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 2.0 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 32-34. 1890. the interests of navigation be not injured thereby: And provided nimonorono and {Lurther, That if the physical characteristics of the locality where a "'“"""°°‘“"""‘ ridge authorized by this act is to be constructed require, and the interests of navigation be not injured thereby, the length of the fixed openings or the number of draw-openings required by this act may be reduced by the Secretary of War. · o owing: ‘ ,,*;,-33 ··¤=·* ·=·>·¤· <· Sec. 4. rim ii any bniago built under uio provisions of uno act shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railroad trains, all railroad and other companies desiring to use the same shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privile es in the assa e of the same, and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereoi and all ¤¤¢¤¤¤¤1¢>fW¤r¢<> approaches thereto, under and upon such terms and conditions as °°°°°m’° mu'"' s ll be prescribed bfy the Secretary of War, upon hearing the allegations and proofs o the parties, in case they shall not agree." Approved, March 15, 1890. ¥¤'¢9¤ 15.1Uu CHAP. 83.-Asn act to shorten the terms of imprisonment in the Jail and in the IIIBD. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representat·ives of the u,_°“°"“’° °' °°*‘“'“’ United States of America in Congress assembled, That all persons m’§¤ · sentenced to and imprisoned in the jail or in the work-house of the ‘ District of Columbia and confined there on and after the first day of January, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety, for a term of one month or longgr, who conduct themselves so that no charge of ,6%** ¤¤¤¤¤·=¤ ¤•- misconduct shall sustained Zgainst them, shall have a deduction of Eve dagzin each month m e from the term of their sentence, and shall entitled to their discharge so much the sooner, upon the him certificate of the warden of the jail for those confined in the fjail, and the certificate of the intendant of the Washington Asylum or those ¤¤•*<**·¤¤¤¤¤- confined in the work-house, of their good conduct during their im- _ prisonment (with the approval of the judge making the commitment'); and it shall be the duty of said judge to write, or cause to be Docket eu¤’Y. written, in the docket of his court, across the face of the commit- · ment of the person to be so discharged, the following words: “Dis- ` · · 0**** ¤f di¤¤¤¤s¤- charged by order of the court [giving date] on account of good conduct during imprisonment." novel. Sec. 2. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved, March 15, 1890. Mamh15, IFN. CHAP. 34.-An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the building ";`* of a railroad bridge at Fort Smith, in the State of Arkansas," approved July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 R resentatives of the m$°'mY{e  United States of America i n Congress a..9sem{led,€g`hat an act entitled my Qpggggp Rptr "Au act to authorize the building of arailroad bridge at Fort Smith, no ;-*52 Smith, M., in the State of Arkansas," approved July nineteenth, eighteen hundyeil; ’*· P· ‘**'· N dred and eighty-eight, be, an the same is hereby, revived, and declared to be in ful force and effect from and after the passa e of voi. as. p. sas, this act. And section seven of said act, which provides that said act "‘“"”°°‘* shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge therein authorized be not commenced within one year, and completed within three years from the date thereof, shall be, and the same is hereby,
 * ¤°°‘¤°”*·•°*=* f Strike out section four of said act and insert in lieu thereof the
 * 1 wont-house of the Wtrinit of Columbia on account of good conduct uring confine-