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 194 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Suss. I. Cns. 419, 420. 1888. wise, or in any manner molest or interfere with passengers or operatives while in transit, or destroy or injure the cars of said rai way or depots, or other pro rty belonging to said railway, the person or rsons so offending shall forfeit and pay for each such olfense not- Egss than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered as other lines and penalties in said District, and shall also be liable to said com any, in addition to said penalty, for any loss or dama e occasioned by his or her or their act as aforesaid, but unless. suit shall be brought within sixty dglyls the action shall be barred. “g8h,fn9°{_'¤ •°"°°“ Sec. 18. That the said Company sh have the right of way across. such other railways as are now in operation within the limits of thelines granted by this act, and is here y authorized to construct its said road across such other railways: Provided, That it shall not unnecessarily interrupt the travel of such other railways in such construction. _ ¤¤sM<>f¤•v¤!- Sec. 19. That no person shall be prohibited the right to travel on any part of said road, or be ejected from the cars by the companys. em oyees, for any other cause than that of being drunk, disorder y, undlean, or contagiously diseased, or refusing to pay the legal fare exacted, or to comply with the lawful regulations of the company. The corporators herein named, or the corporation hereby created, A¤¤i:¤m¤¢.¤¤¤- shall not sell or assign any of the rights hereby conferred relatingfo the line of said road until after the main road hereby authorized s ll have been constructed as herein provided, and then only after having obtained the written consent of the stockholders representing twothirds in value of the capital stock. this act at any time. Approved, June 19, 1888. Jima 19, 188. CHAP. 420.-An act for the erection of a public building at Bay City, Michigan,. ` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R%·esentatives of the g{u¢g¤gm¤§gh· United States of America in Ozmgress assembled, at the Secretary of g' the Treasury be, and heis hereby, authorized and directed to purchase or provide y purchase, condemnation proceedin s or otherwise, a site, and cause to be erected thereon a substantiaf and commodious building, with nre-proof vaults, for the use and accommodation of the United States courts, post-office, customs-office, internal-revenueme P*•¤¤· •>*·¤· office, and_for other Government uses at Bay City, Michigan. The site— and building thereon, when completed upon p ans and s eciiications. to be previously made and approved by the Secretary oi) the Treasury, s all not exceed in cost the sum of two hundred thousand dollars;. Enimnws. nor shall any site be {purchased until estimates for the erection of a. building which will m·nish sufficient accommodations for the trans- 0** action 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 plan for said building shall be approved_ by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the said sum of two hundred thousand dollars for site and building; and the site purchased shall leave the building unexposed to danger from iire by an o n s ce of at least forty feet, Mm- including streets and alleys: Procidfd, That no part of said sum ‘1'i¤¤.•¢¤- shall be expended until a valid title to the said site shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Michigan shall cede to the United States exclusive 'urisdiction over the same during the time the United States shall do or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein. Approved, June 19, 1888.
 * ¤¤¤¤¤°· Sec. 20. That Congress reserves the iight to alter, amend, or repeal