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 988 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 369-371. 1899. Mnwh 2, 1899- CHAP. 369.—A11 Act To amend section three of an Act entitled "An Act to W change the time and places for the district and circuit courts of the northern district of Texas," approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ,,%P“ j‘““°'m °‘“’ States of America in Congress assembled, That section three of the Act T¤¤¤¤f¤r ¤f r¤¤<1i¤§ entitled “An Act to change the time and places for the district and cir- €,°§§`§;m"Xf,°:'§§,_ “" cuit courts of the northern district of Texas " be so amended as to read ‘ “L 2°·P·*5°· as follows: “That all actions or proceedings now pending in the courts of the northern or western district of Texas against parties residing in either of the counties from which process is made returnable to the courts to be held at Fort Worth, San Angelo, and Abilene, respectively, may,'on the application of either party to such actions or proceedings, be transferred to the court at which said proceedings would be returnable as provided in this Act; and in case of such transfer all papers and nies therein, with copies of all journal entries, shall be transferred to the office of the deputy clerk of the said court, and the same shall proceed in all respects as if originally commenced in Said court." Approved, March 2, 1899. March 2, IM. _ __ ‘ ‘ s·, · · ,, SP ld9;'¥‘) ag ‘AsgtmAuthor1ring the exten 10D of the post·office building at Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United §;p¤g¤i::1.&i¤¤¤- tr States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- .,m,,,,],f',§1,,,,,;,,,{’l‘f§,. ury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the post-office kfémof mt building at Springfield, Massachusetts, to be extended and enlarged so as to provide necessary accommodations for_ the postotiice, at a cost ¥taIxt?le‘:;)e;i•dsttw)eplfyItl1gsnr3sin;1;1tldl:::3ll:ps3, including all necessary changes Approved, March 2, 1899. M*“'°h 2· 1899- CHAP. 3'I1.——An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Monongahela River at Morgantown, in the State of West Virginia. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United m§°{j1?,'j,i°;**,}0‘f]'j)'j_";f‘¥ States of America in Congress assembled, That the assent of the United izpmyrpsmurgu- States of America .18- hereby given to the county court of Monongalia °· · "· County, West Virginia, a corporation under the laws of said State, to construct and mlagmaasin a bridge over the Monongahela River at Morgan own, in said a e. A**’¤ *0 ¤¤*‘*¢¤**·¤¤- Sec. 2. That the bridge shall be so constructed that a free and Sam M warm unobstructed passage may be secured_ to all vessels and other water .ppm,§;'{m_m_ craft navigating said river; and any bridge constructed under this Act shall be located and built under and subject to such regulations for the securing of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall p(re;slc;1Sl•>g,rg.ti;`<l5to)fsev¢;,me ithag object the tsaid cognty court shall submit ar, or is examma ion an a roval the d ian and drawings of the bridge, piers, and approachegf) and at map df ith; location, giving, for the space of at least one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, glfietlspogeyéggsapgfliigggigd log Klater, anld the directiop and strength , an e Soun in s accurate showin h bed of the stream, and the location of othergbridge or bridges, wgaifsej landings, or ferries, and shall furnish such other information as shall be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; .,.-...  :r%s1‘*‘:..:"£..£$:2“ss.;€.€,‘;%.*;r1;‘.,g6   *sm:d».by **1:: · mmence · after such approval by the lbecretary of _War the approxigld pllaiis ddd designs for the bridge shall not be deviated Hom or added to, either