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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. OHS. 701, 702. 1888. 345 Shall prescribe; and_to secure that object the said companv or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the to ography of the banks of the river, the shore-lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the current at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges. and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and. until the said `plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of ar the construction of said bridge shall not be commenced; ant should any change be made in the lan of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of t ie Secretary of Wa1·; and in case of any litigation arising from Litigation. any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river, caused or alleged to be caused by said bridge, the case may be brought in the circuit court of the United States within whose jurisdiction said bridge or any portion thereof may be located. SEc. 4. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby Am*=¤dm¤¤¤· expressly reserved, and the right to require any changes in said structure, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever the Secretary of War shall decide that the public interest requires it, is also expressly reserved. Smo. 5. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction c_$Ig·qg;ggg>m¤¤t Md of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year P ` and completed within three years from the date hereof. Approved, July 24, 1888. CHAP. 702.-—An act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office De- July 94, 1KB- partment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty- Il1l’l€. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following pgsgnfim °PP"°‘ sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated for the service of the Post Office Department, in conformity with the act of July second, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, as follows: . OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL. P°¤*¤¤¤¤**'·G°¤°¤l· For mail depredations, and post-office inspectors, and fees to United sf,Q,“;',f,$_¥]';‘lf**°“”·*“‘ States marshals, attorneys, and the necessary incidental expenses connected therewith, two hundred thousand dollars. _ _ For advertising, sixteen thousand dollars. *‘—f"’°"'*‘“¤· For miscellaneous items in the office of the Postmaster-General, M'*‘°*’““"°°"“· one thousand five hundred dollars. OFFICE OF THE FIRST ASSISTANT 1>osTMAsTER—GENERAL. m§;{j;j;jg;*;qfP¤* For com ensation to postmasters, twelve million eight hundred P°¤°*¤¤S”**¤*- thousand ribllars. _ _ _ _ For compensation to clerks in post-offices, five million nine hundred C‘°'k“”P°S*‘°*“°°’· and fifty thousand dollars. _ _ For compensation to clerks in post offices for unusual business, as Addi¤¤¤¤l· contemplated by Revised Statutes, section thirty-eight hundred and R- S·st¢·3#i<>3. v- 754. sixty-tliree, twenty-five thousand dollars. _ For rent, light, and fuel for first and second class post-offices, five R°¤*· “¤"*·'“"*“°‘· hundred and fifty thousand dollars. _ For rent. light, and fuel to post-offices of the third class. four hun- _ dred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That there shall not be P*¢>·¤·•°·