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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. CBS. 163, 164. 1895. 709 by the Secretary of War, upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties. Sec. 5. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this Act Swetativ of War to shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the “°°”°" P ""“’ °*°‘ security of navigation of said river as the Secretary 'of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said company shall submit to the Secretary of War for his examination and approval a design and drawing of the bridge, and a map of 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 directions and strength of currents at all stages, and soundings accurately showing the bed of the stream, and 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 are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and if any change is C*’“”g°°· required by the Secretary of War in the plan of said bridge while the same is in progress of construction, or after its completion, or if the entire removal of said bridge is required by him at any time, the cost of such change or removal shall be paid by the company owning or controlling said bridge. Sec. 6. That the right to alter or amend or repeal this Act is hereby *““°"'““‘°““·°*°· expressly reserved. ’ Sec. 7. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of mg°*;¤_;¤;j)¤;°°¤¤¤° Md the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and P ' completed within three years from the date hereof. Approved, March 2, 1895. CHAP. 164.-An Act To regulate the sale of milk in the District of Columbia, and Mmh 2, 1895 for other purposes. _ ¥———— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United r States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the pas- District of Comm. sage of this Act no person shall, within the District of Columbia, keep high} of mm, or maintain a dairy or dairy farm without a permit so to do from the remit; rm- (mms. health officer of said District; application for said permit shall be made _ in writing, upon a form prescribed by said health officer: Provided, fm';}';}- hmm of_ That no applicant for said permit shall be restrained from conducting floor. business until said application has been acted upon by the health officer of the District of Columbia or his duly appointed agent. It shall be the duty of said health officer, upon receipt of said application in due form, to make or cause to be made an examination of the premises which it is intended to use in the maintenance of said dairy or dairy farm; if after such examination said premises are found to conform to the regulations governing dairies and dairy farms within the District of Columbia, said health officer shall issue the permit hereinbefore _ _ specified, without charge: Provided, That said permit may be sus- m;f;',¥‘Qfs;:;;k“ "‘ pended or revoked at any time, without notice, by said health officer whenever the milk supply from said dairy or dairy farm is exposed to infection by Asiatic cholera, anthrax, diphtheria, erysipelas, scarlet fever, small-pox, splenic fever, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, typhus fever or yellow fever, so as to render its distribution dangerous to public health. _ Sec. 2. That no person shall bring or send ·into the District of m§§§{f,“,h§‘§),,l{f,*§'§ Columbia for sale any milk without a permit so to do from the health - officer of said District; application for said permit shall be made in writing, upon a form prescribed by said health officer, and shall be accompanied by such detailed description of the dairy farm or dairy where said milk is produced or stored as said health officer may require, and by a sworn statement as to the physical condition of the