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 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Gus. 134, 142. 1884. G3 Srcc. 3. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and _ Manner of makdirected to pay, out of the aforesaid appropriation, for the construction mg P“·Ym"”"· of said sewers, in the manner now provided by law for similar work done in said District. Sec. 4. That fifty per centum of the amounts so paid by the Secretary Proportion to be of the Treasury upon the warrants of the Commissioners of the District °h¤*'L¥>*l*°_D**‘**'i°* shall be charged to the said District, in the same manner that the cost °fg;’o;;';b'“‘ of similar work is now charged: Provided, That one half of any nnex- pendecl balances of appropriations heretofore made for the support of the Government of the District of Columbia, and any amounts of money in excess of appropriations which have been deposited by the District in the Treasury of the United States, may be applied by the Commissioners to the liquidation of the amounts so charged to the District, and any excess of money required to be charged to the District for the purposes of this act over the amounts so applied shall be advanced by the United States and be reimbursed with interest at the rate of four per cent per annum, to the United States by the District in annual instalments of not less than fifty thousand dollars, commencing with the fiscal year of eighteen hundred and eighty-nvc and eighteen hundred and eighty-si;. Approved, J unc 30, 1884. · CHAP. 142.-An not to amend uu act entitled "A1x act to amend the Statutes in July 2, 1gg4_ relation to immediate transportation of dutinblo goods, and for other purposes," _;- , approved June tenth eighteeon hundred and eighty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqoresentatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That sections live and six of the 0 f1;;` Qammwn act entitled. “Au act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate 21 St t lf;) °’ transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes", approved M"? " r, ‘ d J unc tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, be, and the same are hereby, amanfgf '° "" 6 amended so that they shall read as follows, namely: SEG, 5, That merchandise transported under the provisions of this Trausporyatiou not shall be conveyed in cars, vessels, or vehicles securely fastened with 3fm°¤’¢]*¤¤*‘¤¤·‘ mf locks or seals, under the exclusive control of the officers of the customs; c§;g{§l}:,‘;.';f"'“°“'“· and merchandise may also be transported under the provisions of this act by express companies on passenger trains, in safes and trunks, which shall be of such size, character, and description, and secured in such manner as shall be from time to time prescribed by the Secretary; and in cases where merchandise shall be imported in boxes or packages too large to be included within the safes or trunks so prescribed, such merchandise may be transported under the provisions of this act by such express companies in a separate compartment of the car, secured in such manner as shall from time to time be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury; and merchandise such as pig-iron, speiglc-iron, scrap-iron, ironorc, milroa.d·i1·0n, and similar articles commonly transported upon platform or Bat cars, may be transported under the provisions of this act upon such platform or Hat cars; and the weight of such merchandise so transported shall be ascertained in all cases before shipment, and ordinary railroad scales may be used for such purpose; and inspectors shall be stationed at proper points along the designated routes, or upon any car, vessel, vehicle, or train, at the discretion of tho Secretary of the Treasury, and at the expense of the companies, respectively, Such merchandise shall not be uuladen or tmnsshipped be- No trannshiptween the ports of tirst arrival and final destination unless authorized ¤°¤* °:°°P°t]:¤ by the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury in cases which may fo':?m:'b0$wm R: arise hom a diferencc in the gauge of railroads, or where the route is 1.,,,; ,,,,.1 Wm bonded for both land and water carriage, or from accidents. or from carriage, ew. legal intervention, or when by reason of the length of the route the cars,nt1ter due inspection by customs officers, shall becousidercd unsafe or unsuitable to proceed further, or from low water, icc, or other una-