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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 121, 166. 1898. 357 same. and over the approaches thereto, upon the payment of a reason- _ able compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of 0WIf,‘§j‘§§°,‘§;§_§“;“ “"“" said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any one of them, g ` desiring such use shall tail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform_iu using said bridge all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties; and equal privileges in the use of the bridge shall be granted hT¤¤¤z¤=r¤ wd me to all telegraph and telephone companies. P °"° °°m°°m”` Sec. 9. _That the bridge constructed, maintained, and operated under 1·=~wf¤1 structure this Act and according to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, rd rm '°“t°‘ and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no ‘ higher charge shall be made for the transportation over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation of said mails, troops, and munitions of war over the railroads and public highways leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the right of way for postal, telegraph, and telephone purposes over said bridge. Sec. 10. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction c0ff‘{*;*;j,,';,°°m°¤* ml of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and P ` completed within three years from the date of approval thereof. 'Sec. 11. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby A¤¤¤·i¤¤¤*· expressly reserved. Approved, April 11, 1898. J CHAP. 166.-An Act To incorporate The Masonic Temple Association of the Dis- AP'“ IMS98- trict of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ _ States of America in Congress assembled, That James A. Sample, of the ,,,E“°"°t °f °°]“m Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia; R. B. Donaldson, of Federal MI¤¤<2rvi3*·¢{¤¤k<;- Lodge, numbered one; Thomas F. Gibbs, of Columbia Lodge, numbered ,.,.*1%},*3, mp ° three; Isaac Birch, of Potomac Lodge, numbered tive; Henry Orth, of Lebanon Lodge, numbered seven; E. H. Chamberlin, of New Jerusalem Lodge numbered nine; Martin R. Thorp, of Hiram Lodge, numbered ten; Jesse W. Lee, junior, of Saint Johu’s Lodge, numbered eleven; Richard C. Lewis, of National Lodge, numbered twelve; William H. Baum, of Washington Centennial Lodge, numbered fourteen; Wallace H. Hills, of Benjamin B. French Lodge, numbered fifteen; Samuel·R. Bond, of Dawson Lodge, numbered sixteen; A. W. Johnston,of Harmony Lodge, numbered seventeen; Robert Cook, of Lafayette Lodge, numbered nineteen; George W. Baird, of Hope Lodge, numbered twenty; B. W. Murch, of George C. Whiting Lodge, numbered twenty~ two; Joseph C. Johnson, of Pentalpha Lodge, numbered twenty-three; George W. Balloch, of Stansbury Lodge, numbered twenty-four; Matthew Trimble, of the Grand Chapter of the District of Columbia; ` Allison Nailor, junior, of Columbia Chapter, numbered one; John R. Garrison, of Washington Chapter, numbered two; John H. Olcott, of Mount Vernon Chapter, numbered three; S. H. Walker, of Eureka Chapter, numbered four; George W. Evans, of Lafayette Chapter, num~ bered five; W. F. R. Phillips, of Mount Horeb Chapter, numbered seven; S. C. Palmer, of Potomac Chapter, numbered eight; Abram Frey, of Brightwood Chapter, numbered nine; John C. Chaney, of Hiram Chapter, numbered ten; E. G. Davis, of the Grand Commandery of the District of Columbia; Howard Perry, of Washington Commandery, numbered one; J. H. Small, junior, of Columbia Commandery, numbered two; Samuel M. Yeatman, of Potomac Commandery. numbered three; Thomas Somerville, of De Molay Mounted Commandery, numbered tour; H. K. Simpson, of Mithras Lodge of Perfection; J. A. Lacey, of Orient Lodge of Perfection; Williaiin Oscar Roome, of Evangelist Chapter Rose Croix; Charles T. Caldwell, of Robert De Bruce Council of