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 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ons. 90, 91. 1887. 375 Sec. 6. That when the two Houses separate to decide upon an 0b- Limit to considjection that may have been made to the counting of any electoral vote °’“‘°i°“· or votes from any State, or other question arising in the matter, each Senator and Representative may speak to such objection or question jive minutes, and not: more than once; but after such debate shall have lasted two hours it: shall be the duty of the presiding officer of each House to put; the main question without further debate. Sec. 7. That at such joint meeting of the two Houses seats shall be Anaugementsfor provided as follows: For the President of the Senate, the Speaker’s 50**** ¤*°°*i¤8- chair; for the Speaker, immediately upon his left; the Senators, in the body of the Hall upon the right of the presiding officer; tbr the Representatives, in the body of the Hall not provided for the Senators; for the tellers, Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House of Represcn tatives, at the Clerk’s desk; for the other officers of the two Houses, in hom: of the Clerk’s desk and upon each side of the Speakens platform. Such joint meeting shall not be dissolved until the count of elec- Not to dissolve total votes shall be completed and the result declared; and no recess ¤¤¤i! 1’¤¤¤lt dvahall be taken unless a. question shall have arisen in regard to count- °l°"°d· in g any such votes, or otherwise under this act, in which case it shall be competent for either House, acting separately, in the manner hereinbefore provided, to direct a recess of such House not beyond the next calendar day, Sunday excepted, at the hour of ten 0’cl0ck in the forenoon. But if the counting of the electoral votes and the declaration of the result shall not have been completed before the fifth calendar day next after such first meeting of the two Houses, no further or other recess shall be taken by either House. Approved, February 3, 1887. CHAP. 91.-Au act authorizing tho construction of a bridge over the Mississippi Feb. 3, 1887. - River at Saint Louis, Missouri. —-——-·——·· Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress Sai¤tL¤uiqM¤r- is hereby given to the Saint Louis Merchauts’ Bridge Company of Saint ¤lw·¤¢¤’ Bri ggv Louis, Missouri, a corporation created by the lawjs of the State of Illi· g‘;:‘L'“{d&‘:; gg nois, or its assigns or successors, or any legally fincorporated railroad Mississippi Raven company or companies which may be associated with its there1n,t0 bmld an bridge as hereinafter described, and maintain the same, across {bo Mississippi River at some suitable point between pho present 5B1d1S Louis bridge known as the Eads Bridge, Saint Glam County, Illmcns, and the month of the Missouri River: Provided, That no bridge shall be I’r•>·vi•<>· constructed across the Mississippi River within two miles above or two L<><>Mi•>n· · miles below the bridge heretofore constructed and known as the Eads bridge. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of £*:g'*g·b*;;>d° :· railway trains, and, at: the option of the persons hy whom at may  g g ‘ built, ma be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles, for the transnt of animahs, and for foot-passengers. 81:0. 2. That any bridge built under tI11S act and suhjecb to ICS hmm- 5* *` ations shah be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and hnown mum  *’°“ as a posbmute, upon which also D0 higher charge shall be made iqnthe transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the muuxtnons of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the tgansportaticn over the railroad or public high ways leading to the sand hrrdge; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post;-roads m the United States. _, . S20. 3. That; if the bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous C¤¤¤¤‘¤<>¤¤¤· spans, it shall have at least two channel-spans of not less than five hundred feet: clear width each, and one span of three hundred feet. clear width of channel-way: Pnvvided, That said bridge may hnve two spausof Prvvvw. not less than seven hundred and fifty feet each clear wxdrh of channel Spam