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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 384, 385, 492. 1891. ° 797 domain and then taking the sections sixteen and thirty-six in place therein· but nothing in this proviso shall be construed as conferring unsung rights. any right not now existing. "SEc. 2276. That the lands appropriated by the preceding section R- S-. M- M6, p. shall be selected from any unappropriated, surveyed public lands, 417* °'"°"°°d‘ not mineral in character, within the State or Territory where such Principles governlosses or denciencies of school sections occur; and where the selec— lj? §’2§’,°§§°,Q‘f,§§?8§,“,!jg tions are to compensate for deficiencies of school lands in fractional ¤¤{<><>1¤¤¢¤¤¤¤ vmin townships, such selections shall be made in accordance with the fol- "°°u°°m°w°°m” lowing principles of adjustment, to wit: For each township, or fractional township, containing a greater quantity of land than threequarters of an entire township, one section; for a fractional township, containing a greater quantity of land than one—half, and not more than three-quarters of a township, three quarters of a section; for a frac- , tional township, containing a greater quantity of land than one quarter, and not more than one alf of a township, one-half section; and for a fractional township containing a greater quantity of land than one entire section, and not more than one-quarter of a township j one uarter section of land: Provided, That the States or Territories ”°”*•°· whibli are, or shall be entitled to both the sixteenth and thirty-sixth D<>¤l>1¤l*<·>¤¤¤d¤· sections in place, shall have the right to select double the amounts named, to compensate for deficiencies of school land in fractional townships. " Approved, February 28, 1891. CHAP. 385.-An act to prohibit the granting of liquor licenses within one mile F¤1¤r¤¤ry9·8. 1891. of the Soldiers' Home. ""i_* Be it enactedby the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That on and after mggsofjggggf tgz; the passage of this act no license for the_sale of intoxicating liquor mi1eot_SoldiersHome, at any place within one mile of the S0ld1ers’ Home property in the D·C· District of Columbia shall be granted. Approved, February 28, 1891. CHAP. 492.-An act to authorize the building of a railroad bridge at Little Rock, March 2, 1801. Arkansas. *`;`*‘ Be it emwted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States eg America in Congress assembled, That it shall be uma Rock snags lawful for the ittle Rock Bridge and Terminal Railway Company, {‘,‘g§*,,'Q$,'Q,';‘,",Q,¥,{R‘{,‘,{,"§'g{, a, corporation organized under the laws of the State of Arkansas, to ;{tl<¤l;_=0=;¤¤ {Yer at construct and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto over the ° k’" ‘ V Arkansas River, at a point on said river at or near the citv of Little Rock, in the State of Arkansas, and to lay on or over said bridge a railroad track or tracks for the more perfect connection of any rail- Ruilroadtracks. road or railroads that are or shall hereafter be constructed to the said river, on either or both sides thereof, at or opposite said point, under the limitations and conditions hereinafter provided; said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains, miiwaypmniway, and, at the option of the owners or builders thereof, may be used for {,',}‘dj§_“~ "“°* ‘°°° the passa e of wagons or vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals of ad kinds, and for foot passengers, for such reasonable rates of toll as ma be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War. Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its Lnwrur szmcmm limitations, shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and °·“°F’°*‘"°“‘°· known as a post route, upon which no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of themails, troops, and munitions of war, or other property of the United States, than the rate