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 FORTY—-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 125, 126. 1870. 149 CHAP. CXXV. —A.n Act to establish certain Post-Roads in the State of Alabama, and June 8, 1870. for other Purposes. "‘—·———-· Be tt enacted 6y the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America. in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress D'¤Wb*‘idS° be, and the same is hereby, given to the erection of a drawbridge over Egdg.? ‘f,§‘f°,§,°d the Alabama river, near the city of Selma, by the Western Railroad ms rivc-gr nga:'. Company of the State of Alabama, in accordance with an act of the legis- S°lm°i Y lature of said State incorporating said company. S30. 2. And be it further enacted, That the consent of Congress be ¤¤d ubvrv the and the same is hereby, given to the erection of a drawbridge over the my °f M""` said river, above the city of Montgomery, by the South and North Ala- gomeryl bama Railroad Company, in accordance with the act of the legislature incorporating said company: Provided, That said drawbridves shall be P¤‘¤viS<>· respectively constructed so as to cross the streams at right anirles with the current, and the approaches to such draws shall be protected, by piers or other means that boats may enter the draws with safety in such manner otherwise as not materially or substantially to obstruct the free navigation of said river. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That Congress reserves the right to Assentsfconwithdraw the assent hereby given, as to either or both of said companies g'Z°““ m“Y b? .. _. . _ . . r wu i in case the free navigation of the said ru er shall be at any time materially gghd a ’ f' or substantially obstructed by either or both of said bridges. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That said bridges, when completed Bridges to be in the manner specined in said acts of incorporation, shall be deemed and P°“"°“d“· taken to be legal structures, and shall, with the railroads of which they gre parts, be post-roads for the transmission of the mails of the United tates. Approved, June 8, 1870. CHAP. CXXVI. —A`n. Actin Relation to the Hot Springs Reservation in Arkansas. June 11, 1870. Be it enacted by the Senate and fbuse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person claiming title, _ Persons claim. either legal or equitable, to the whole or any part of the four sections of Q§t°§l°.t° me . . . · . . PTXDQS Yesland constituting what is known as the Hot Springs reservation m Hot ervation in Ai- Springs county, in the State of Arkansas, may institute against the United *;*2**S** W3.? States in the court of claims, and prosecute to final decision, any suit ugngoggltoin that may be necessary to settle the same: Provided, That no such suits claims toscttlc shall be brought at any time after the expiration of ninety days from the theuiismtgibe passage of this act, and all claims to any part of said reservation upon brought within which suit shall not be brought under the provisions of this act within ¤i¤¢¤Y d¤.Y¤- that time shall be forever barred. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all such suits shall be by Form of suits petition in the nature of a bill in equity, and shall be conducted and $E2t;‘;l"°°“` determined in all respects, except as herein otherwise provided, according to the rules and principles of equity practice and jurisprudence _ _ _ in the other courts of the United States; and for the purposes of this c0—J1‘;:;:‘?g;l$1:*s°f act the court of claims is hereby invested with the jurisdiction and pow- ' ers exercised by courts of equity so far as may be necessary to give full relief in any suit which may be instituted under the provisions of this act. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That notice of every suit authorized Notice of suit. by this act shall be executed by the delivery of a true copy thereof with a copy of the petition to the Attorney-General, whose duty it shall be., for 8r$*€g1‘::g";§:¤· and in behalf of the United States, to demur to or answer the petition &c_wimmumgy therein, within thirty days after the service of such process upon him, un- days. less the court shall for good cause shown grant further time for tiling the sludge, 4. And be itfurtkcr enacted, That if two or more parties claiming Proceedings