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 76. FIFTYFOUBTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ons. 74, 75. 1896. and measures in this Act provided for within the limit of tolerance so allowed may be seized by the sealer of weights and measures, and when so seized shall be destroyed by him, and a record of the same shall be ` 1’°"*“Y· duly entered on the books of his office. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section, or the use of any weights, measures, scales, or other instruments described in this section, before the payment of the, fees iixed by the said Commissioners for examinations, shall render the person so failing or using liable to a line of not more than twenty dollars aud costs of prosecution for each offense, to be recovered in the police court of the District of Columbia; and the said court may make a further sentence that the offender be imprisoned in the District jail for any period not exceeding six months until the payment of such line and costs." _ Approved, March 28, 1896. Mm; my R_CHAP. 75.-—-An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Calumet ——···*·*····— 1VOI'. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of `Representatives of the United H¤mm¤=H1r:·r:1dg31¤¤ States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the LE? mag; ESI Hammond and Blue Island Railroad Company, a corporation organized ga Igww ¤¤¤· and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Illinois, m or its successors and assigns, to construct and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto across the Calumet River, in Cook County, in the State of Illinois, at a point on and opposite lot six in Snydacker and Ambs’s Illinois addition to Hammond, in section eight, township thirty- six north, range fifteen east of the third principal meridian; that said imimaiemge. bridge may be constructed for railway and postal service, with single and double track lor railway traffic, and which shall be under the conditions and limitations hereinafter specified. . ummmni uu- Sec. 2. That said bridge shall not interfere with the free navigation ’“"" of said river beyond what may be necessary to carry into eifect the mngmun. rights and privileges herein granted, and in case of any litigation aris— ing under the provisions of this Act such litigation may be tried and determined by the circuit court of the United States within whose jurisdiction said bridge is located. Lawfnl su-tems Sec. 3. That any bridge built under the provisions of this Act and "“*P°°‘ '°“'“ subject to it limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, or passengers or freight passing over the said bridge, than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroad or public highways leading to the said bridge; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads in the United States; and the United States shall have the right {’,‘;;*'{,§5"{§Ef§,}’}‘,;,,,,_ of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal-telegraph pm-- m., companies. poses, and all telegraph and telephone companies shall have equal riggt; agri privileges in constructing and maintaining their lines across sa: ri ge. mw- Sec. 4. That said bridge shall be constructed as a drawbridge of such character of construction and having such width of draw openings and such elevation above high water as the Secretary of War may prescribe; and the draw openings of said bridge shall be so protected and arranged that water craft can be worked through them at any and all times; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with, and the mdnw bridge itself at right angles to, the current of the river: Pro/vided, That ' said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signals for the passage of boats, and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its I-isbn. ac. own expense, from sunset until sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe. If any bridge erected under such authority shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, obstruct such navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause such