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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. CHS. 190, 191. 1900. 77 shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of said bridge, and amap of the location, prepared with reference to known datum plane upon. prescribed scales furnished by the engineer officer having supervision of said river, and giving, for the space of two miles above and two miles below the proposed location of the bridge, the topography of the banks of the rive1·, with shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings accurately showing the bed of the stream, `the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shal_l furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject. And until said plans and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and should any change be made in the plan of the said bridge during the process of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of \Va1·, and said structure shall be changed at the cost and ex ense of the owners thereof, from time to time, as the Secretary of i)Var may direct, so as to preserve the free and convenient navi ation of said river. Sec. 6. That this Act shalflbe null and void if actual construction .C¤mme¤pem<>¤¤ of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and 'md °°mpl°°°“‘ completed within three years from the date hereof. Sec. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Ameudmem. expressly reserved. Approved, April 12, 1900. CHAP. 191 .-—An Act Temporarily to provide revenues and a civil government for Apri112,1900. Porto Rico, and for other purposes. ‘*_‘*—‘—_*· Be tt enacted by the Senate and House 0 f Represezatattves 0 the waited States ofzlmertca ta Oengress assemblea', That the provisions of this gow? Biw-f _ ,1 Act shall apply to the island of Porto Rico and to the ad`acent islands gsvZ°}ii§2iil,£§. cm and waters of the islands lying east of the seventy-fourth meridian of S°°P° °f“°"· longitude west of Greenwich, which were ceded to the United States V°l·3°·P·’·"”· by the Government of Spain by treaty entered into on the tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight; and the name Porto Rico, as used in this Act, shall be held to include not only the island of that name, but all the adjacent islands as aforesaid. Sec. 2. That on and after the assage of this Act the same tariffs, Tgri¤¤¤f¤r<¢is¤imcustoms, and duties shall be levied? collected, and paid upon all articles pm S` imported into Porto Rico from ports other than those of the United States which are required by law to be collected u on articles imported into the United States from foreign countries: goctded, That on all _£g;"*g<>¤· coffee in the bean or ground imported into Porto Rico there shall be ` levied and collected a duty of five cents per pound, any law oriplart of law to the contrary notwithstanding: And Qrcavided farthen, at all m§ggggi§};eb°°kS °d· Spanish Scientific, literar *, and artistic wor s, not subversive of ub- ` lic order in Porto Rico, shall be admitted free of duty into Porto latico for a period of ten years, reckoning from the eleventh day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, as provided in said treaty of peace between the United States and Splainz And fzrcvtdect farthen, That all th§*;$g§Qdb;g,§gS*’°m books and pamphlets printed in the English anguage shall be admitted ` into Porto Rico free of duty when imported from the United States. Sec. 3. That on and after the passage of this Act all merchandise ,h§**g§§,e*g‘S,Q$;;”§gg coming into the United States from Porto Rico and coming into Porto Porto Rico. Rico from the United States shall be entered at the several ports of entry upon payment of fifteen per centum of the duties which are require to be levied, collected, and paid upon like articles of merchandise imported from foreign countries; and in addition thereto upon gggufmgggs R*°**¤ articles of merchandise of Porto Rican manufacture coming into the `