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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C121s. 402, 403. 1889. 885 have jurisdiction over the Indian Territory in which such bridge is located, shall have jurisdiction over all controversies arising between the said Fort Smith and Choctaw Bridge Company and the Choctaw tribe of Indians; and said court shall have like jurisdiction without reference to theamount in controversy over all controversies arising between the individual members of said nation or tribe of Indians and said bridge company; and, also, over all controversies which may arise between the stockholders of said company, and the company between the stockholders; and the civil (jurisdiction of said courts is hereby extended within the limits of said Indian Nation without dis- Civil jurisdiction or tmction as to citizenship of the parties so far as the same may be neces- °°""s °’"°“°°d‘ sagy to carry out the_provissions of this act." Ec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby A¤¤¤¤d¤¤¢¤i- ewexpressly reserved. Approved, March 2, 1889. CHAP. 403.-—-An act to approve and ratify the construction by the Vicksburg, March Q 189%% Shreveport and Pacific Railroad Company of the bridge over the Red River at j"""' Shreveport, Louisiana. and the bridge over the Ouachita River at Monroe, Louis-* iana, and to authorize said railroad company to maintain said bridges over said water-ways, subject to certain stipulations and conditions. ‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the U nited States of America in Congress assembled, That the construe- b C<>¤¤¤r¤<;¢i¤¤ of tion by the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacihc Railroad Company, a siiltiispgitlgdisiigdii corporation owning and operating a railroad in northern Louisiana  *?!g*;;1;¤*;{ from a point on the Mississi iRiver opposite the city of Vicksburg, Shreveport, 1.;., me Mississippi, to Shreve ort, Illbuisiana, of the bridge over the Red §{},‘,§‘,$,,,,',E§‘k_R,§,{‘f,{,,,§‘_* River at Shreveport, louisiana, and the bridge over the Ouachita River at Monroe, Louisiana, be, and the same hereby is, approved andfratgied, subject to the stipulations and conditions hereinafter _ set ort. Sec. 2. That said bridges so long as maintained according to the miéewfgi Smicmrns limitations of this act shall be lawful structures, and shall be known WS r°"°°S’ and recognized as post-routes, and the same are hereby declared to be post-routes, upon which no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, or for through passengers or freight passing over the same than the rate per mile paid for their transrtation over the railroads leading to said bridges; and the United States shall have the right of way across said ridges for a postal Postal zexegmpn. telegraph. Sec.  That said bridges shall alwalys be provided with a suitable draw, and shall be maintained by said railroad compan, and at its Draws. expense, so as not to interfere with the navigation of said! rivers, and in such way as to render navigation through the same free, easy, and unobstructed. Sec. 4. That said bridges shall be under and subject to such regulations for the security of the navigation of said rivers as the Secre- tigewiry of navigatar of \Var shall prescribe, and the present plan and structure of °‘ said, bridges shall not be altered or changed except by consent of the Secretary of War, and with his approval of the proposed change or _ alteration. _ Sec. 5. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal Amendment ew this act at any time; and that if at any time navigation of the said rivers shall in any manner be obstructed or impaired by the said bridges the Secretary of War shall have authority, and it shall be his dut *, to require the said railroad company to alter and change Changesthe said bridges, at its own expense, in such manner as may be pro per to secure free and complete navigation without impediment, an if upon reasonable notice to said railroad company to make such change