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 474 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 999—1001. 1888. under the authority of the United States for the improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi River or its tributaries : Provzded . farther, That the railroad companies availing themselves of this ,F*1i¤em¤1>¤<>f Ma- act shall, in addition to Bling the maps now required by law to be m"' filed, also file ma s of definite location of their proposed lines of railroad, over saidp water reserve lands, in the office of the Secretary of War, and until the approval of said maps by the Secretary of War no right to occupy said lands shall vest in such companies; Nettqmmffemwith and no location shall be permitted which takes for right of way or r°S°w°“` pr°]°°f stations lands needed for the use of the present reservoir system, or in the construction of dams or other works, or any proposed or probable extension of the same, or which will obstruct or increase the cost of the present or prospective reservoir system ; or shall any railroad company be permitted to take material for construction from any of said reservoir lands outside the right of way granted herein. Approved, September 10, 1888. September 10, 1888. CHAP. 1000.-An act granting the Leavenworth Rapid Transit Railway Company —i;····- the right to construct and operate its railroad through a portion of the military reservation at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re resentatlires of the Tmggwg Réjg;} United States oi America in Congress assembled? That license and pargy mlirigmor authority are ereby granted to the Leavenworth Rapid Transit §v;i€'?E;h8hRg°Sgf Railway Company to construct and operate its railroad, from its vmm. present terminus at the south boundary of the military reservation at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, into and t rough said military reservation to a point and terminus near the military prison, and at its said terminus near said military prison to construct a depot and such side—tracks, turn-tables, an other facilities as ma * be necessary fo1· the convenient operation of its said railroad; and for the purpose wma;. aforesaid, the use of a strip of land fiftly feet wide for its right of way extending from the south boundary- ine of said military reservation to said terminal point near said military prison, and the use of ‘ a tract of land not exceeding two acres in area for said de ot, sidetracks, and terminal facilities, are hereby granted to saidp railway hmm;. company: Provided, That the route of said railroad through said military reservation and the location of the depot grounds and the plans of the depot and all other buildings to be erected by said railroad company on said military reservation shall be submitted to and subject w apwoval shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and said °'S°"“°“""° °" company, its successors and assigns. shall occu y and use said right of way and depot grounds subject to removal) therefrom. and the revocation of t 18 license and authority herein given, whenever the public service. in the judgment of the Secretary of War, may require such revocation and removal. Approved, September 10, 1888. September-10, 1888.CHAP. 1001.--An act amendatory of an act authorizing the construction of a ‘*—·*·······‘—‘ bridge over the Mississippi River at Saint Louis, Missouri, approved February third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the €)¤¤s¤¤¤S¤i¤¤·<>¤¤•» United States of America in Congress assembled, That section e even Avdi. 24, ¤1..m,p.:m, of the act entitled "An act authorizing the construction of a brid e ““‘°“‘*°‘*~ over the Mississippi River at Saint Louis, Missouri," approved Feiruary third, eighteen hundred and eightyseven, be, andp the same is