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 58 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 60, 61. 1894. bridge or bridges in the vicinity, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject, and until the plan and location of said bridge have been approved by the Secretary of War, the bridge shall not be commenced ?*°•‘•·>- or built: Provided, That the channel span of said bridge shall be in °"‘““°’ '*""‘ length not less than four hundred feet in the clear. u..n»y¤u»¤a¤¤m· Sec. 5. That all railroad companies desiring the use of any bridge l""“’°°· constructed under this Act shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or cars over the same and the approaches thereto, upon payment of reasonable com- Cmwmasn. pensation for such use ; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any of them desiring such use, shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and proof of the parties. ¤¤¤\>•¤r¤¤*~<1 ¤·*¤- SEc. 6. That said bridge herein authorized to be constructed shall N"'"' be so kept and managed at all times as to afford proper means and ways for the passage of vessels, barges, or rafts both by day and by night, and there shall be displayed on said bridge by the owners thereof, Lagms, sa. from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the Light-House cnmgss. Board may prescribe; and such changes shall be made from time to time in the structure of said bridge as Congress may direct, at the expense of said bridge company, in order the more effectually to preserve the tree navigation of said river. M-···¤•¤·¤·>¤=. ¤·<=· Sec. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved, and the right to require any changes in said structure or its entire removal at the expense of the owners thereof, or the _ corporation of persons controlling the same, whenever public interests require it, is also reserved. w2l¤¤;¤:;ij:_w¤¤=·¤¤ Sec. 8. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of Pthe bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of the approval of this Act. Approved, April 21, 1894. April 21. 1894. CHAP, 6l.—A:n Act To provide for further urgent deficiencies in the appropriations --—-·;········—·· for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-fonr, and lor other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representettives of the United ·pp:g;y;g:::i¤¤~¤» State.; of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out ot anymoney in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the objects hereinafter expressed, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, namely: m;_';f°’“"' ”"’“"’ TREASURY DEPARTMENT. w§,;g;r;;·:··;¤;]§, 3Q;;; · Suvrnnssixe COUN1‘ERl·`ElT1N(`:i AND OTHER Camus: For expenses mms. incurred under the authority or with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury in detecting, arresting and delivering into the custody of the United States marshal having jurisdiction, dealers and pretended dealers in counterfeit money, and persons engaged in counterfeiting Treasury notes, bonds, nationalbank notes, and other securities of the United States and of foreign governments, as well as the coins of the United States and of foreign governments, and other felonies committed against the laws of the United States relating to the pay and Pr _ bounty laws, and for no other purpose whatever, ten thousand dollars: Nugvzlo-be um, M Provided, That no part of this amount be used in defrayin g the expenses witness n-··s. of any person subpoenaed by the United States courts to attend any