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 FIFTY-SECON D CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 120, 123. 1892. 53 to the passage of this act, made actual settlement upon any lands within said reservation not allotted under the foregoing proviso and not reserved for the permanent use and occupation of any village or settlement of Indians, with the intent to enter the same under the homestead law shall have the preferred right, at the expiration of said period of one year to enter and acquire title to the land so settled upon, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, upon the payment therefor of one dollar and twenty-tive cents an acre, and such settler shall have three months after public notice given that such lands are subject to entry within which to file in the proper land office his application therefor; and in case of conflicting claims between settlers the land shall be awarded to the settler first in order of time: Provided, That any por- mumnnmn. tion of said land more valuable for its mineral deposits than for agricultural purposes, or for its timber, shall be entered only under the law authorizing the entry and sale of timber or mineral lands: And provided further, That the heirs of any deceased settler shall succeed to Rights of seaimw the rights of such settler under this act: Provided further, That the h°‘"'· proceeds arising from the sale of said lands shall constitute a. fund to nispomorpmcssas. be used under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior for the maintenance and education of the Indians now residing on said lands and their children. Approved, June 17, 1892. CHAP. 123.-An act granting the right and authority to the Mexican Gultj ·T¤¤¤ 21. 1892- Pacilic and Puget Sound ailroad Company, a company organized under the laws M of the States of Florida and Alabama, to build one bridge over each of the following— named rivers in the State of Alabama, namely: The Alabama River, the Warrior River, the Sipsey River and the Tennessee River; the said bridges to be used by the Mexican Gulii Pacific and Puget Sound Railroad Company in carrying freight and passengers by rail and otherwise. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Mexican Gulf, Pacific igiexican Gum Pa and Puget Sound Railroad Company, a railroad corporation organized izaii;fi1zP¤ii»i;t1§iiiY1l§°; under the laws of the States of Florida and Alabama, is hereby au- -%;;*;*22;*:, mg’§rri¤r· thorized and empowered to construct, maintain, and operate one bridge nvm, A15. “’°°" over and across each of the followingnamed rivers, all in the State of Alabama: The Alabama River at a point in Monroe and Clarke Counties., or in WVilcox County, Alabama; the Warrior River at a point in Hale and Greene Counties, Alabama, or at a point in Marengo and Greene Counties, Alabama; the Tennessee River at a point in the counties of Colbert and Lauderdale, Alabama; the Sipsey River at a point in Pickens or Tuscaloosa. Counties, Alabama; and to lay railroad imma mage,. tracks on the said bridges and to run trains on the same: Provided, mm;. That the said bridges shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation as the Secretary of Secretazg or warm War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said company or °”“"'°I’ ”“‘"°‘ corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, designs and drawings of the bridges and complete hydrographic and topographic maps of the rivers and their banks from one mile above to one-half mile below the proposed crossings; and no bridge shall be commenced or built under the provisions of this act until the plan and location thereof have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War: Provided further, That said bridges nmtsmma navishall be all times so managed and kept as to offer reasonable and ¥““°"· proper means for the passage of vessels through or under them; and tor the safety of vessels passing at night there shall be displayed on said bridges, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the Lights, em. Light-House Board may prescribe; and all changes in said bridges cmmges. required by the Secretary of \Var at any time, or their entire removal, shall be at the expense of the corporations or persons owning or operating said bridges.