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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 297-299. 1888. 153 Sec. 3. That there shall be appointed by the President, by and tRg€iS*€'¤¤d*§°€iV€* with the advice and consent of the Senate. a register and a receiver O eappomm ` for said land-district, who shall respectively be required to reside at the s1te of the office, and be subject to the same laws and entitled to the same compensation as is or may be prescribed by law in relation to other land-ofiices in said State. Approved, May 21, 1888. CHAP. 298.-An act to detach the county of Audrain, in the State of Missouri. May 21, 1888. from the eastern, and attach it to the western judicial district of said State. M Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the county of MA¤d*¤i¤ O<>¤¤_¢ sw Audrain, in the State of Missouri, be detached from the eastern, and eri{3ili1iig$diiigca}m,s_ in the eastern district of Missouri which originated in said county of Audrain, shall remain within the jurisdiction of the United States court for said eastern district for final disposition. And all offences committed in said county against the laws of the United States before the passage of this act, shall also be cognizable in the United States court for the said eastern district until final disposition of the same. Approved, May 21, 1888. CHAP. 299.-An act granting to the city of Grand Forks, Dakota, the right to May 21, 1888. build two free bridges across Red River. mmm Be lit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the city of mQ*q·;¤!dF¤¤E<Sh17,;¤k-» Grand Forks, a municipal corporation organized under the laws of ¤rd1eii0§h.e vm, the Territory of Dakota, be, and the same is hereby, authorized by its proper officers to construct and main tain either one or two bridges and ap roaches thereto over the Red River of the North, at the most accessible points within said city across said river to the most couvenient point or points in the State of Minnesota. Said bridge “_7;?gj**g€; geiger; or bridges shall be constructed to provide for the free passage of mmge. ’ wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, for footpassengers. and for such street railways as may be authorized by the city of Grand Forks to be constructed over the same. Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its u£>:<·;~1¤g~£fp|¤z_7¤¤r»· limitations shall be a lawful structure. and shall be recognized as a "` p°°°“ ’ post-route and shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other postroads in the United States: Prorzded, That the United States may P:·m·ss¤>. construct a ostal telegraph over said bridge or bridges without Pwml telegraph. charge therefbr. Sec.  That any bridge built under this act shall be constructed Dr"- as a ivot draw-bridge, with a draw over the main channel at an ac- ro.~»¢,p.v:»es. cessible and the best navigable point, and with drawspians giving a clear water way, measured at the lowest stage of water rnown at the localit *, of not less than eighty feet in the clear on each side of the centrai or pivot pier; and the clear width, as herein provided for, shall not be reduced by deposits of riprap or by other material about the piers and abutments; and the spans shall not be of less elevation than three feet above extreme high-water mark, as known at the point of location, measured to the lowest part of the superstructure of said bridge; and provision shall be made in the location and construction of the abutments and approaches to allow the free passage of flood-water: and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel to. and the bridge itself at right angles to the direction of the current of said _ stream; Provided, also, That the said draw, or draws, shall be opened P’°”*$°*·