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FIFTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Cus. 332,333. 1903. 781 appropriated, may be sufficient to pay all of said judgments. Said bonds shall be payable in gold coin of the United States of America of the present standard weight and iineness, shall bear interest at the rate o four per centum per annum, payable semiannually, and be redeemable in not less than five years and payable in not more than fifteen years from the date of issuance. The principal and interest of ,,§§,'j§',,°*°"'P‘ *’°”‘ all bon s shall be exempt from any and all taxes, and the payment ` thereof shall constitute a charge on the revenues of the Territory of Hawaii. Saids bonds shall be sold at not less than their face value, and the proceeds thereof shall be applied to the yment of the judg; ments aforesaid and to no other pur se, and they shall be of suc form and denominations and be issuedoand sold under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe. ‘ 1:0. 3. That under no circumstances shall any such judgment claim- m{,*g_¤°Y’¤ f¤¤¤·°*¤·· ant, or anyone claiming through him, be requiredto pay, nor shall any attorney or agent be entitled to charge, demand, or receive, directly or indirectly, more than ten per centum upon the amount recovered as compensation for services or labor of any kind or character in the prosecution or establishment of the claim, and in cases of contracts or agreements providing for payment of less than ten per centum the yment shall not be increased above the pprcentage so agreed upon. ‘ gfore any such judgment shall be paid ereunder the governor of P'°°*· said Territory must certify that the same is genuine and was dul rendered in ursuance of the act of the legislative assembly of the Territoriy; and) the payment of said judgments shall be in full satisfaction P¤vm¤¤¢¤· an discharge of any and all claims or demands inst said Territory. or the United States on account of any propertyadzstroyed in the said su pression of the bubonic lague. Sec. 4. That this Act shall take effect from and after its passage. E¤¤<=¢- Approved, January 26, 1903. CHAP. 838.-An Act To provide forlayinz a single electric street-railway track January 29.1908. across the Aqueduct Bridge, m the District of Colum ia, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRKreaentatdwes of the United States ej`Ame¢·iea in Oongrese assembled, at upon desposit of the %¤¤{¤;_¤{f¤¤¤g=¤g;, pgmgimats hereinafter stated by thef Glreag Fallsfand Ol Dpmgjion niguSl't:ll¤nd ` Com ny, a co ration o the tate 0 ir 'nia, the m- ,*"’“’· missioners ofptlhe Distrligt) of Columbia are hereby ghthorized and Bilfsggivillglgcdydg directed to change or rebuild, according! to such plans as they may °"€1is¤'°§s.wi€`ta¤gs. approve, the superstructure of the Aajlue act Bridge across the Potomac River so as to permit the placing thereon of a single electric streetrailway track for the accommodation of electric street cars operating and to operate across said bridg:. ‘ Sec. 2. That within thirt ys after the a proval of this Act the ,t£g<>¤1¤ f<>r•=xv¤¤¤— said Great Falls and Old Ilominion Railroad) ‘ompany shall de osit ' with the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia the sum of) one thousand dollars, and the said company shall, before the work provided for in the first section hereof shall be begun, deposit with said collector `the additional sum of twenty-four thousand dollars, the a gregate amount of said sums being the estimated cost of such change or alteration in said bridge necessary for the purpose of accommodating such electric street—railway traihc across same: Provided, That if the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars shall not have been ' deposited by said railroad company within three months after the passage of this Act the said company shall forfeit to the said District of Columbia the said sum of one thousand dollars, hereinbefore required to be deposited, and all rights under this Act: Provided jiertker, That mF3£g;.E}¤°¤¤”m if the said Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad Company shall fail `