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 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 19-21. 1896. 7 on the western line of the State of Arkansas about ten miles south of Fort Smith; and with the right to build in the line of said spur a bridge over the Poteau River, whose plan of construction shall iirst be approved by the Secretary of War, so that said first section when so amended shall read as follows: “That the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company, a I·<¤=¤*=i<>¤ ¤f ria1w0f corporation created under and by virtue of the laws of the State of my` Missouri, be, and the same is hereby, invested and empowered with the iight of locating, constructing, operating, using, and maintaining a railroad, telegraph, and telephone line through the Indian Territory, beginning at a point on the south line of Cherokee County near the town of Galena, in the State of Kansas, and running thence in a southerly direction through the Indian Territory, or through the State of Arkansas and the Indian Territory, by the most feasible and practicable route, to a point on the Red River near the town of Clarksville, in the State of Texas, with the right to locate, construct, operate, and maintain a branch railroad, telegraph, and telephone line from some point on the main line of said railroad in the Indian Territory, south of the Arkansas River and north of the town of Poteau, by the most feasible and practicable route, to the city of Fort Smith, in the State of Arkansas, and with the right to build in the line of said branch railroad a bridge across the Potean River, whose plan of construction shall be first approved by the Secretary of War, and with the right·to locate, construct, maintain, and operate a spur of its railroad from a point on said branch about four miles northeast of Scullyville, by the most practicable route to a point on the western line of the State of Arkansas about ten miles south of Fort Smith; and with the right to build in the line of said spur a bridge over the Poteau River, whose plan of construction shall nrst be approved by the Secretary of War, and with the right to construct, use, and maintain such tracks, turn-outs, sidings, and extensions as said company may deem its interest to construct along and upon the right of way and depot grounds herein provided for." Approved, February 13, 1896. CHAP. 20.-An Act To amend chapter seventy-six, laws of eighteen hundred and February 15, 1896. ninety-three. 'L‘*""" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section four of the Act sam Lawren so approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, author Rl}{’,Q,, ,,,,,,,,,M ,0, izing the Saint Lawrence Railway Company, of the State of New York, briésfgg- 439 to build and maintain a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River at some ° ’°` ` point in Saint Lawrence County, State of New York, be, and is hereby, amended by extending the time for the completion of said bridge to February ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. Approved, February 15, 1896. CHAP. 21.-An Act To extend the time for the completion of the incline railway February 15, 1896- on \Vest Mountain, Hot Springs Reservation. ‘—‘_;`__ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time for the comple- gprspxshéfkior tion of an incline railway upon the West Mountain of the Hot Springs c,,,,,‘§f§m,g {*,,.,1m., Reservation, as provided by Act of Congress approved December ¤§,m=jgé_p_21_ twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, is hereby extended for the term of three years from and after the passage of this Act. Sec. 2. 'l‘hat said Act is hereby continued in full force and effect. Approved, February 15, 1896.