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 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 388,389. 1897. 687 that class of traffic described in this Act for passage over the same, and to facilitate the transaction of business across the Mississippi River at the city of Saint Louis, the East Saint Louis and Saint Louis Bridge and Con truction Company, or its successors or assigns, shall not agree or assent to the consolidation of this bridge company with any other bridge company across the Mississippi River, or to the pooling of the earnings of this bridge company with the earnings of any other bridge company across said river, nor shall any person who is or may be a director, manager, or any other officer or agent of any other bridge over said river be a director, manager, or officer or agent of the _ bridge herein provided for: Provided, That if this provision of this Act §,fQ’;{,j’,;m for ,,0,* shall at any time be violated in any of these particulars, such violation tion. shall, without legal proceeding, at once forfeit the privilege hereby granted, and said bridge shall become the property of the United States, and the Secretary of War shall take possession of the same in the name and for the use of the United States. _ Sec. 10. That said corporation may transport on said bridge and T'“"“’°'t‘"”°”‘ approaches thereto persons and property of the class described in this Act, and may allow others so to do; and said bridge and approaches may be used for the transportation of all that class of persons and property described in this Act, under such regulations as the directors of said corporation or the parties owning the said bridge may prescribe. The corporation owning the said bridge may take, receive, and collect T°“‘ such rates and tolls for travel, passage, or transportation over said bridge and approaches as the directors of the corporation owning or controlling said bridge may from time to time tix and establish: Pro- §Qf;,‘;f;]m mm vided, That the rates charged for such travel, passage, or transportation shall not exceed the following, to wit: For each freight car, loaded or unloaded, three dollars; for each passenger car (exclusive of passengers riding therein), three dollars; for each passenger over nve years of age crossing in any passenger car, fifteen cents; for each foot passenger over five years of age, three cents; for every person on horseback, including horse, seven cents; for every gig, buggy, carriage, cart, or wagon drawn by one animal, ten cents; for every buggy, carriage, cart, or wagon drawn by two animals, twenty cents; for every buggy, carriage, cart, or wagon drawn by three animals, twenty-Eve cents; for every buggy, carriage, cart, or wagon drawn by four animals, thirty cents; for every buggy, carriage, cart, or wagon drawn by more than four animals, five cents extra for each animal; for each head of cattle, horses, mules, or other animals other than those attached to vehicles, ten cents; for each head of sheep or swine, five cents. In S’~’°°"°°’ '"°· case said corporation owning or controlling said bridge shall operate a street-car line, or permit any street-car company to operate a streetcar line on said bridge and approaches, the fare for a single passenger over said bridge for persons over five years of age shall not exceed tive cents. Sec. 11. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby "’“°“‘*"‘°"°‘ “°°‘ expressly reserved. Sec. 12. That all acts or parts of acts in conflict with this Act are R°P°“*· hereby repealed. Approved, March 3, 1897. cusp. ass.-Au Act To amend the laws relating to navigation, ”·“’°‘* 3· 1****; Be it enneted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Y _ _ States of America in Congress assembled, That section forty-tive hundred t “"g"°‘°“‘ and seven of the Revised Statutes be, and is hereby, amended to read as follows: gh. . . “Sec. 4507. The Secretary of the Treasury shall assign in public ,,_g,,§g,*?‘_§',§,_,j"‘““"*‘ buildings or otherwise procure suitable Omees and rooms for the ship- anigiigfv-4507. 1>·8T1. ment and discharge of seamen, to be known as shipping commissioners’ ' offices, and shall procure furniture, stationery, printing, and other requisites for the transaction of the business of such oiHces."