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 X FORTY·-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Rus. 42, 45,47, 48. 1871. 599 mails in the city of St. Louis, now under contract with John E. Hagerty, and release him from his bond: Provided, That new service under said advertisement can be secured at a reasonable rate. APPROVED, February 24, 1871. , N0. 45. Joint &soZu!£0n to exknd the Bene o the Act ublfs/z' ati Z. 2 . I {or dislzbled Volunteer Soldiers to  disabled¢S{U£era an¢;£Z`9tSail0rls”¢5gftt,;c»e1;’a(1fnql;‘l`:dgs7'llm  zmdred and twelve, and the Mexican War. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the board of managers of B°¤°¤*¤ °f lm the National Asylum for disabled volunteer soldiers be, and they are gxggfgfak hereby, authorized and directed to extend the benefits and provisions of the extended to aibaot approved March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, estab- “3§£;'°Eg°°:tF lishing the said National Asylum, to the disabled volunteer soldiers and :m- Ofsigiimd sailors of the war of eighteexvhuudred and twelve and of the Mexican :vl¤:l_M¤¤i¤¤¤ war. ‘ Ar1>a0vm:•, February 28, 1871. [No. 47.] Joint Resolution extending the Timegor the Completion ¢y"the Portage Lake and March 2, 1871. Lake Superior hq; Canal. __"`-`_—"" Resolved by the Senate and House 0 R resentative: o the United Tlm° f°" °°‘“’ States of America in Congress assembled{Tb2l the time foif the comple— Egflgggglzw tion of the Portage Lake and Lake Superior ship canal be, and the same I-ks S¤P¤Yl°¥ is hereby, extended to the third day of March, A. D. eighteen hundred :;';§:£""l °*' and seventy-two. Vol. xiii. p. 620. Approved, March 2, 1871. V°l· xi'· P- “· [No. 48.L Joint Resolution grantirrq the Chicago and 1Zlin0fs_Sauthern Railroad Company March 8, 1871. the Rig to buzld a Bridge across the Wabas/t ltiver, and declaring the same a Post—R0ad. """""‘_"' Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Chicago and Illinois South- Qhlcnév Md ern Railroad Company, a consolidated corporation, formed by the con- gkamgxm solidation of the Mount Vernon and Grayville Railroad Company, a pany may build corporation organized under the general law of the State of Indiana, and ;‘bb’{€,€‘;°‘L’°” the Grayville and Mattoon Railroad Company, a corporation organized r35W_ a M under an act of the legislature of the' State of Illinois, is hereby granted the right to construct and maintain an iron or wooden bridge for railroad purposes and as a public highway, either with a draw or a continuous span, as it may determine, across the Wabash river, at any point said L¤¤¤*l°¤~ corporation may select, either at or opposite the town of Grayville, in Edwards and White counties, in the State of Illinois, or Webb’s ferry, in or opposite White county, in the State of Illinois, and Posey county, in the State of Indiana, or at any point on said river in the neighborhood of said town of Grayville or Webb’s ferry, within five miles of either place: Provided That the bridge to be constructed under the authority ¤¤¤¤¤r¤¤ti¤n· hereby granted shall not interfere with the free navigation of said river privileges hereby granted, and shall be built at right angles with the cur— rent of the stream where said bridge may be erected; and that a space of at least one hundred and seventy feet over the main channel of said ' stream shall be left between the piers of said structure: And provided Dm'- , further, That if said bridge shall be built with a draw, of not less than K one hundred feet in width, and said draw is kept in repair for the passage of boats at all times, the detention of passing said bridge shall not be con- _ ” stfued as interfering with the navigation of said river: And it is further B;*r<;§•&·*°b°• t provided, That said bridge shall be considered as a lawful structure, and W » a post-road for the transmission of the United States mails, and is hereby _ T declared as such: And provided further, That in case said bridge shall be Pim-
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