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 334 FIFTY·SECON D CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 322, 323, 327. 1892. 5*****-I  I I shall be tamed as other real estate in the District: Provided, That its mwmmuum tracks and elevated railway structure shall not be taxed as rea.1 estate. °'j'f;mhmm om  §EO. 8. That Congress may at any time amend, alter, or repeal this Approved, July 29, 1892. ' July 29, 1.892. CIIAP. 323.-An act to prohibit the use of “0ne horse" cars within the limits ···‘ ‘ *"**— of th; city 0tm n after the Ent day of January, eighteen hundred and Dillé -u11’0B, Ol'0 CIPDIPOBBB. Bc it enacted by the Smdte and Home of Representatives of the United xmumorcoxummp. States of America, in Congress agsemblod, That after the iirst day of J an- On hone cars m w,,,§h,gm Pmmb, uary, eighteen hundred and muety-three, it shall be unlawful for any M1- street railway company owning or operating any line of street milway within the limits of the city of Washhigton, or the greater part of which lines lies within said city limits to use upon such road any 7 Logue horse ” cars. Aiber said date, all cars used within the said ' its sha. if drawn y horse power be of the size and style known as “ two luirse C3I'S,” and each car shall be in the charge of a. con- 1’~•‘•·•1- in I ductor, and such conductor shall not act as a driver: Provided this act mum uyuoumm. y shall not apply to any company operating street railways outside the hmits of the city of Washington or through ummproved and sparsely settled sections of the same, until such time as the Commissioners of gm District of Columbia shall deem necessary for the public needs, Penalty m mu ny railroad company violating the provisions of this act shall be sub- °°"“‘ ject  is line of twenty-five dollars per day for each car, and for every day It may be so operated, to be recoverable by action instituted in the name of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia in any court of competent jurisdiction within the District, and all lines collected on such account shall, when collected be paid into the Treasury for the ummm use of the District of Columbia, it is hereby made the duty of the Commissioners of said District to see that this act is strictly enforced. Approved, July 29, 1892. July so, 1mg_ CHAP. 32 7.—··An act to authorize the construction of a. bridge over the Tennessee —————-——-— River at or ucar Deposit, Alabama. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United m<i:¤.$;&€?Li1P;#$ Statce of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for Company 11}:5 bmp the (xurleys and Pzuut; Rock Valley Railroad Company, of Alabama. m ¤* and Tennessee, zu corporation duly and legu.l1y incorp0rated undei the laws of the States of Alabama and Tennessee, its successors or assxgns, to construct and maintain an bridge over the Tennessee River at or near im1w¤y.»w,m.1ge. Deposit; in Marshal County, Alabama: Said bridge shall be cnnsgrng to pmvgde tar the passage £f§:;1lway1; mn:é3xn?, a&the option 0 e persons y w 0m it may H1, may u or e passe e of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and fgr got passengers, fog sngih £am£b1e %ms of toll as may be approved om 'me 0 time y e cre *y 0 ur. Lawful structure Sec. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this act and ““** P°“°"’“°°· subject to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be reeogmzed and known as an post ncmie, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmxssxon over the same of the mails, the tmqps, and the munitions of jvar of the United States, or passengers or freight passing over the said bridge, than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the rai]1·0ad or public highways leading to the said bridge; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads in the United States; and the United Smtes shall have the right