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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CHS. 2-16, 250,251. 1900. 137 CHAP. 246.-—An Act To extend the privileges of the seventh sectionof the Act April 18,1900. approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, to the port of Greenbay, ·—···—··—·· _ Wisconsin. · Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the United States of America in Ocngress assembled, Tggt the privileges of the Greenbaawis. _ seventh section of the Act aplproved June tenth, eighteen hundred and m€'{§`f,°J$t°;§g§,m8,?§i"$§ eighty, governing the imme iate transportation o dutiable merchan- 1°{$j;_,, p_,,3_ dise wit out appraisement be, and they are hereby, extended to the ' wrt of Greenbay, in the customs collection district of Milwaukee, isconsin. * Approved, April 18, 1900. CHAP. 250.-An Act To legalize and maintain the iron bridge across Pearl River Apu, 21,190,, at Rockport, Mississippi. ---— Whereas the boards of suplervisors of Copiah and Simpson coun- Preamble. ` ties, Mississippi, did, in eig teen hundred and ninety-eight, jointly contract for an iron bridge to be built across Pearl River, at Rockport, Mississippi, believing that said stream at this point was practically nonnavigable; that a terwards an injunction was sued out b the Government, restraining contractors, which, bein heard before Jyiid e H. C. Niles, of the district Federal court at Jackson, Mississippi, Ee decided that the part of Pearl River from Rockport to Jackson was a nonnavigable stream and dissolved the injunction; that an iron bridge was built in accordance with said contract and opened for travel in August, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, without a draw; that in January, nlneteen hundred, an appeal was taken by the Government to the nited States circuit court and is now pending; and Whereas said boards of supervisors are des1rous of complying with their obligation with the- bri ge company and giving the citizens of said count1es the benefit of said bridge, which is of great public utility: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and Ease of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the bridge aforesaid be, nudge moss rem and the same is hereby, legalized and maintained as constructed by §§f1_,§’sF,,u1§§§}‘p°"· said counties for the use of the general public. ` SEo. 2. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal Am¤¤d¤¤¤¤*· this Act at pleasure. . Received by the President, April 10, 1900. [NoTE BY THE DEPARTMENT or STATE.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States or his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] CHAP. 251 .—An Act To extend the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act granting April 23,1900. increase of pension -to soldiers of the Mexican war in certain cases," approved Jan-  ri-;"" uary fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hbas•;¢§f' Representatives of the United States e ” America in Ocngress assembl, That the benedts of the Act s,§§,§?*°“¤ lm P°¤· entitledI"An Act granting increase of Qpension to soldiers of the Mexi- Iucreaae in certain can war in certain cases, ’ approved anuary fifth, eighteen hundred °°€$;?§;, §”§{§fi' and ninety-three, be, and they are hereby, extended to all survivors of the Mexican war who are pensionable under existing Mexican war service ension laws, and who have become or may hereafter become wholly disabled for manual labor and in such destitute circumstances