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 FIFTY-SIXTH conensss. Sess. 11. Cns. 477, 478. 1901. 809 there shall be displa ed on said bridge, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signab as may be prescribed by the Light-House Board; and the said company shall, at its own expense, build and maintain such Wm d“‘”· °*°· dikes, wing dams, or other works as the Secretary of War may deem necessary to maintain the channel within the draw or channel spans of the bridge. ‘ Sec. 2. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge mI’;jg,h’ °* ”“’°“d” shall have erppal rights and priv1 eges relative to the passage of railway ` trains over the same and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for suc use; and in case the owner of said bridge and any railroad company desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sums to be paid or upon the conditions to be observed, al matters at issue shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon hearing the allegations and proof of the parties. Sec. 3. That the bridge constructed, maintained, and operated under mlaaggtlmggmmm this Act and according to its limitations shall be a law ul structure, ' 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 transportation of saidmails, troops. and munitions over the railroads and public highways leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the right of way for postal, sgml *°l°$“*¥’*‘·. telegraph, and telephone purposes over said bri ge. ` Sec. 4. That this Act s all be null and void if actual construction of c09£’Ij}';{*,$,f°mF¤*°¤° the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and ` completed within two years from the apiproval of this Act. Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amen, or repeal this Act is hereby A“*°“d“°°°*~ expressly reserved. Approved, February 25., 1901. CHAP. 478.-An Act Supplemental to an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate February 25, 1901. the Reform School for Girls of the District of Columbia/’ approved July ninth, ’ —··‘·* eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofR{pv·esentatv}ves of-the United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections eight, nine, Q{€¤gi19;1¤$°Q)¥{*b& and Bfteen of the Act entitled "An Act revising and amending the cnn. ‘ various Acts establishing and relating to the Reform School o the ¥§}j”53§‘24%_ 49, District of _Columbia," approved May third, eighteen hundred and ¤¤¤¢¤d¤d· seventyesix, which Act was made a plicable to the Reform School for Girls of the District of Columbia Iby the sixth section of the Act to which this Act is a supplement, be, and theys are hereby, amended as applicable to the said Reform School for Gir, so as to read as follows: ‘“ Sec. 8. That whenever any girl under the age of seventeen years _Com.mitment or shall be brought before any court of the District of Columbia or any  “°d°' 17 ym °f judge of such court, and shall be convicted of any crime or misdemeanor punishable by fine or imprisonment other than imprisonment _ for life, such court or judge, in lieu of sentencing her to imprisonment in the county jail or finin her, ma commit her to the Reform School for Girls, to remain unt5 she shall arrive at the age of twenty-one, years unless sooner discharged by the board of trustees, And the ;1"{:;%m°Y be <=¤¤¥¤· jud es of the criminal and police courts of the District of Columbia ` shag have power to commit to the Reform School for Girls, first, any girl under seventeen years of age who may be liable to punishment by imprisonment under any existing law of the District of Columbia o1· any law that may be enacted and in force in said District; second, any girl under seventeen years of age, with. the consent of her parent or guardian, against whom any charge of crime or misdemeanor shall ave been made, upon probable cause shown to the satisfaction of the