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 FIFTYTHIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 21, 23. 1895. 601 CHAP. 21.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the con- January 8, 1895. struction of a, bridge across the Missouri River at some point within one mile below "-‘;* and one mile above the present limits of the city of Jefferson, Missouri/’ approved May twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section three of the Act Bridgf mm nn.- atbresztid be amended by adding the following after the word “pre- 2,*}*;;* MQ""'·"°**`°"°° scribed " in the last line of said section, 110 wit: Provided, That said Pivvkdrbridge may be a pivot dmwbridge; and if the same shall be con- raven dmv. structed as a pivot dmwbridge it shall have one draw span affording Am, p.s1. two clear openings of not less than two hundred feet each, which draw span shall be maintained over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point and with a iixed span or spans each not less than three hundred feet in length in the clear; and the headroom under ezwh span shall not beless than ten feet above the standard high-water grade line, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with and the bridge itself at right angles 120 the current of the river: Provided, also, That said draw shall be opened promptly by said company, upon reasonable signal, for the passage of boats and rafts; Pro· °P°¤*¤8 d"'- mided, /wrther, That the said J effersou City Bridge and Transit Com- Am,,,,,,,,ig,u,,,,_ pany shall, at its own expense, build and maintain, under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of War, such wings, dams, and booms, or other work necessary to maintain the channel within the draw span of said bridge, and shall, at their own expense, maintain e. depth of ` - water through said draw span not less than that now existing, as shown by the report of the War Department, at the point where said bridge may be located; and if said Jeiferson City Bridge and Transit Company shall fail to maintain such channel aforesaid, then the Secretary of War may cause said channel to be opened aud maintained at proper depth for navigation through said span, at the expense of the owners of said bridge. · Approved, January 8, 1895. CHAP. 23.-A11 Act Providing for the public printing gud binding and the dis- January 12, mos. tribution of public documents. Y; Bc it enacted by tlqp Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be u. Joint Pxrb1icé>riutinE· Uommittee on Printiu g, consisting of three members of the Senate and Cg’,,‘§}{§f,,°§{‘*”°°“i°“'l three members of the House of Representatives, who shall have the R·S--¤¤<=-¤'f5°·v·74¤· powers hereinafter stated. Sec. 2. The Joint Committee on Printing shall have power to adopt e¤qm1py»m·.. such measures as may be deemed necessary to remedy any neglect or ,,,,*§,,%g$,‘T"‘“7°°"""°°“ ‘ delay in the execution of the public printing; and the committee shall have power to order reprinted not exceeding three hundred copies of i¤¤¤‘*¤*··* bm-
 * 1. public bill pending betbre either House of Congress, when the supply

shall have become exhausted, and the interests of the public service demand immediate action. Sec. 3. The Joint Committee on Printing shall fix upon standards of P·P°*· paper for the different descriptions of public printing and binding, and the Public Printer shall, under their direction, advertise in two pews- edvunisizegr nge · papers, published in each of the cities of Boston, New York, Philadeb .,,,;?,;;,$£°' ’“ 2* phia, Baltimore, Washington, Cincinnati, Saint Louis, Louisville, Omaha, Denver, San Francisco, and Chicago, for sealed proposals to furnish the Government with paper, as specified in the schedule to bp furnished to applicants by the Public Printer, setting forth in detsul the quality and quantities required for the public printing. Aud the swam Bmpr.? Public Printer shall furnish samples of the standard of papers tlxed `37°°‘“ °‘ upon to applicants therefor who shall desire to bid. Sec. 4. The advertisements shall specify the minimum portion of 3¤;¤£;¥éN ut each quality of paper required for either three months, éx months, 01* ..;.€,.r' °“