92 4 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. CHS. 970, 971. 1903. president of the board of directors, who shall also be president of the association, and shall elect one of their number as vice-president, and one of their number as secretary, and one of their number or a member of the association as secretary of the association, and the said secretary of the association shall give bonds with security to said association in such sum as the board of directors may require for the faithful discharge of his duties; and one of their number as treasurer, who shall also ive bonds with surety to said association in such sum as the said board of directors may re uire for the faithful discharge of his Q¤¤¤¤¤— trust.· At all meetings of theqboard of directors a majority of the V¤¢¤¤<=i¤¤- board shall form a quorum. _ In case of any vacancy in the board of directors, by death, resignation, or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled_ by the remaining directors from among the members of said association, who shall serve until the next annual meeting of the association, at which time a successor shall be elected to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term. Approved, March 2, 1903. March 2, 1903. CHAP. 971.—A.n Act To authorize the Pearl and Leaf Rivers Railroad Company
to bridge Pearl River in the State of Mississippi.
Be it enacted by the Semzte and Hmose of R esentatives of the United §g:;},§,f,°{g{‘,*°,{,v_ States 0£1Am.e¢·iea in Congress assembled, (That the Pearl and Leaf emkmrmdcompauy Rivers ilroad Company, a railroad corporation duly incorporated $§,{.}{"°‘°’ °° 8mm" and organized under the laws of the State 0 Mississippi, its successors or ass` S, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a railroeign bridge, with single or double track, and a proaches thereto, over and across the Pearl River at or near Smiths llerry, in Lawrence }County, State otiliégssissippi, subject to the conditions and limitations ereinafter spec` . gnlégglfstmcwd *1*** fS1:c(i 2, Tha; saiddbrildgp shallbxgot interfere with the free nzgrigatipln o said river e on w a may necessar to carr into e act the uuznaon. rights anddprivileges herein granted; andyin case bf any litigation arising un er the provisions of this Act from any obstruction or allege obstruction to the navigation of said stream, such litigation may be tried and determined by the proper circuit or district court of the United States within whose furisdiction said bridge is located. ,_u';,*‘p§8Q';,§,,$,Qf"°‘“’° Sec. 3. That any bridge bui t under this Act and subject to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which no higher charge shall be made for the transmission of mails and the troops and munitions of war of the United States over the same than the rate r mile paid for the transportation over_ the railroad or approaches lldgdin to the said bridge; T l h m and it shall en]oy the rightsan privileges of otienpost-roads in the ,.,g,,$,_""""’ * ° ·· Lmted States, and equa privileges in the use of sa1 bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies, and the United `tates shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal, telegraph, and telephone purposes. D’*"'°"°¥°· Sec. 4. That said bridge over said stream shall be constructed as a draw bridge. The draws an shall be over the main channel of the said stream at an accessible navigable point and the o nings on each side of the pivot pier shall be not less than one huncliled and fifteen feet in the clear, unless otherwise expressl directed by the Secretary of ¥Var, and if so directed shall be according to such direction, and the said openings shall be accessible at all stages of water; and the spans shall be not less than thirty-six feet above extreme low water, as understood at the point of location, to the lowest rt of the superstructure of the bridge; and the piers and draw shallmbe parallel with,
