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 ]4 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 136, 137. 1894. design and drawing of such bridge and a map of the location, giving Y sufficient information to enable the Secretary of War to fully and satisfactorily understand the subject, and unless the plan and location of such bridge are approved by the Secretary of YVar the structure shall Fm umgmm_ not be built: Provided also, That any bridge constructed under authority of this Act shall at all times be so kept and managed as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels and other watercraft through or under said structure; and for the safety of vessels passing at - night there shall be displayed on such bridge, from sunsetlto sunrise, L*g***~’· °"°· such lights or other signals as may be prescribed by the Light-House Board. Toll- Sec. 3. That said South Canadian Bridge Company shall have the right to charge and collect a reasonable ratevof toll, not exceeding the ‘ rate limited by the law of Oklahoma Territory. 0°¤¤¤¤9¤°°¤¤*>¤* md Sec. 4. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of °°mPl°°'°°' the bridges herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of approval hereofl Amendment. ew- Sec. 5. That Congress hereby expressly reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act. - Approved, July 16, 1894. July 16.1894- CHAP. 13'l.—An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office "'_"°"t" Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety- five. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United £°g_i*{m;j'“°° **1** States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, P Pand they are hereby, appropriated for the service of the Post-Office Department, in conformitywith the Act of July second, eighteen hundred and thirtysix, as follows: rmmaur-Gum!. . Orrrcn or rim POSTMASTER—GENERAL. A<>¤¤· For miscellaneous items in the office of the Postmaster·General, one thousand dollars. P£jI;;;£_j_*g;*°{j*_;g{}* Orman or run FIRST Assisraur POSTMASTP)R—GENERAL. P<>¤¤¤¤¤f¤¤- For compensation to postmasters, sixteen million dollars. HcE;‘f"‘° "‘ l‘°""°" For compensation to clerks in postoflices, nine million seven hundred thousand dollars. hundred and forty-five thousand dollars. For rent, light, and fuel for postoffices of the third class, six hundred Promo. _ _ and sixty thousand dollars: 1’ro2·ided, That there shall not be allowed ,,¤{Q§',§T°’ umd" h`" for the use of any third-class postoffice for rent a sum in excess of four hundred dollars, nor more than sixty dollars for fuel and lights, in any one year. xrsmiianemis. For necessary miscellaneous and incidental items directly connected with first and second class post-offices, including furniture, one hundred §r¤¤¢¤·$._mms and forty thousand dollars: Provided, That the Postmaster·General, in xw"'' his discretion, under such regulations as he shall prescribe, may authorize any of the postmasters of said offices to expend the fund he may allow them for such purposes, without the written consent of the Postmaster—General. Free ·¤<»1¤r¤ry· For ii-ee-delivery service, including existingexperimental free-delivery offices, twelve million three hundred and twentyseven thousand six hundred and eighty-five dollars and thirty-three cents; of which the sum of twenty thousand dollars shall be applied under the direction of numimm-sm. the Postmaster—General to experimental free delivery in rural co1nmuuities other than towns and villages, and the Postmaster—General shall
 * ¤¤*» ”¤'·°¤¤*""°'- For rent, light, and fuel for first and second class post-offices, eight