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 794 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 37 8, 379. 1901. assage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, and passenger cars, and For the transit of animals a.nd foot passengers over the same, and also, ron. in addition to these purposes, may be use for railroad purposes; and the company maintaining the same shall have the right to c arge such reasonable rates for toll as bridgp companies are authorized to collect Prrwiso. under the laws of the State of ennsylvania: Provided, That if said mlilliins °f mm°°dS bridge shall be constructed for railroad plurposes, all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge shall ave and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railroad trains or cars over the same upon the payment of a reasonable compensation for such use, and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad com anies, or any one of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and upon the rules and conditions to which each shall conform in 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. ‘_ P¤¤¤¤¤¤¤· Sec. 5. That any bridge constructed under this Act shall be known as a post road, over wh1ch no higher charge shall be made for the transportation of mails, troops, and munitions of war, or other property of the United States, than the rate per mile chargled for their Pvmiwlesmvh- transportation over the public highwa s leading to said ridge. `The United States shall. also have the rigiilt of way over said bridge for postal-telegrraph purposes. Li8¤*¤»~*>*¤- Sec. 6. hat the said bridge shall be so kept and managed at all times as not to interfere with the passage of vessels, barges, or rafts, both by day and by ni ht, and there shall be displayed on said bridge by the owners thereog from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the Light-House Board may prescribe. . ¤¤¤;¤§¤¤em¢¤¢¤¤d Sec. 7. That is Act shall be null and void if actual construction °°mp° °°‘ of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced in one year and completed within three years from the date hereof. A¤¤¢¤¤m¤¤*· Sec. 8. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 18, 1901. Febmaxy 1s, 1901. CHAP. 379.-An Act To put in force in the Indian Territory certain provisions of '*""‘—; the laws of Arkansas relating to corporations, and to make said provisions applicable to said Territory. _. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hb-use 0 f Representatives 0 f the United {.,’;§€gg}1T°If§Jg{S{;mS States of America in Congress assembled, That section five hundred and ot Arkansas 1aws as four and the succeeding sections down to and includinti section five §'},,§‘{§§{’,§‘§"§{,’P“ “‘“d° hundred and nine, section nine hundred and sixty, and e succeeding sections down to and including section one thousand and thirty-five, of the laws of Arkansas, as published in eighteen hundred and eighty- four in the volume known as Mansfield’s Digest of the Statutes of . Arkansas be, and .the same are hereby, extended over and put in force in the Indian Territory, so far as they may be applicable and not in conflict with any law of Congress applicable to said Territory heretofore passed. . tc§I:sb‘¤¤i¢¤¢i¤¤ ¤f Sec. 2. That wherever in said sections the word "county" occurs ` there shall be substituted therefor the words "judicial district," and where the words "county court” occur the words “United States courts " shall be substituted therefor; wherever the words “State” or "State of Arkansas ” occur there shall be substituted therefor the words “Indian Territory;" wherever the words "secretary of state ” occur there shall be substituted therefor the words "clerk of the United States court of aplpeals for the Indian Territory," and said clerk shall be entitled to the same fees and compensation for his services rendered under this Act that the secretary of state in Arkansas is