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 348 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Rus. 21, 22, 23, 24. 1869. Kentucky, by the Newport and Cincinnati Bridge Company, a ccrpem. tion chartered and organized under the laws of each of the States of Kentucky and Ohio: Provided, that said bridge is built with an unbrolzcneor Bridge, howto continuous span of not less than four hundred feet in the clear, irom pier be built: ___ to pier, over the main channel of the r1ver,_and is built in all other re- V§°ii§hb1gQ,b specs; in accordance with the conditions and limitations of an act entitled °`‘•An act to establish certain post-ronds," approved July fourteenth, when com- eighteen hundred and sixty-two. That said bridge, when completed in plated, to M ¤· the manner specified in this resolution, shall be deemed and taken to be a fxiilgstgglzgi legal structure, and shall be a p0St—r0ad for the transmission of the mails P l of the United States; but Congress reserves the right to withdraw the Assent of assent hereby given in case the free navigation of said river shall at any 30**5*53 may time be substantially and materially obstructed by 'any bridge to be if "'w°’ erected under the authority of this resolution, or to direct the necessary i modifications and alterations of said bridge. A1-rnovsn, March 3, 1869. March 8, 1869. [No. 22.] A Resolution more ejieiently to protect the Fur Seal in Alaska. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Islands Saint States of.4merz`ca in Congress assembled, That the islands of Saint Paul 12***1 ¤¤d_S¤i¤* and Saint George in Alaska. be, and they arc hereby, declared a. special reservation for government purposes; and that, until otherwise provided special reservn— by law, it shall be unlawful for any person to land or remain on either "°{};)°‘;;s0n to of said islands, except by the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury; ladd ei remain and any person found on either of said islands, contrary to the provisions 0¤ ¢i¤h¤¤‘. 8X- of this resolution, shall be summarily removed; and it shall be the °°pt’ &°‘ duly of the Secretary of War to carry this resolution immediately into citect. Approved, March 3, 1869. MMGYI 3, 1869- [N0. 23.}) Joint Resolution authorizing the Union Paz-fic Railway Company, Eastern [vision, l0 change its Name to the “Kansas Pucfc Railway Comp¢my.” Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Uni<>¤1’=wifi¤ »5l‘ates of America in Congress assembled, That the Union Pacific Rail- §;‘:;:Yd?`2;i0n way Company, eastern division, is hereby aiithorized by resolution of its to elnnlge its i hoard ol' directors, which shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of ¤*¤“_° *0 *9**%* the Interior, to change its name to the “Kansas Pacific Railway Com- Paciiic llnilwuy ,, Oo. Pa")'- Armovnn, March 3, 1869. _}ji}§§l]_§_;_1§9_q; [N0. 94.] Joint Resolution relative to certain Purchases by the Interior Department. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Dizited Secretary of States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the 3;** I“*$“"°"‘°° Interior is hereby directed not to receive or make payment for three receive or pay . . mr w~w;,, bond hundred thousand sheets ot bond paper claimed to have been ordered of P¤P°H the stationery contractor for the Interior Department at a cost of twenty- four thousand dollars; and also that he withhold payment on any bills por_pay cor- claimed to be due to said contractors the sum of two thousand three hun- °‘;‘;w€’;“Sp€;’:°nt drcd and eighty dollars charged and received for printing seventeen thouhosds, ic. sand patent heads, which work was not performed by them; and also the value of forty thousand sheets of bond paper, at eight cents per sheet, now in the custody of said contractors, unless the same is returned ; and that he also deduct from their unpaid bills the amount charged for goods in `such unpaid bills (not included in their contract) above the prices at which like goods are sold in open market. , Approved, March 3, 1869.