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 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. RES. 10, 11, 12. 1879. 5] of the Final Reports of the United States Centennial Commission upon the International Exhibition and Celebration of eighteen hundred and seventy-six; one thousand copies thereof for the use of the Senate, three thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, five hundred copies for the use of the State Department, and five hundred copies for the use of the Centennial Commission. Approved, June 20, 1879. [No. ll.] Joint resolution relating to a bridge across the Detroit River at or near June 20, 1879. Detroit, Michigan. —·;·····—·— Whereas recent progress in the art has shown the practicability of Preamble. constructing bridges having spans of uve hundred feet, or possibly more: Therefore Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States B¤dg<¤_<>rt1mH¢>l of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby "** D““°"’· authorized and required to convene a board of officers of the Corps of Board of Eligi- Engineers of the Army, whose duty it shall be to inquire into and “°°”’ report whether, for railroad purposes, the river Detroit can be bridged or tunnelled, at the city of Detroit, or within one mile above or below said city, in such manner as to accommodate the large trade and commerce crossing the river at that point, and without material or undue injury to the navigation of said river, a good and sufficient tug being always kept by the bridge owners to assist any craft when required. Approved, June 20, 1879. [No. 12.] Joint resolution, to repeal certain clauses in the sundry civil appro- J¤¤0 20, 1879- priation act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for other —f—°"°"` pl1I`”[)OSOS., Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the clause in the "Aet making ég79»°h· 182, appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal A,£f‘gg£77’ year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty and for other ` purposes", approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, making appropriation to pay B. R. Lewis and J. J. Coffee the balances B. R. Lewis. due them respectively as marshal and clerk at the consulate-general at J- J· C<>&”¤<>· Shanghai, China, be amended by striking out the words: “And said Lewis and Coifee shall receive no allowance for witness fees and travel- , ing expenses."And that the following clause in said act, in relation to Geological Surthe publications of the Geological Survey, namely, the words "under W5'- the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, one hundred thousand dollars," be, and the same are her·eby, repealed. _ _ That the paragraph in said act relating to the extension of the military Mglliafy $01+ telegraph lines from Fort Buford to Helena, Dakota Territory, be gm? ‘ amended so as to read as follows, namely: "For the extension of the military telegraph lines to Helena, Montana Territory, and the new post on the Milk River, and such other points as may be necessary, twenty thousand dollars." _ That the paragraph in said act relating to the extension of the mihtary telegraph lines from Fort Elliott, Texas, westward, be amended so as to read as follows, namely: "For the extension of the military telegraph lines to Fort Elliott, Texas, and westward, as may be necessary, twenty thousand dollars." _ That the following paragraph in said act, namely: "That the Secre- P M011M W¤*°¤' tary of War is hereby authorized and empowered to lease the water °W‘”`· power at Moline, or such portion as may be agreed upon, to the Moline Water Power Company, upon such terms and conditions, and for such term of years, as may be agreed upon, if the same can be done consistently with the interests of the Government of the United States; said lease to be made upon the condition that the said Moline Water Power