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FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 939-942. 1904. 16] passage of railway trains over the same and the ap roaches thereto upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use, or, in case of disagreement, upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties in interest. Sec. 5. That the bridge constructed, maintained, and o rated under Thsiesraph. ew-. this Act shall be known as a post-road, upon which nohigher charge dg °°' shall be made for the transportation over the same of the mails, the troops, and munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over railroads or public hi hways leading to said bridge; and said bridge shall enjoy the riggts and privilege ot other post-roads in the United States and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge for postal-telegraph and telephone urposes; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted) to all telegraph and telephone companies. Sec. 6. That this Act shall become null and void if the construction ugjme 0* ¤¤¤¤¤‘¤¢- of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and ` completed within three years after the passage of this Act. Sec. 7. That said cor oration shall remove the existing railroad m_{*d•;·;¤v¤¤<>f v¤¤¤¤¤¢ bridge after the proposed) bridge is completed and readv for practical ' operation, and said removal as to the time and manner thereof shall be · subject to the direction of the Secretary of War. Sec. 8. That hereby reserves the right to alter, amend, or A¤¤¢¤¤¤¤¤¢- repeal this Act. · Approved, April 7, 1904. GEL?. 940.-—-An A¤tPmvidmg° brholdingof courtsof the mstem division of the A 7· lmnorthenFederaliudicialdistrictoiGeorgiaa Ath¤,Georgh. , 0. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Y _ _ States af America in Congress assembled, That hereafter courts shall $,“Qf,°§lgZf{"‘§’0°,‘{h“§‘,*§ be held in the eastern division of the northern Federal judicial district iugicgigiggdgyf, H of Geor ia at Athens, Georgia, on the fourth Monday in April and pp.bs.`izo." the lirstglvlonday in November in each year, instead of as heretofore t°,{§’f’§§f“},‘?“§,,_ provided. “*‘°‘“’°"· Approved. April 7, 1904. CHAP. . 9 .-g h coun of Pierce, in theStateof Geo ’ A ri|’7.1904. from the eastdeln mAth1d;to1'il divigion oflthe United States district eourlgidi [5- R· 13352-} the southern district of Georgia. [Public, xc. sr.] Be it enacted by the Senate and Blouse 0_fRq2resen tatifves of the United States of America in Cbngress assembled, That the county of Pierce, ¥é¤gj¤d,S¤¤gl<;>j_1$; in the State of Georgia, be, and the same is hereby, transferred_ from juagealildamm. the eastern to the southwestern division of the United States district qeiiigicidgiihvnidmw court for the southern district of Georgia. °`i$ilililj§)iisame¤¤- Approved. April 7, 1904. °"- CHAP. 942.-An Act For the relief of the Indiana State board of agriculture, ¢?§¤ri}g7~71Q.gfj Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repr·esevztati0:es of the United [Public. No- S8-1 be, and he is hereby, authorized and d1rected to cause to be investigated oflggrgrgrszgion of by the Quartermastefs Department of the United States Army_the claim er. circumstances, character, and extent of the alleged use, occupation, V0;. xxxxu, PT 1-—11