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 640 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 19-21. 1889. P¤‘°¤¤>**°¤· rank or romotion of any officer originally appointed before the adoption of the regulations of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine; and the President is authorized to nominate for confirmation the officers in the service on the date of the passage of this act. _ Approved, January 4, 1889. January 4, 1889. CHAP. 20.-An act to incorporate the American Historical Association. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the A¤¤e¤‘i9¤¤Hi¤¤>ri¤¤1 United States of America in Congress assembled, That Andrew D. ”f;;§,‘$§°#i{¤,m_ White. of Ithaca, in the State of New York; George Bancroft, of Washington, in the District of Columbia; Justin Winsor, of Cambridge, in the State of Massachusetts; William F. Poole, of Chicago, in the State of Illinois; Herbert B. Adams, of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland; Clarence W. Bowen, of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, their associates and successors, are hereby created in. , the District of Columbia a body corporate and politic, by the name P¤u¤>¤¤>- of the American Historical Association, for the promotion of his- _ torical studies, the collection and preservation of historical manuscripts, and for kindred purposes in the interest of American history and of history in America. Said association is authorized to hold real and personal estate in the District of Columbia so far only as may be necessary to its lawful ends to an amount not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars, to ado t a constitution, and to make by-laws not inconsistent with law. Said association shall have its principal office at Washington, in the District of Columbia, and may hold its annual meetings in such places as the said incorpora- Rvwrw tors shall determine. Said association shall report annually to the ~ Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution concerning its roceedings and the condition of historical study in America. Said Secretary shall communicate to Congress the whole of such reports, or such portion thereof as he shall see nt. The Regents of the Smithsonian nstitution are authorized to permit said association to deposit its mslypémgéptigtuatp collections, manuscripts, books, pamphlets, and other material for msdn msmumu.history in the Smithsonian Institution or in the National Museum; at their discretion, upon such conditions and under such rules as they shall prescribe. Approved, January 4, 1889. Jamnary H. 1800. CHAP. 21.-An act to authorize the Cairo and Tennessee River Railroad Com- """"“""“""" pany to construct bridges across the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House oz? Representatives of the Segaggeygnffpggsi United States of America i n Congress assem led, That the Cairo and Company may m-nge Tennessee River Railroad Company, orgnized under act of the gen- 'jpgn°*(f*I§,v:’;g °¤m· eral assembly of the Commonwealth of entucky, be, and is hereby, . authorized to construct and maintain bridges, and approaches thereto, » over the Tennessee River at any point below Aurora, south boundary of Calloway County, in the State of Kentucky, and the Cumberland River at any point in Trigg County, State of Kentucky, and at any point in Monroe or Cumber and Counties, Kentucky, or in Clay i . County, Tennessee, on said river. _ Said bridges shall be constructed f3-pp;·gyé:¤i:<»u>¤=¤ to provide for the passage of railway trains, and, at the option of ` the corporation by which they may be built, may be used for the · paspage gtfwagoms and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of ani- ` ma s, an or oo - assen ers. wgggwmspgw Sec. 2. That any bridgeliuilt under this act and subject to its limit- ' ations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known