes of the United States 0j'AmeMSca in Congress assembled That the Protestant Episcopal g§j§,§$; °*‘j|*;}g§g§‘g; Cathedral Foundation of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized lanpsds cstlrrotlgsylaur to permit the burial of the_ dead in any designated part of its land in F§,,§§°£§.,,,F°t ° ml the District of Columbia situate between the ennallytown road, Wood- r ley lane, Galveston street, Thirtiy-fifth street, and Massachusetts avenue, or in vaults in the cathedra to be built on the said land, under such sanitary regulations as shall be prescribed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia: Provided, That not more than four such .f,§’§"§,°,;,,,,,,u,._ burials shall be allowed in any one calendar year. ` Sec. 2. That the remains of Thomas John Claggett, first bishop of b,§,*;;¤%}¤,%ag§_,,3l*g° Maryland, and his wife may be allowed to remain in the vault in w ich i·em¤va1,em. ’ they are now deposited in the churchyard of Saint Alban’s Church, adjoining the lands of the Cathedral Foundation, and that the said remains may be removed hereafter to the grounds of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the District of Columbia, or to the cathedral which shall be built thereon. Approved, March 1, 1901. CHAP. 669.-An Act To authorize the, Fourth Pool Connecting Railroad Com- M¤¤‘•h 1·,19°1· pany to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River. W" Be it enacted by the Senate cmd H0*as;gfRe_g>resentatv}¢2es 0{ the United States of Amea·2Zea‘w}n. Congress assembt , That the Fourt Pool Con- m1;‘g,‘{,‘;*;,,§]°,g},d‘,§f,§ necting Railroad Company, a corporation existing under the laws of giildsc Monousahels the State of Pennsylvania, is hereby authorized to construct, maintain V"' and operate a railroad bridge, wit one or more tracks, for railroad trail‘ic· across the Monongahe a River, between a point in the township -’°°“*°“- of Allen, in the county of Washington, and a po1nt·in the township of Washington, in the county of Fayette. The said bridge when built ,,,,{;“"""‘ °"“°‘““’· in accordance with the requirements of this Act shall be a legal structure and mag be used for railroad and highway purposes. · Sec. 2. That the bridgge authorized to be constructed under this ,pS,j§$,'$,§°,§{,§§_W“’ ‘° Act shall be located and uilt under and subject-to such requirements for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe · and to secure that obgect the railroad company shall subm1t to the Secretary of. War for is examination and approval a desiglp and drawing of the bridge and sa map of the location, givin for e space of one mile above and one-half mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river and the shore lines at high and low water. This map shall be accompanied by 'others ‘ drawn on a scale of one inch to two hundred feet, giving for a space of one-half a mile above the line of the proposed bridge and a quarter of a mile below, an accurate representation of the bottom of the soundings, and also showing over the whole width of this part of the river the force and direction of the currents at low wate1·, at high water, and at least one intermediate stage, by triangulated observations on suitable floats, together with all other information touching said bridge and river as may be deemed requisite by the Secretary of War to determine whethersaid bridge when_ built will conform to the provisions of this Act and cause no serious obstruction to the navigation of the river or injuriously affect the iiow of waterl Sec. 3. That the Secretaiéy of War is hereby authorized and directed, p,}§‘;,“§g°“°“ “’°°“*‘ upon receiving said plan an map and upon being satisfied that a bridge` built on such plan and at said locality will conform to the provisions of,
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