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FIBTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 860-862. 1904. 159 made to any person, Iirm, or co oration whose lands or other property may be taken, overilowed, or othlerwise damaged by the construction, maintenance and operation of the said works, in accordance with the laws of the State w ere such lands or other pro rty may be situate. Sec. 2. That the withdrawal of water from thegdississippi River and ga*,§§,Q°°“°” ‘° ““"*‘ the discharge of water into the said river, for the purpose of operating ` the said canal and appurtenant works, shall be under the direction and control of the Secretary of War, and shall at no time be such as to impede or interfere with the safe and convenient navi tion of the said river by means of steamboats or other vessels, or by mg and bar , or toinjure or diminish the water wer of the United States at Rockdgsland Arsenal, or the water power oflhlhy person, firm, or co ration having hydraulic Works already constructed: Hwided, That ilfpsnv litigation arises from the construction, operation, or maintenance of the said works, or from ““"’“F’“· the obstruction of any part of the Mississippi River by the said works or any portion thereof, cases may be tried in the proper courts as now provided for that pur ose in the States of Illinois and Iowa, and the courts of the United States: And procidedjiu·tbe»r·, That suitable fish- F*=¤W¤Y¤- ways shall be constructed and maintained by the said company, its successors and assigns, at such of the dams and in such manner as may be required from time to time by the United States Fish Commission. Sec. 3. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of ,,,}}**0 of °0¤¤°’“0 the works herein authorized be not commenced within three years and ` completed within six years from the date hereof. Sec. 4. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby amsuameuc. expressly reserved. ' Approved, April 5, 1904. · GHAP. 861.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the con- AEN 5. 1904- struction of a bridge across the Monongahela River, in the State of Pennsylvania, by [ · R· 888*] the Eastern Railroad Company." [rum1e,:~:¤.s:s.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House 3fRq>resentati#ves of the United States (pf America in Congress assemble , That section four of an Act Pg*0"0"¤0"0*0R*'°’· approved February eighteenth, nineteen hundred and three, entitled rims exltended tor "An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Monon— l§,i§l€},§'§‘c0{,£,“,$°,f" hela River, in the State of Pennsylvania, by the Eastern Railroad m;;0‘k“§*· P- ”*“· gn1pany," be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as ` follows: · " Sec. 4. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction m20W 0* 00****0* of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year ` and completed within two years from February eighteenth, nineteen hundred and four." Approved, April 5, 1904. CHAP. 882.-An Act To amend section sixty-eight, chapter twenty-three, oi fif"? volume twenty-eight of the United States Statutes at Large. .TP; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqwesentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section sixty-eight, gmg£¥hm_ chapter twenty-three, of volume twenty-eight of the Unite States nursing. ,,8 _1? Statutes at Large be, and the same is hereby, amended so that it shall ,,Q,,‘Q,,;,,,j i *'· " · read as follows: _ mmibmm " Whenever in the division among Senators, Representatives, and ‘ Delegates of documents printed for the use of Congress there shall an apportionment to each or either House in round numbers, the Public Printer shall not deliver the full number so accredited at the respective