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 FOBTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. ll. Ch. 355, 356. 1885. 443 CHAP. 355.-Au act regulating appeals from the supreme court. of the District of March 3, 1885. Columbia and the supreme courts of the several Territories. —-—-——·; Bc it enwtcd by the Senate and House of Represaritatioex of the United A1>1>¤¤l¤ <>¤‘ ?¤‘i¤¤ States of America in Congress assembled, That no appeal or writ of ‘;£‘;3*;"£;"”g,?d8‘ error shall hereafter be allowed from any judgement or decree in any prgmg, mj}-t_ 5;;: suit at law or in equity in the supreme court of the District of Colum- trict of Columbia; bia, or in the supreme court of any of the Territories of the United °¤‘ °? ¤ 'f¤¤'i*¤¤'.vi States, unless the matter in dispute, exclusive of costs, shall exceed 2z3Q2Q"?;:)'? the sum of five thousand dollars. i, 6 m 0 r ,, H, 8 ,, $5,000. SEC 2. That the preceding section shall not applyto any case wherein N°*, *0 WP]! *0 is involved the validity of any patent or copy-right, or in which is drawn f,‘:,°§;'I;¥°1:'t:§Q’:; in question the validity of a treaty or statute of or an authority exer- wpyrighg mmy, cised under the United States; but in all such cases an appeal or writ statute, or authorof error may be brought without regard to the sum or value in dispute. H&*°3’g*:::‘€:¤d" Approved, March 3d, 1885. ` CHAP. 356.-An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the  March 3, 1885. River at Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa, and to establish it as a post- ·····———·"· mute-. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the Davenport and Davenport and Rock Island Bridge Company, a corporation duly crmtcd R M k I ¤ 1 u ¤ ri and organized under the laws of the State of Iowa, to build a bridge ?;dd§lgmCzQ"B;°Y across the Mississippilliverat Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa, acgss th; M?,,;`? as may accommodate the Moline, Bock Island and Southern Railroad, a si pi River at Rock corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, on I¤Y=¤¤<1. IU-, and the east side of said river, and the Davenport, Iowa and Dakota Bail- D"°“P°"- I°"“· road, a corporation created under the laws of the State of Iowa, ou the west side of said river, and for the accommodation of any railroads that are or may hereafter be built, and. to lay over said bridge a railroad track for the more perfect connection of any railroad or railroads that me or may be constructed to the said river, on either side thereof, at or opposite said point, under the limitations and provisions, hereinafter provided: Provided, That Congress may at any time prescribe such p,-,,;,,, rules and regulations in regard to toll and otherwise as may be deemed Toll. reasonable. Sec. 2. That said bridge shall be built with a draw, so as not to im· D,-,w_ pede the navigation of said river; said draw shall be a pivotdraw, over the channel of said river usually navigated, and with spans giving a clear width of water-way of not less than two hundred feet on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw, and the next adjoining span or spans shall give a clear width of water-way of not less than three hundred feet, and said spans shall not be less than three hundred test, and said spans shall not be less than ten feet above extreme high-water mark and not less than thirty feet above low-water mark. measured to the bottom chord of the bridge, and the piers of said bridge shall, as nearly as practicable, be parallel with the current of said river: Provided, That pm;,., s.iid draw shall always be opened promptly upon reasonable signal; and Signals. said company, or its successors and assigns shall at all proper times keep and maintain all proper lights on said bridge during nights, so that its mgm, presence may always be noticed by vessels and craft navigating the channel of said river. And all plans for the construction ot said bridge pi.", M_ g, and approaches thereto must llrst be submitted to the Secretary of War b e sppmed b y hir his approval, and when the same shall be approved by said Secre- $°*¤'°**¤’ °Y W"- tary the work thereon may be commenced and prosecuted to completion: And providedfurther, That said bridge shall be constructed with mum. such aids to the passage of said bridge, in the form of booms, dikes, Aid; to v••¤¤g• piers, or ether suitable and proper structures for connniug the dow of °' “"‘*¢°·