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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 421, 422. 1888. 19.1 i GHAP. 421.-An act for the erecting of a public building at Bridgeport, Connect- June 19. l8$. cu. ———;—-—~ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 1Ef,§l§¤g°‘{]’°· 9****** of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pur- 0 u dwg` chase or otherwise provide a site, and cause to be erected thereon a substantial and commodious building with fire-proof vaults, for the use and accommodation of the post-office and for other Government uses at Bridgeport, Connecticut. The site and building thereon, S“°·l"°·¤*·°*°- when complete upon plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed in cost the sum of one hundred and iift thousand dollars; nor shall _ any site be purchased until estimates Sbr the erection of a building mmm which will furnish sufficient accommodations for the transaction of the lpublic business, and which shall not exceed in cost the balance C°S*~ 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 one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for site and building; and the site purchased shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire by an open s ace of at least forty feet, including streets and alleys: Provided, That no part of said sum P¤>v*··>- shall be expended until a valid title to the said site shall be vested Title. cw. in the United States, nor until the State of Connecticut shall cede to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, durin the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof for ad purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein. Approved, June 19, 1888. CHAP. 4-22.-An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mis- June 19, 1888. sissippi River at Hickman, Kentucky. "*—‘“—""` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Paducah mggdgglmmddlllcsi and Hickman Railroad and Bridge Company, a corporation created new c0m,,‘Z'.,,.i.‘2, and organized under and by virtue of the laws of t ie State of Ken. lgljggpljggglggl tucky, its successors and assigns, be, and the same are hereby, author- ’ ' ized and empowered to erect, construct, and maintain a bridge over the Mississip i River from a point at or near the city of Hickman, in the State of lgentucky, to a point opposite thereto in the State of Missouri. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the lpassage of railway trains, and, at the option of the corporation by whic it maybe f Rgwgy, wugonama built, may be used for the passage 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. Sec. 2, That any bridge built under this act and subject to its Mvfwgmumm limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and p°S°'”°“ ‘ known as a post-route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile aid for the transportation over the railroad or public hi hways lbading to said bridge, and it shall enjoy the rights and privihages of other post roads in the United States; and equal privi eges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph companies; and the United States shall have the r1ght of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal telegraph purposes. P<>¤¤*-l telegraph.