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SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. .CHS. 193-195. 1909. 649 hundred and eighty-seven, and all Acts amendatory thereof, and to enlarge the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission," approved VOL 34 ,,_ 59, June twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and six, be amended so that said i paragraph as so amended will read as follows: "PAB. 7. Any person who shall willfully make an r false entry in ,,,§§QQ,§*,2iQ;°QQc ‘°" the accounts of any book of accounts or in any record or memorandaI kept by a carrier, or who shall willfully destroy, mutilate, alter, or by any other means or device falsify the record of any such account, record, or memoranda, or who shall willfully neglect or fail to make full, true, and correct entries in such accounts, records, or memoranda of all facts and transactions appertaining to the carrier’s business, or shall keep any other accounts, records, or memoranda than those prescribed or approved by the commission, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject, upon conviction in any court of the United States of competent jurisdiction, to a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars or imprisonment for a term not less than one year nor more than three years, or both such fine and imprisonment: Provided, That the commission §;S"{",$mm 0, Old may in its discretion issue orders specifying such operating, account- records allowed. ing, or financial papers, records, books, blanks, tickets, stubs, or docu- ,,,`Q’,{;,9d3‘· P- 59* ments of carriers which may, after a reasonable time, be destroyed, i and rescribing the length of time such books, papers, or documents shallpbe preserved." Approved, February 25, 1909. CHAP. 194.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the cou- February 25, 1909. struction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Keithsburg, in the State [S- 782%] of Illinois, and_to establish it as a post-road," approved April twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. , Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 0 f the United _ _ _ _ _ States of America in Congress assembled, That section two of the Act {l{E'§SQEp‘£§Y,“,{‘,,. approved April twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, g',Q§1§<j,§)*;l;;,l;,i¤u>L;*;:j authorizin the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River amxennisbmg, 111.’ at or nearildeithsburg, in the State of Illinois, and to establish it as a post-road, be, and is hereby, so amended as to permit, in rebuilding and in relocating the bridge, the construction of a lift draw span of Lmdmw ¤P¤“· M- not less than two hundred and twenty feet in the clear in place of the existing swing draw span having two openings each one hundred and ml1{:,,cd’*~ P· M sixty feet in the clear; and also to permit the adjoining span to be two ` hundred and live feet in len th instead of two hundred and fifty: _ Provided, That the bridge shail be rebuilt in accordance with the pro- &§{';{‘{fg,,‘,,,_ visions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of V0!-¥**»l¤·8*· bridges over navigable streams,” approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six: And]w·m;z'ded)j?¢7·ther, That the right reserved A"‘°"°'“°“°‘ ir section six of said Act is also reserved as to this amendlment. Approved, February 25, 1909. CHAP. 195.-An Act For the widening of Twentieth street northwest, District F“F§“‘},'Y,?2k?s§i§°°· of Columbia. --i Be it enacted by the Senate and Ifmwe of Representatives 0 f the United States Of America in Cbngre.9s assembled, That under and in accordance D,R_§;i§:ig{,$°L“;Q:g*, with the provisions of subchapter one of chapter hfteen of the (Jode of northwest. _ Law for the District of Columbia, within ninety days after the passage f,,€‘,$g‘,§',§‘,‘},Qg hud of this Act, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and V<>l· 3% l>· 151- they are hereby, authorized and directed, for the purpose of widening Twentieth street northwest, to institute proceedings to condemn all that part of lot fifteen of Richard E. Pairo’s subdivision of "Rosemount