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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 57, 58. 1894. 55 Sec. 11. That it shall be the duty of the President to cause a sum- N¤v¤\f¤r<=¤- cient naval force to cruise in the waters to which this Act is applicable to enforce its provisions, and it shall be the duty of the commanding officer of any vessel belonging to the naval or revenue service of the United States, when so instructed by the President, to seize and arrest mmm by mm1 orall vessels of the United States found by him to be engaged, used, or '°"°““°°m°°"· employed in the waters last aforesaid in violation of any of the prohibitions of this Act, or of any regulations made thereunder, and to take the same, with all persons on board thereof, to the most convenient port in any district of the United States mentioned in this Act, there to be dealt with according to law. _ _ Sec. 12. That any vessel or citizen of the United States, or person St§2f,§“‘I.’,,;*Q],?’“,§§c°f’ described in the iirst section of this Act, offending against the pro- byBri¢i¤1¤<>¤i¤i¤1¤· ` hibitions of this Act or the regulations thereunder, may be seized and detained by the naval or other duly commissioned officers of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, but when so seized and detained they shall be delivered as soon as practicable, with any witnesses and St£¤ii*¤¤·v*,_¢·>l_,l?¤i*¤·1 proofs on board, to any naval or revenue officer or other authorities of °° m ° U"' the United States, whose courts alone shall have jurisdiction to try the . offense and impose the penalties for the same: Provided, however, That P~¤i·•·- British officers shall arrest and detain vessels and persons as in this s,f§`§'j.“,§,‘?,g‘j§` {{:,2 section specified only after, by appropriate legislation, Great Britain mm mmm. shall have authorized officers of the United States duly commissioned and instructed by the President to that end to arrest, detain, and deliver to the authorities of Great Britain vessels and subjects of that Government offending against any statutes or regulations of Great Britain enacted or made to enforce the award of the treaty mentioned in the title of this Act. Approved, April 6, 1894. CHAP. 58.-An Act Authorizing the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Com. April 21, 1894. pany to bridge the Sulphur River in the State of Arkansas or in the State of Texas. ·#—w—"; Be it emwted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Texarkana and Fort S,,£‘{f,"§{‘,,’§’{f,’,.§Q".‘*(§:,‘Z§i Smith Railway Company, its successors or assigns, be, and is hereby, rgiiy vgsr bngggswg authorized to construct and maintain a railway bridge, and approaches ii.? "°”’° thereto, over and across Sulphur River in the State of Arkansas, or in the State of Texas, at such point as may be selected by said railway company for crossing said river with its railroad line, said.point selected to be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains, and, ,0§¤{};ygg’é”°¥°°·*“ at the option of said company, may be used for the passage of wagons ` and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot passengers, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be approved fr·om time ren. to time by the Secretary of War. That if the said bridge shall be made mg" '“"""‘ with unbroken and continuous spans, there shall be at least one span of a height of not less than eighty feet above low water, or fifty feet above highest water, as understood at the point of location, measured to the lowest part of the superstructure of said bridge; and said span shall have a clear opening of at least one hundred and fifty feet between the piers, measured at right angles to the current, and shall be over the main channel of the river; and the bridge shall be at right angles Dm b d t0, and the piers parallel with, the current of the river. And if the " n E" bridge over the said river shall be constructed as a draw or pivot bridge, the draw or pivot pier shall be over the main channel of the river at an accessible navigable point, and the openings on each side of the pivot pier shall not be less than one hundred feet in the clear, unless otherwise expressly directed by the Secretary of War, and if so directed shall be according to such direction, and the said opening shall be accessible at all stages of water, and the spans shall be not less than ten feet above extreme high water, as understood at the pomt of