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 HIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 1160, 1161. 1902. 407 under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed, so much of A said tax as may have been collected on contin ent beneiicial interests which shall not have become vested prior to §uly first, nineteen hundred and two. And no tax shall hereafter be assessed or imposed gg {{,{€Qgs,;°”,f‘§, under said Act approved June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety- gazed. eight, upon or in respect of any contingent beneficial interest which shall not become absolutely vested in possession or enjoyment prior to said July first, nineteen hundred and two. Sec. 4. That taxes which shall have accrued before the taking effect m;’}}‘,‘j,§,°“ °°““‘°’“*’ of the Act of April twelfth, nineteen hundred and two, entitled "An Ame. P196- Act to repeal war-revenue taxation, and for other purposes," and since July first, nineteen hundred, upon securities delivered or transferred to secure the future payment of money, are hereby remitted. Approved, June 27, 1902. · CHAP. 1161.-An Act To authorize the Minneapolis, Superior, Saint Paul and June 27, 1902. Winnipeg Railway Company, of Minnesota, to build and maintain a railway bridge across the Mississippi River. ’ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of tbe United States ofAme¢·oIea in Oonglrees assembled, That the Minneapolis, Supe- Mississippi River, rior, Saint Paul and Winnipeg Railway Company, a corporation duly Miiiiijneapone Sum. incorporated and existin under and by virtue of the laws of the State {{,*;*;;;*2g; P*;g,,j;d of Minnesota, be, and is Tereby, authorized to construct and maintain Company maypnugei by itself or through its assignees a railway bridge across the Mississippi River at a int suitable to the interest of navigation between s the villages of Cligmplin and Anoka, in the State of Minnesota. Said I-°°**“°¤· bridge shall be constructed to provide for passage of railway trains, and for transmission of the mails at such legal rates of toll as may be TOU- iixed by said railroad company, or its transferees, and approved by the Secretary of War. Sec. 2. That said bridge built under this Act and subject to its fmléa §S{*,{;uj§***¤*¤*€ - limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and P " known asa post route, upon which also no higher charge•shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroad or public hivhways leading to the said bridge, and shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post—roads in the United States; and equal privileges in the use of said brid e rjhslssrsplv. src.. shall be granted to all telegrap and telephone com anies; and tlie g °S‘ l'nited States shall have the right of way across saidpbrid e and its approaches for postal telegraph purposes: 1’mvz°ded, That die bridge {,?;;·;,u t d i herein authorized to be constructed shall be so kept and managed by gangs. ° E ""V ` the company owning or operating it as to afford proper ways and means for the passage through or under it of vessels. barges, or rafts at all times, both by da · an by night; and if said bridge be constructed as a Dmvbridss. drawbridgc, the dhaw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats; and upon whatever kind of bridge is built ¤g¤¤¤.¤¢<·· there shall be displayed from sunset to sunrise, at the expense of said company, such lights and signals as the Light—House Board shall prescribe. Sec. 3. That if said bridge erected and maintained under the author- Ch¤¤H¢¤- ity of this Act shall at any time unreasonably obstruct the free navigation of said river, or shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, unreasonablv obstruct such navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge to be made as will effectually obviate such obstruction; and such alteration shall be made and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of the owners or operators of said bridge; and in case of any litigation arising from the