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 FOR'l`Y-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 175, 176, 177. 1870. 173 Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not aflect the T“l‘l“g°f°°“‘ taking 0i' the census in the State of Wisconsin, in anno Domini eighteen gggééggg 2;; hundred and seventy; but the same shall be had, made, and taken as act. though this act had not been passed. Approved, June 29, 1870. CHAP. CLXXVI. -— An Act to authorize the Construction and Zllaintenance ofa Bridge Jung 30, 1870, across the Niagara River. *·"""_‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any bridge and its appur- Any bridge tenances which shall be- constructed across the Niagara river, from the bum “‘?"°”fNl‘ city of Bufialo, New York, to Canada, in pursuance of the provisions of g§r3,E,i·: mm' an act of the legislature of the State of New York, entitled "An act to &¤· declared ¤ incorporate the International Bridge Company," passed April the seven- ?n`:1{;;t;LQ?5§§5° teenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, or of any act or acts as a post-mad. of said legislature now in force, amending the same, shall be lawful structures, and shall be so held and taken, and are hereby authorized to be constructed and maintained as provided by said act and such amendments thereto, anything in any law or laws of the United States to the contrary notwithstanding; and such bridge shall be, and is hereby, declared to be an established post-road for the mails of the United States; but this act shall not be construed to authorize the construction of any bridge which shall not permit the free navigation of said river to substantially the same extent as would be enjoyed under the provisions of said act and the amendments thereto, heretofore enacted and now in force: Provided, L¤¢9·*l•>¤ <>f nevertheless, That the location of any bridge, the construction of which is yggig isp;?;;? hereby authorized, shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of of Secretary of War, but not to be located south of Squaw island: And provided farther, WM`- That such bridge shall have at least two draws of not less than one hun- Draws. dred and sixty feet in width, in the clear between the piers, which shall be Piers. located at the points best calculated to accommodate the commerce of said river; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel to the current of said river. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the bridge herein named shall Construction be subject, in its construction, to the supervision of the Secretary of War ‘g:’;;d§§;;’E°°° of the United States, to whom the plans and specifications, relative to its vision of the con struction, shall be submitted for approval. And all railway companies %$¤¥¢¥¤F>’ Of desiring to use the said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights $5] railway and privileges in the passage of the same and in the use of the machinery companies enand fixtures thereof and of all the approaches thereto, under and upon ;l‘l;?s*?n°§t;“LS° such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the district court of Ofgthe bridge, the United States for the northern district of New York, upon hearing the Kwallegations and proofs of the parties, in case they shall not agree. Sec. 3. And be it farther enacted, That the right to alter or amend this lfseidmgy lm act so as to prevent or remove all material obstructions to the navigation ;S’°&c_’ °’ S° of the said river, by the construction of the said bridge, is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, June 30, 1870. CHAP. CLXXVII. -· An Act lo amend an Act entitled "An Act lo establish a unmvmn Jung 30, 1870, System of Bankruptcy throughout the United Stales,” approved March 2, 1867., Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ifgj xiv_ p_ ML Slales of America in Congress assembled, That the jurisdiction conferred Jurisdiction in upon the supreme courts of the Territories by the act to which this is in    amendment may be exercised, upon petitions regularlyltiled in that court, Pranaé cPur[g of by either of the justices thereof while holding the district court. in the dis- Lgrriiirpciérhvw trict in which the petitioner or the alleged bankrupt resides: and said sev- cisgp eral supreme courts shall have the same supervisory Jurisdiction over all