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 622 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 372-374. 1897. him to answer for such misdemeanor, and then and there shall make complaint in due iorm. Rcfusalwsunsndcr Sec. 4. That any person to whom land lying within any national l°““°d ’”°”°"Y‘ parks may have been leased, who refuses to give up possession of the same to the United States after the termination of said lease, and after possession has been demanded for the United States by any park com— missioner or the park superintendent, or any person retaining possession of land lying within the boundary of said park which he or she may have sold to the United States for park purposes and have received payment therefor, after possession of the same has been demanded for the United States by any park commissioner or the park superintendm·j:;;:r•>f ’¤•>¤P=¤¤ ent, shall be deemed guilty of tre pass, and the United States may ' maintain an action for the recovery of the possession of the premises so withheld in the courts of the United States, according to the statutes or code of practice of the State in which the park may be situated. APP“°•*·*°¤· Sec. 5. This Act shall apply only to the military parks of the United States. Approved, March 3, 1897. M,,,,], 3 189-,; CHAP. 373.-Au Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Mont- -——;-— omery Brid Compan to construct and maintain a bridge across the Alabama , River near tg: city of Ldbntgomery, Alabama," approved March iirst, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Be it enacted by the Senate and Ho¤seof Representatives of the United b::4g;ifg_~;_·r]:°{_=:_» &daqf America in Congress assembled,  section. six of an Act g,,,,,,,, Ai,] approved Harclrhnt, eighteen hundred and mnety-three, to authorize VM- *7· P·*”*· the Montgomery Bridge (many to construct and maintain a bridge across the Alabama iver near Montgomery, Alabama, be, and is _ hereby, amended to read as follows: m'f":*°x_f;‘{•i°f'“"° *‘Sec. 6. That all telephone and telegraph companies shall be granted equal rights and privileges in the construction and operation of their lines across said bridge; and if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized shall not be commenced within one year from March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and be completed within three years from same date, the rights and privileges hereby granted shall cease and be determined. Approved, March 3, 1897. March 3, 1897. CHAP. 374.-An Act To define the rights of purchasers under mortgages author- · A *‘" s M M ized by an Act of Congress approved April twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy- one, conceruing the Atlantic and Paciiic Railroad Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United R£{:mig:;¤£;*9¤¤¤ States of America. in Congress assembled, That whenever any mortgage P " made by the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company under and by virtue of Acts of Congress is foreclosed in any court of the United States, or of any State or Territory thereotl and any sale of the road, equipment, lands, franchises, privileges, and other rights and property covered by said mortgage is made under a decree or decrees of such fo;¤;{§3;~§:: ::1:;;; 5 courts, the purchaser at any such sale or sales, and their associates or to m¤¤nim,m. assigns, shall constitute a new company, which shall have and shall be entitled to hold and possess the franchises and property so sold, and to exercise the same rights, powers, privileges, grants, and franchises, "<>*-**·P·‘m· including the iranchise to be a corporation, granted by the Act of Congress approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty- six, incorporating the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company, and by \;<;g1‘1.p·19;V¤1-24. acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, which were owned P`` and possessed by said Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company, or said