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 280 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 282, 283. 1894. ¥•*°*=*¤=·¤**¤¤‘**F· of this Act. And the said Attorney-General shall have the power, and it shall be his duty, to revoke the auahority of any suchconipany to transact any new business under this Act whenever in his Judgment such company is not solvent or is conducting its business in violation rsqums, su. of this Act. He may institute inquiry at any time into_the solvency of said company and may require that additional security be given at any time by any principal when he deems such company no longer ·T¤ri•di¤•¤i¤¤ of EC. . t any sure company oing usiness un er e pro- ““£""°“§ “‘$‘“"‘ ty .1- b · .1 ti. UNM S""` °°'"°" visions of this Act may be sued in respect thereof in any court of the United States which has now or hereafter may have jurisdiction of actions or suits upon such recoguizance, stipulation, bond, or undertaking, in the district in which such reeognizance, stipulation, bond, or undertaking was made or guaranteed, or in the district in which the principal oiice of such company is located. And for the purposes of this Act such recognizance, stipulation, bond, or undertaking shall be treated as made or guaranteed in the district in which the office is located, to which it is returnable, or in which it is filed, or in the district in which the principal in such recognizance, stipulation, bond, or — undertaking resided when it was made or guaranteed. Iorleituroofrlghtn Sec. 6. That if any such company shall neglect or refuse to pay any }f,‘,,“l“¥ ‘°P"·l""¤' final judgment or decree rendered against it upon any such recoguizance, stipulation, bond, or undertaking made or guaranteed by it under the provisions of this Act, from which no appeal, writ of error, or supersedeas has been taken, for thirty days after the rendition of such judgment or decree, it shall forfeit all right to do business under this Act. _ · com ·¤•»wp1>••1 Sec. 7. That any com any which shall execute or guarantee any °“°!:;"“‘°'°" recognizance, stipulation?bond, or undertaking under the provisions of this Act shall be estopped in any proceeding to enforce the liability which it shall have assumed to incur, to deny its corporate power to execute or guarantee such instmment or assume such liability. ui;;:?}! :Q‘b*•1_i}jgg Sec. 8. That any company doing business under the provisions of mm. P y P this Act which shall fail to comply with any of its provisions shall forfeit to the United States for every such failure not less than five hundred dollars nor more than fave thousand dollars, to be recovered by suit in the name of the United States in the same courts in which suit maybebrought against such company under the provisions of this Act, and such failure shall not atlect the validity of any contract entered into by such company. Approved, August 13, 1894. - August 13,1Bu. CHAP. 283.-An Act To authorize the construction of a wagon and foot bridge Be i thenacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United commu. ima s States of America in Congress assembled, That the Columbia Bridge mggmz  Company, a corporation created by or under the laws of the State of Columbia,Aln. ’ Alabama, its successors or assiguees, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge, for the passage of vehicles of all kinds, animals, and foot passengers, across the Chattahoochee River at or near the town of Columbia so as to connect with Georgia proton. _ on the opposite shore: Provided, That any bridge built under the pro- °°"'""‘°"‘"‘· visions of this Act may bebuilt as a drawbridge, or with unbroken and nig:. map. continuous spans: Provided also, That if said bridge shall be built with unbroken and continuous spans, it shall give a clear headroom of not less than fifty-five feet above high-water mark as the same shall be fixed and determined by the Secretary of War: And provided also, mw """g°· That if said bridge shall be constructed as a drawbridge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot drawbridge, with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and the best navigable point, and with
 * —---————— across the Chattahoochee River at or near the town of Columbia, Alabama.