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 178 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ons. 375, 382, 383. 1888. $°°"°“‘Y "’ W'·' SEO. 2. That the Secretar of War is hereby directed to serve upon m. dm, m` the said Delaware Railroad Company and its lessee in the manner r prescribed by the laws of the State of Delaware for the service of papers u on corporations, a notice m writing, requiring said company or ds lessee, within three months from the time of such notice, to remove said obstruction by placing in said bridge and maintaining therein a draw of sumcient width and dimensions to admit the free and easy passage of all steam-boats and other vessels navigating said stream and in case of refusal or neglect of said railroad company or its lessee to place in said bridge a suitable draw as required by the aforesaid notice, the Secretary of War is herebdy authorized and directed to cause a draw to be placed therein, an the cost and expense of such draw shall be a legal charge against the said railroad company and its lessee. A¤¤¤¤I¤"¤**°¤· Sec. 3. That such sum of money as may be necessary to execute the provisions of this act by the Secretary of War is_l1ereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise a propriated, to be paid out on the requisition of the Secretary of Véar. Approved, June 8, 1888. June 0, 1¤. CHAP. 382.-—-An act for the protection of the officials of the United States in the ··*‘—‘-‘*‘····· Indian Territory. Be it enacted by- the Senate and House of Representatives of the ·_·_ United States of America in Congress assembled, That any Indian um, em., umn xm. hereafter committing against the person of an Indian agent or ‘°‘*“"°°' policeman a inted un er the laws of the United States, or against any Indian United States deputy marshal, posse comitatus, or guard, while lawfully  in the execution of any United States process, or lawfully engag in any other duty imposed upon such ent, policeman, deputy marshal, posse comitatus, or guard by theglaws of the United States, any of the following crimes, namely, murder, manslaughter, or assault with intent to murde1·, assault, or assault and battery, or who shall in any manner obstruct by threats or violence any person who is engagpd in the service of the United States in the discharge of any of is duties as agent, policeman, or other officer aforesai, within the Indian Territory, or who shall hereafter commit either of the crimes aforesaid. in said Indian Territory, against any person who, at the time of the commission of said crime, or at any time previous thereto, belonged to either of the _ classes of officials hereinbefore named, shall be sub 'ect to the laws m·Qf§:§§{‘°“ °' ‘“* of the United States relating to such crimes, and shall be tried by the district court of the United States exercising criminal jurisdiction where such offense was committed, and shall be subject to the same penalties as are al1_ other persons charged with the commission of sa1d_cr1n1es, respectively; and the said courts are hereby given jurisdiction in all such cases. • Approved, June 9, 1888. June 9- 1988- Stgg1AI§ia81813é;`;¢i1r5.wt to extend the time for the completion of a bridge across _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 Re resentatives 0 the ,j,·if*_§{·{,* Cmted Stake of America rin. Congress assetzbledj That the fuéher memes. time of one year from and after the sixteenth day of June, eighteen hundred an eighty-eight, be, and the same is hereby, allowed to the Staten Islan Rapi Transit" Railroad Company and the Balt}- more and New York Railroad Company, or either of them, to build the bridge across the Staten Island ound or Arthur Kill, from New