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 88 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 128, 129, 137. 1888. volving an expenditure exceeding the said sum of one hundred thousand dollars for site and building; and the site purchased shall leave the building unex osed to danger from fire by an open space of at HMM- least fifty feet, inclliding streets and alleys: Provided, That no part of Title- said sum shall be ex nded until a valid title to the said site shall be vested in the Unitede States, nor until the States of Arkansas and Texas each shall cede to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all pur oses except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and) the service of civil process therein. uD';° ”° °“ *’°““““"" Sec. 2. That said building shall be constructed across said bound- ` ary line between said States in such manner as to (provide for all necessary Government offices and for a post-office elivery in each of the States of Arkansas and Texas, and also to provide ont e Arkansas side` suitable apartments for holding the terms of the United States courts now required to be holden. Approved, April 19, 1888. Ap;-n 19, 1888. CHAP. 129.—An act to change the time of the sessions of the circuit and district ‘-"‘—"_"’”“‘ courts of the northern division of the eastern district of . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the }ii¤=<>¤ri· f Ou", United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sessions sox?-it Odivdsiou, of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the north- ern division of the eastern district of Missouri, at the city of Hannibal, shall begin and be held on the fourth Monday of May and the v01. 24, p. 42s. first Monday of December of each year. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Pending www Sec. 2. That all process issued from the cler·k’s office of said courts, " and all recognizances taken therein, shall be taken and considered " as returnable to the term or terms hereby established in lieu of the term or terms existingk at "the time such process was issued or such recognizances were ta en. Approved, April 19, 1888. April 20, 18$. CHAP. 13"I.—An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Tennes- '*""""""— see River at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Be it enacted by the Senate and House eZ` Representatives of the Cotgzppggea Egg United States of Amerjzca rn Congress assem led, That the consent of t remm River- at Congress is hereby given to the Chattanoo a Brid e Company, a C**•“°”°°¤· T°'*¤· corporation organize under the laws of the State of Tennessee, having its principal office at Chattanooga, in said State, and to its successors or assigns, to build, construct, and maintain a bridge, as hereinafter described, across the Tennessee River at Chattanooga, in the State of Tennessee, the southern terminus of said brid e to be at some point between the west line of Market street and the east line of Georgia avenue of said city, and the bridge to be constructed at right angles to said stream to a point on the north side thereof. Said m§,*?;¢cgl§ifigeW¤z¤¤» bridge shall be constructed to provide for the lpassage of street cars, ' wagons. and vehicles, and the transit of anima s and foot- assengers, an equal facilities for lpassage across said bridge shall ble afforded to all wagons and vehic es ang the cars of all street car companies. uggnbg @$3% Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its lim- ` itations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be reco ized and known as a post-route, upon which no higher charge shalFbe made for the transmission over the same of the mails, troops, and munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transporta-