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 1`IFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 17-19. 1894. 29 Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, or designated depository receiving such payment shall give the depositor a duplicate receipt therefor, to P*;¤·>•i**¤¤ of N- he retained by him in his office as a voucher, and shall forward the mp °' original to the Auditor of the Treasury for the Postr0Hice Department, to be placed to the credit of the depositor in audit of his accounts. Approved, January 22, 1894. CHAP. ;|.8.—A1i_Act To amend an Act approved September fourth, eighteen hun· January 22, 1894. dred and ninety, authorizing the New Orleans, Natchez and Fort Scott Railroad Com- ·"";_*· pany to construct two bridges across Boeuf River, in Louisiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act- approved Sep- B·>·=¤¢' Ri*¤¤L=·~ tember fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled, “An Act to };¤¤:_§¤r bridzins authorize the construction of two bridges across Boeuf River, Louisi- ” " ' ana,” be, and is hereby, amended so that the time within which the actual construction of said bridges may be commenced is hereby V·>1·¤¤-v·42¤· extended for the period of one year from the date of the approval of this Act. Approved, January 22, 1894. CHAP. 19.-An Act To authorize the Chattanooga Western Railway Company to . January 27, 1894. construct a bridge across the Tennessee River near Chattanooga. ··**··—·· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the.Chattanooga Western arglgmtggwgtglwr Railway Company, a corporation created and organized under the laws may mugzyremxg of the State of Tennessee, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct  ’”“‘“‘°°¤*_ and maintain a bridge, and approaches thereto, over the Tennessee River, at or near the city of Chattanooga, in the county of Hamilton, State of Tennessee, which shall be so contructed as to provide for the passage of railway trains, locomotives, passenger and freight cars on, R-¤¤•·•y ¤>ri¤s•- over, and across the same. And the·right is also hereby given to the said county of Hamilton to erect, or cause to be erected, on, over, and above said railway bridge, using the latter as its substructure, a public bridge to be used for the passage of street cars, wagons, and vehicles 'f°*;¤:,{d}:;{M';,¥*“ of all kinds, and for animals and tbot passengers. g° °` Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its limit- n{·,“p‘f,§l‘,g,§,‘;,‘f°‘“ ’° ations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, and shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other postroads in the United States. That no higher charge shall be made for cl'"!"- the transmission over the same of the mail, troops, and munitions of war of the United States, or for through railway passengers or freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per mile for their transmission . over the railroads leading to said bridge, and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies, and the 'United States shall have the right of way across said bridge for postal-telegraph purposes; that the said bridge shall be con- l’···*··l *¤*¤¤¤P¤· structed either by draw, span, or otherwise, so that a tree and unob- lgj·;*·•¢=¤¤*—··i ¤¤+ BHDOb0d passage way may be secured to all water craft navigating said ga I ' river at the point aforesaid: Provided, That if said bridge authorized to rmnt. be constructed under this act shall be cons.,ructed as a drawbridge the °P°“*"¥ "’*'· draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signals for the passage of boats or vessels; and whatever kind of bridge is constructed said corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, Such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light·House Board ’·*¤‘“*· °°°~ shall prescribe. _ Sec. 3. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said budge U; by <>¤¤·¤ ¤¤¤· gl} have, and be entitled to, equal rights and privileges relative to ’°“ '