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 36 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. OHS. 24, 25. 1894. district court of the United States for the eastern district of Texas, in whose jurisdiction any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be Preview located: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as a¤E$°g b"" °°t to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now` existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers or to exempt said bridges from the operation of the same. Vw byr=¤i1w¤y¤<¤¤· Sec. 4. That all railway companies desiring the use of said bridges, "'"°°‘ or either of them, shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use. tgfcffggf of *" Sec. 5. That the bridges authorized to be constructed under this Act ` ° shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said rivers as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of said bridge, and each of them, and a ma.p of the location, giving for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location the topography of the banks_ of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of . the bridge or bridges are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge €¤=¤>S¤·· or bridges shall not be commenced or built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridges, or either of them, during the progress of construction, such change shall be subjectto the approval of the Secretary of War. And the said structure shall be changed at the cost and expense of the owners thereof from time to time, as the Secretary of War may direct, so as to preserve the free and convenient navigation of said rivers, and the authority to erect and continue any and all of said bridges shall be subject to revocation by the Secretary of War whenever the public good, in his judgment, so requires. `~¤¤¤¤·¤•=¤·*» ¤¤¤· Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. _m*;°;;;§;,*;f°m°¤* ·"“ Sec. 7 . That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge or bridges herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the approval of this Act. Approved, February 2, 1894. `Febmary 8, 1894. CQAP. 25.-An Act To repeal all statutes relating to supervisors of elections and ··"v"“"‘ *7**** special deputy marshals, and for other purposes. msdaoniawg. _ Be it enacted oy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United S;’;>;;:¤;:;;_{;•;,r·»¤ States oj Amerzcq on Congress assembled, That the following sections and parts of sections of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, ‘ and the same are hereby, repealed; that is to say of title ·*Elective mgcggvgawg 20% fra.nehise," sections twenty hundred and two, twenty hundred and live, neisenigmsupems. twenty hundred and six, twenty hundred and seven, twenty hundred w of <·*¤¤¤<·¤¤» me and eight, twenty hundred and nine, twenty hundred and ten, twenty hundred and eleven, twenty hundred and twelve, twenty hundred and thirteen, twenty lumdred and fourteen, twenty hundred and fifteen, twenty hundred and sixteen, twenty hundred and seventeen, twenty hundred and eighteen, twenty hundred and nineteen, twenty hundred and twenty. relating to the appointment, qualiiication, power, duties, scc3k,,,,- 2021_20;,~;_ and compensation of Supe1‘ViS01‘S of election; and also Sections twenty vrkggjiigb smh, hundred and twenty~one, twenty hundred and twentytwo, twenty deputy_msrshals,chief hundred and twenty-three, twenty hundred and twenty-four, twenty ~¤¤i>¢~¤·>¤» M- hundred and twenty-five, twenty hundred and twenty-six, twenty hun·