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 48 FOBTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 101, 102, 103. 1884. this act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers or to exempt this bridge from the operations of the same. Sec. 4. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall pre- Plans and loca- scribe; and to secure that object the said corporation shall submit to {gd ttf, $,5*:,  drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the space ,,,P?,.0v,_;_ of one mile above and onemile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore-lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved; and the rightto require any changes in said structure, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress shall decide that the public interest requires it, is also expressly reserved. . Approved, June 20, 1884. June gg, mg; CHAP. 102.-An act to tix and render certain the terms of the United States circuit —-—-;;- anddistrictcourtsin theeasternsnduorthemdishictsofltxas. Be it enacted ln; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Texas. States of America in Congress assembled, That the tems of the United Tgying of court States circuit and district courts in the eastern and northern districts of in e astern and Texas shall be held in each year at the times and places as follows: At ¤°*’*h°*'¤ d*°*~"'°*S· Galveston, in the eastern district, on the first Mondays of March and November; at Tyler, in the eastern district, on the second Mondays of J annary and May; at Jefferson, in the eastern district, on the second Mondays of February and September; at Dallas, in the northern district, on the second Monday of January and the third Monday of May; at Graham in the northern district, on the second Monday of March and the third Monday of October; at Waco, in the northern district, on the second Monday of April and the third Monday of November. Sec. 2. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Sec. 3. Th at this act shall take effect from and after the first day of July next. Approved, June 20, 1884. Jm,6 20 mM_ CHAP. 103.-—An act to amend nn act entitled "An actto amend the statutes in rela- -—...—’Z... tion to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes/’ npproved Junc tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 21 sm., 173. States of America in Congress assembled, That the first and seventh sec- T,.,,,,,,,,,,m,H(,,, tions of the act entitled “An act to amend the statutes in relation to imcr dutiable goods. mediate transportation of dntiablc goods, and for other purposes} ap- N0 H News proved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, be, and the same is vR__;°£;md3p0r; hereby, amended by inserting the words “Newport News” after the gf ,,,,m·_ word “Norfolk./’ in each of said sections. Approved, June 20, 1884.
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