FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 48, 49. 1905. 609 the modification of said plans shall have previously been submitted to and received the approval of the Chief of Engineers and of the Secretary of War, and any changes in said bridge which the Secretary of VVar may at any time order in the interest of navigation shall be promptly made by said company at its own expense. Sec. 2. That in case any litigation arises from the building of said I·*“8¤'**°¤· bridge or from the obstruction of said river b said bridge cases may be tried in the proper courts, as now providedy for that purpose in the States of Minnesota and North Dakota and in the courts of the United States: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as §Q°,§{‘{f,k 1,,,, ,,0, to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in refer- ¤¤¢¢¢¤d· ence to the protection of the navigation of rivers O1' to exempt said - bridge from the 0 ration of same. Sec. 3. That allpcrailroad companies desiring the use of said bridge U¤¤ by <>¤=~¤ ¤>¤d¤ shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privile es relative to the passage of railway trains over the same, and over tie approaches ‘ thereto, upon (payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; °°""°"“°°”‘ and in case of isagreement between the parties in regard to the compensation to be paid or the conditions to be observed all matters at issue shall be determined by the Secretary of War. Sec. 4. That an bridge built under this Act, and subject to its limi- ml,-,¤P',::t¤r])ug¤¤¤¤¤¤ tations, shall be a lizwful 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 per mile paid for the transportation over the railroad or approaches eading to the said brid e; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post=roads in ae ,,§,$Q_°¥'“Pb· °‘°·· United States, and equ:5 privileges in_the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies, and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal telegraph an telephone purposes. Sec. 5. That this Act shal be nu l and void unless the bridge herein u‘1‘i¤¤¤ of construe authorized be commenced within one year and completed within two °°' years from the date of approval of this Act. Src. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby A¤¤¤¤d¤=<+¤¢- expressly reserved. ' Approved, January 19, 1905. _ CHAP. 49.-An Act To amend "An Act to regulate the practice of medicine and January 19, 1006. surgery, to license physicians and surgeons, and to punish persons niolating the {pro- lH·R·16*?°·l visions thereof in the District of Columbia," approved June third, eighteen hun red [Public, N,,_‘,6_`]"“ and ninety-six. Be it enacted by t/oe Senate and House of Rqfrjesentatives of the United _ _ States of America in élmgress assembled, That section eight of "An *¥g",{;°‘0$*,?;Q:sFg";- Act to re ulate the practice of medicine and surgery, to license phlysi- ptprggice medicine. cians ant? surgeons, and to unish persons violating the dprovisions via.2s, p. mn, thereof in the District of Columbia, ’ approved June thir , eighteen ““°“"°°· hundred and ninety-six, be amended by striking out the fol owing words: "Pmnded, That a license `shal be issued upon application, free of cost and without examination, to each physician who is registered at the health office of the District of Columbia at the time of the passage of this Act, and to physicians who may change their residence to the District of Columbia from any State or Territory where medical laws and medical examinin boards exist, the presentation of a certificate or license from a medical examining board,_1f found upon due inquiry to be true and genuine, being sufficient evidence of inght to re istration and certification under the provisions of this Act: ·0—
That the medical laws and examining boards of such States and
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