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 10 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 47, 48. 1886. April 15, 1886. CHAP. 47.-Au act providing for tho erection of :1. public building at San Antonio, _""*"** BXHS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0/` Re presenlatiz·es of the United San A,, t 0 Him States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Tex. ury bc, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase at Slt€ for, P}¤bU<= b¤ii¢i¤s· and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with i1re·proof S'“" vaults therein, for the accommodation of the United States courts, postoffice, and Other Government officcs, at the city of San Antonio, Texas. P1¤¤¤» &¤· The plans, specifications, and full estimates for said building skull be . previously made and approved according to law, and shall not cxcccd, AppmP,i,m0n for the site and building complete, tha sum of two hundred thousand dollars, which sum IS hereby approprmtcd out of any money uu the Pravfso. Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the site shall leave the building uuexposed to danger from firc in adjacent buildings by an open space of not lass than forty feet, including streets and alleys; and no moucy appropriated for this purpose shall be available until :1. valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Texas shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the _ United States shall ba or remain the owners there0tQ for all purposes except the mlmiuistration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein; nor shall any site be purchased until estimates for the erection of a building which will furnisbsuhicient accommodation for the transaction of the public business, and which shall not exceed in cost the balance of the sum herein limited after the site shall have been purchased and paid for, shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury; and no purchase of site nor plans for said building shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the said sum so heroin limited for site and building. Approved, April 15, 1886. ` ’ 15,, CHAP. 48.-Au act Smthorizin the c nn ‘g isgsg ' River at or near Alton, Illinois, a15d for 0‘;h¤?;$x?;:s:;a budge ov r the M I IPP! Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Bridgo nyer Mis- States of America in Congress assembled, That: it shall be lawful for the jS;;1;P&l{**"°*‘» ¤* Central Missouri Railway Company, a. corporation duly and legally in- Cu;tm‘Mi“0mi gorporated- under and by v1rtuc of the laws of the State of Missouri, Railway C;,,,,},,,,}, 1ts assigns or successors, to construct and maintain a bridge, and apngg prouches thereto, ovqr tha MISSISSIPPI RIVBP at or near Alton, in the l\  &:  ¤» State of Ilhuqns. Saud bridge shall be constructed to provide for the ’ passage of railway trmns, aud, at the option of the persons by whom it may be built, may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot-passengers, for such lé;:i;?gE;B ;8€$; of toll as may be approved irom time to time by the Declared s law- Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act and sub'cct; tos li ‘ - f¤i J¤‘¤;=¤¤r¤ md ations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and ku::;:; P°“ ‘°“ °· as a post-route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, or passengers or freight passing over said bmdge, than the rate por mile paid for the transportation over the railroad pr public highways leading to the said bridge; and it shall avjoy the nghts and privileges of other post-roads in the United States. i SPm, Sxc. 3. That: 1f sand brxdga shall be made with unbroken and continupus spans! the spans thereof shall not be less than three hundred fest m length un the clear, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river. The lowest part of the superstructure of said bridge shall be at least fifty fact above high-water mark, as understood at the