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 558 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sxcss. II. CHS. 376, 377. 1887. Not npplicablv patents therefor: Provided further, That this section shall not apply to _ °"‘°° D"' l' 1882 hundred and eighty-two, by persons claiming to enter the same under the settlement laws of the United States, as to which lands the parties claimingytho same as aforesaid shall be entitled to prove up and enter as in other like cases. Purchaser or Sec. 6. That where any such lands have been sold and conveyed, as l¤¤d¤¤°m€`°¥ *9**** the property of any railroad company, for the State and county taxes
 * 9 ]““d° ’°m°d lands settled upon subsequent to the iirst day of December, eighteen
 * l'::§£;‘;"' "gm thereon, and the grant to such company has been thereafter forfeited, _

Pthe purchaser thereof shall have the prior right, which shall continue for one year from the approval of this act, and no longer, to purehasc such lands from the United States at. the Government price, and patents Prmiiw. for such lands shall thereupon issue. Provided, That said lands were not, previous to or at the time of the taking eifcct of such grant, in the Actual swim- possession of or subject to the right of any actual settler. Limit¤¢’w¤ vi Sec. 7. That no more lands shall be certitled or conveyed to any State l°“d' °°'"°¥°d· or to any corporation or individual, for the benefit of either of the companies herein mentioned, where it shall appear to the Secretary of the Interior that such transfers may create an excess over the quantity of lands to which such State corporation or individual would be rightfully entitled. Approved, March 3, 1887. CHAP. 3 .——Au act author-izin the construction of a brid over the Tennessee River at or saint Shemcld, Alabama? and for other purposes. gc Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Repreventa tives of the U mitcd Snmdd hud, States ofAnwrica in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the Ima and Coal Co., Sheffield Land, Iron and Coal Company of Alabama, a corporation duly nqthvrizcd w and legally incorporated under the laws of the State ot Alabama, its ‘l;"*€° A'}`°¤“°“°° successors or assigns, to constructs and maintain a bridge over the Teu- '"’ °' nessee River at or ucar Shcflield, Alabama. Said bridge shall be con- _ structed to provide for the passage of railway trains, and, at the option §“}I";°]>;·?3°8°”» of the persons by whom it may be built, may be used for the passage "' °° " g°‘ of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot-passengers, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War. To bg 3 lawful 81:0. 2. That any bridge built under this acl: and subject to its limitstructure and post- ations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known '°“°°· as a postnoute, 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 tho United States. or passengers or freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroad or public highways leading to the said bridge; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads in the United States] Draw. Sec. 3. That the said bridge shall be constructed as a draw-bridge; the draw or pivot-pier shall be at such a point in the channel of the river as the Secretary of War may direct, and the opening or passage-way ot said draw-pier shall be so protected and arranged that water-craft: can be worked through it at any and all times; and the draw-span shall not be of less width than the widest draw-spans connected with any bridge on the Tennessee River, and the lowest point of said draw-span shall be ns high above the water as the highest drn.w·spau connected with any bridge over the Tennessee River, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with and the bridge itself at right angles to the current of the Previous. river: Provided also, That said draw shall be opened promptly upon 0p¢¤i¤g<lr¤W· reasonable signal for the passing of boats; and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset till sunrise, Lights. such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board Nqt tp cbstmct shall prescribe. No bridge shall be erected or maintained under the °“"€°**°¤· authority of this not which shall at any time substantially or materially