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 428 F1FTY.s1a:e0N1> CONGRESS. Sess. 1L cus. 56, 57. 1893. Army, in the settlement of his public accounts, with the sum of three thousand and fifteen dollars and fifteen cents; and to credit Major Wi¤*·¤¤ F- T¤¤¤r- Williaxn F. Tucker, paymaster, United States Army, in the settlement of his public account s, with the sum of five thousand four hundred and sixty-one dollars and sixty-one cents; and to credit Assistant Surgeon ·T°h" 0-S**'“*°'· John O Skinner, United States Army, in the settlement of his public accounts, with the sum of one hundred and ninety-nine dollars and iourteen cents; and to remove the charge of two thousand one hundred and eighty-tive dollars and ninety-two cents standing against Major ’°*“' S- B“““¤°· John S Billings, surgeon, United States Army; and to remove the charge of one thousand and twenty-nine dollars and sixty cents stand- 6•°*8°'¤- W‘*°°l¤*· ing against George M. Wheeler, Captain on the retired list of the Army; and to remove the charge of six hundred and thirty-four dol- 1’·¤¤¤ry Bw lars and forty-two cents standing against Lieutenant P. Henry Ray, Eighth Regiment of Infantry, United States Army; the said amounts having been paid out and received in accordance with the orders of the Secretary of War or the provisions of the regulations for the government of the Army of the United States prescribed by the President. Approved, February 2, 1893. !'¤b¤'¤¤¤’!3»18W- CHAP. 51.-An act to authorize the construction of a brid%e across the Osage """""“_" River, between the mouths of Pomme de Terre River and Bnifa 0 Creek, in Benton County, Missouri. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of .Reprccentatives of the United Svrinlginlrl. Swlalin. States of America in Congress assembled, That: it shall be lawful for the c,1n`{‘;?,$:'; Springneld, Sedalia, Marshall and Northern Railroad Company, a. cor- ‘successors or assigns, to construct a bridge across the Osage River at - ar point between the mouths of Pomme de Terre River and Buffalo Greek, in the county of Benton and State of Missouri; that said bridge many me wagon may be constructed for railway, wagon, and postal service, with single "’“‘°‘ or double track for railway traiho, and which shall be under the conditions and limitations hereinafter specified. numu-uma ima- 81:0. 2. That said bridge shall not interfere with the free navigation of "°°"‘ said river beyond what may be necessary to carry into eifect the rights and privileges herein granted, and in case of any litigation arising mugmim. under the provisions of this act such litigation may be tried and determined by the circuit court of the United States within whose jurisdiction said bridge is located. Sec. 3. That the bridge hereby authorized to be constructed shall 1>¤v· be constructed as a drawbridge, having one draw span giving, when open, two clear waterways of not. less than eighty feet in width each at low water and two or more iixed spans not less than one hundred and twenty-ilve feet each. and all spans shall have s clear headroom of not Mwv- less than ten feet above high-water mark: Provided, That the said Opening dmv- draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats, except when trains are passing over the draw; but in no case shall unnecessary delay occur in opening the said draw. iywfglrssg ¤¢¤r¤ Sec. 4. That any bridge constructed under this act shall be a. lawful " P'"` ‘ structure and shall be known as a post-road, and the same is hereby declared to be a post-road, over which no higher charge shall be made for the transmission of mails, troops, and munitions of war of the Government of the United States, or for passengers or freight passing over the same, than the rate per mile charged for their transportation over the railroad or public highways leading to the said bridge; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph P¤·*·¤¤ ¤·¤¢s¤1»1=- companies. The United States shall have also the right of way over _ said bridge for postal-telegraph purposes. gl? ’°’*"¥°°°*· Sec. 5. That all railway companies desiring to use said bridge shall be entitled to equal rights and privileges in using the same, including
 * ¤'!__*·;•·}z• 0••s• poration organized under the laws of the State of Missouri, or its