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 186 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cus. 252, 253.1896. the number of held deputy marshals employed by each marsha1 and, - the amount of fees earned by and the compensation paid to each ot them out of such fees. _ _ _ _ R¤r·•11>¤>rri·>¤¤· Sec. 24. That all Acts and portions of Acts inconsistent with. this {LT;"- ,,,3.,,,,, ,0 Act are hereby repealed: Provided, That none of the provisions ot secnmm 1P£¤·n•¤y md tions six to twenty-three, both inclusive, of this Act shall apply to the ‘“;:‘,_‘P_ 5.,., Indian Territory or Territory of Alaska, and said sections shall take ' eifect and be in force on and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, except as in said sections otherwise specially pro- N,;§,*“{”°${"md“”£ vided: Provided further, That none of the provisions of sections six, rrict or columns. st: eight or fifteen of this Act shall applyto the office of the United States "'““°°°‘ District Attorney and his assistants for the southern district of New Rd d York, or fori the District of Columbia. I f d t t f A _ M!" l’ -°“ Sec. 25. hat the appropriation or re ie an pro ec ion o meri- °gQ::::::;,,ri:;°;; can seamen, which was made in the Act entitled "An Act making 4n••.1»-18- appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the iiscal - year June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven," approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and which appears in the printed copy of said Act on page twelve, be amended so that it will read: RELIEF AND PROTECTION on AMERIGAN SEAMEN. Relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries and ship wrecked American seamen in the Territory of Alaska, fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Approved, May 28, 1896. Kayne. xml. CHAP. 253.-An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Red www River of the North. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rgpresentatives of the United ,,,§_‘;Q_,}’°,§‘;‘,{,,}';‘} States of America in Congress assembled, That the North Dakota and nasnysy Comflany Minnesota Central Railway Company, a corporation organized,created, {},“g,_§’§j§‘§,§°d '°" and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Minnesota, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, operate, and maintain a bridge messes. and approaches thereto across the Red River of the North, at a point to be selected by said company and suitable to the interests of navigation, in township one hundred and fortyeight north of range forty-nine west of the fifth principal meridian. Said bridge shall be constructed to pro- R*“"°Y·°*°·,”"“¤°- vide in- the passage of railway trains, and, at the option of said corporation, may be so constructed as to provide for the passage of wagons ron. and vehicles of all kinds, animals, and foot passengers, for such reasonable ru-tes of toll ns may be approved by the Secretary of War. semmw or Wnrw Sec. 2. That the bridge herein authorized shall be built and located """°"° *"""*°°'°‘ under and in accordance with such regulations for the security of navigation as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said company shnll submit to the Secretary of War for his examination and approval drawings showing the plan and location of said bridge, said drawings to give, for the space of one—half mile above and one-half 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 current at all stages, soundings accurately showing the bed of the stream, and such other information as may be required tin- a ihll and satisthetory understanding of the subject; and until the ·plnn and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the C'“"¥°’· bridge shall not be commenced or built; and any change in the plans of said bridge, either before or after construction, shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and any change in said bridge during or after construction which the Secretary of War may require in the interest of navigation shall be made by the said company at its own expense.