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F IFTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Crrs. 837, 838. 1904. 15] alleged obstruction, to the free navigation of said river, caused, or alleged to be caused by said bridge, a case may be brought in any court of the United States in the State of North Dakota in which any ortion , of said bridge may be located: Provided, That nothing in this Act laws not shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of **“°°*°d· law now existing in reference to the rotection of the navigation of , rivers, or to exempt this brid e from the operation of the same: Pro- _ _ vided further, That this briée shall not be open to traiiic until all ,.—,£,1:]$`§&_ °t°" t° b° pizling andother false work used in constructing the bridge shall have en wholly removed, to thesatisfaction of the Secretary of War. Sec. 4. hat said bridge and accessory works, when built and con- ,,,,I;1“,,‘,‘,,f,‘}},,,{’,§{'“°‘“‘° `structed under this,Act, and according to the terms and limitations thereof, shall be lawful structures, and said bridge 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 the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to such bridge; and said bridge shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post routes of the United States; and Congress reserves the right Tm at alrgy time to regulate by appropriate legislation the charges over said bri e. Sec. 5. That the United States shall have the right of way for such ,igh°{;_°g'“"h‘ °"”’ postal telegraph lines across said bridge as the Government may con— Y struct or control. And all street-railroad companies desiring the use [“bY°°h" '°°°* of said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges upon reasonable terms relative to the passage of railway trains or cars over the same and over the approaches thereto, and all telephone and telegraph companies shall be granted equal rights and privileges in ‘ the construction and operation of their lines across the bridge. _ . ‘ Sec. 6. ~ That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of ¤Q1:Y"° °f °°"”"'° the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of the approval thereof. m d L Sec. T. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal ‘ °° um" this Act at any time. Approved, March 25, 1901. CHAP. 838.-An Act To confirm and validate patents to certain lands situated in M¤¤*h ¤§Q2<>•· the Bitter Root Valley, State of Montana, above the mouth of the Lo Lo Fork of the __, ,_lq· R "_Q”;jl_____ Bitter Root River. U’“W<‘- N0- 71-l Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representab'-vm off/ze ($u'z‘ed States of Amerz°ea in Congress assembled, That all patents heretofore Mvitwr R<·<>r Valley. issued for lands in the Bitter Root Valley, State of Montana, above ‘ 1}Z`.¤;.,_m. to tamu the mouth of the Lo Lo Fork of the Bitter Root River, designated in l°Q.fj_*{*, °,j{“ggf“°°· the Act of June fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two. in desert ' entries, preemption entries, mining entries, entries under the Act of V<~l.2<>. nw. June third, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. as extended to all the _ W- _ public-land States by the Act of August fourth, eighteen hundred and ‘°*· —~ P- -”°- ninetv-two, commonly known as the timber and stone law, and for landsvselected for the benefit of the university of the State of Montana _ ‘ prior to the passage of the Act of August third. eighteen hundred and ‘°*· 28- P- *22 ninetv-four, are ereby confirmed and said patents yahdated, to all intents and purposes the same as if the law under which said patents were issued was applicable to said lands. Approved, March 25, 1904.