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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 202-204-APR . 23,1946 "Petty offense." 35 Stat. 1152 . Other criminal offenses. Fees, costs, and ex- penses. April 23,1946 [H. R . 4914] [Public Law 3571 Bridge. Mississippi River. 58 Stat. 846 . April 23,1946 [H. R . 52751 [Public Law 358] amended. For the purposes of this Act, the term "petty offense" shall be defined as in section 335 of the Criminal Code (18 U. S . C ., sec. 541). In all cases of conviction an appeal shall lie from the judgment of said commissioner to the district court. SEc. 3. The commissioner shall have power to issue process in the name of the United States for the arrest of any person charged with the commission within said park of any criminal offense not covered by the provisions of section 2 of this Act, and to hear the evidence intro- duced. If he is of the opinion that probable cause is shown for holding the person so charged for trial, he shall commit such person for further appropriate action, and shall certify a transcript of the record of his proceedings and the testimony in such case to the district court, which court shall have jurisdiction of the case. SEc. 4. All fees, costs, and expenses arising in cases under this Act and properly chargeable to the United States shall be certified, approved, and paid as are like fees, costs, and expenses in the courts of the United States. All fines, fees, costs, and expenses imposed and collected shall be deposited by the commissioner, or by the marshal of the United States collecting the same, with the clerk of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Approved April 23, 1946. [CHAPTER 203] AN ACT To revive and reenact the Act entitled "An Act creating the City of Clinton Bridge Commission and authorizing said commission and its successors to ac- quire by purchase or condemnation and to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge or bridges across the Mississippi River at or near Clinton, Iowa, and at or near Fulton, Illinois", approved December 21,1944. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That the Act approved December 21, 1944, authorizing the City of Clinton Bridge Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Mississippi River, at or near the cities of Clinton, Iowa, and Fulton, Illinois, be, and is hereby, revived and reenacted: Provided, That this Act shall be null and void unless the actual construction of the bridge herein referred to be commenced within two years and completed within four years from the date of approval hereof. SEc. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved April 23, 1946. [CHAPTER 204] AN ACT To revive and reenact the Act granting the consent of Congress to the State Highway Department of South Carolina to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Pee Dee River, at or near Cashua Ferry, South Carolina, approved April 30, 1940. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Pee Dee River. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act 54Stat. 175. approved April 30, 1940, granting the consent of Congress to the State Highway Department of South Carolina to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Pee Dee River, at or near Cashua Ferry, be, and is hereby, revived and reenacted: Provided, That this Act shall be null and void unless the actual con- struction of the bridge herein referred is completed within three years from the date of approval hereof. 120 [60 STAT.