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 744 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Gus. 181,183. 1901. Am¢¤d¤¤°¤* Sec. 12. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved, and the right to require, at the expense of the ow ners, the entire removal of any bridge constructed under the rovisions of this Act whenever Congress shall decide that the iiblic interests so rergiire is also expressly reserved; and the United gtates glial] not be pia le for diamages arising from the exercise of the rights us ex ress reserve. ‘ m%°gg)I¤;I$gty0$Im°¤* Sec. T3. Tliat if the construction of the bridge hereby authorized ' shall not be commenced within one year and be completed within three years from the date of approval of this Act, then this Act shall be null and void, and all rights ereby conferred shall cease and determine. Approved, January 26, 1901. ·T¤·¤¤¤1'Y @1901- CHAP. 183.-An Act To amend the Act entitled "An Act to amend the criminal ""_i"; lawstyof  District of Columbia," approved July eighth, eighteen hundred and mne -e1g · _ _ Be it enacted   tée Senate and House of Repyesentataves of the UmIted·· Di¤t¤¤¢¤f¤¤1¤¤mb1¤~ States gfzlmemca an Congress assembled, That section one of an Act entitle "An Act to amend the criminal laws of the District of Columbia " approved July eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, be, and the same is hereby,`amended so that the same shall read: · g§gy§t¤¤g;f~a _ “That every person charged with an offense triable in the police court use my limi. pp`? of the District of Columbia may give security for his appearance for m,Yg’,}hed°{°· P· "“· tréialhor for furthtir hgaring either by giving Send tic the satisfactiop o the court or e ositin mone as co atera securit in suc —•¤¤<>¤¤¢- amount as the cougt, tliie assis%ant atfurney for the United Sytates, the special assistant attorney for the District of Columbia, or the lieutenant or acting lieutenant of police of the precinct in which the person is detained may determine with the clerk of the police court, or the lieutenant or  lieutenant of poHce, or the station keeper of the -·P¤>P¤¤Yi¤· police precinct wi in which such rson may be apprehen ed. And whenever any sum of money shnllw be deposited as collateral security as herebdv; provided it shall remain, in contemplation of law, the property of e person fllslpositing it until duly forfeited by the court; and when forfeited it s be, in contemBlation of law, the property of the United States of America or of the istrict of Columbia, accordin as the chargp against the person depositing it is instituted on behalf of the said nited States or the said District; and every person receiving any sum of money deposited as hereby provided s al be deemed in law the agent of the. rson depositing the same or of the said United States or the said lggtrict, as the case may be, for all lpurposes of Fi¤¢¤- properly preserving and accounting for such money. nd all lines payable and paid under judgment of the said police court shall, upon —Pr¤1>¢¤Y i¤»¢¢<=- their payment, immediately, become, in contem lation of law, the p1'0pBI‘ty of the said United States or the said Uistrict, according to the charge upon which such {zine may be adjudged; and the person receiving any such ine shall be deemed in law the agent of the said §)1>¤¤JcW for <><>¤V¢¤‘· United tates or the said District as aforesaid, as the case mady be; and °’» any person, bein an agent as hereinbefore contemplated an defined, who shall wrongigully convert to his own use any money received by him as hereinbefore provided shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement, and upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine not exceedin five thousand dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding Eve years, or goth: Prvgigbf W I I _ Provided, That nothinghherein contained shall affect the ultimate rights miilhumsne society. under existing law of e Washington Humane Society, or the po§ce- §gIl;g$a“g%§’°§‘g§§é, man’s fund (by whatever name the same mafy be called or known), or mud. the firemen’s relief fund, of the District o Columbia, in or to any fines or forfeitures paid and collected in the said police court." _ Approved, January 28, 1901.