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 FIFTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 565-567. 1903. 839 CHAP. 565.--An Act To extend the time granted to the Muscle Shoals Power F¤l>¤'¤¤fY 1%. 1903- Pompany by an Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, wrthrn whrc to commence and complete the worh authorized in the said Act to be ' done by said company, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentati/ues of the United States of America in Congress assembled, mt the time allowed the "l““°‘° S*‘°“‘”··“°· . _ Trme extended for Muscle Shoals Power Company by section two of an Act entitled "An ¤¤¤¤¤·¤c¤<>¤ of wml. Act granting to the Muscle Shoals Power Company right to erect and g;;.:}-yg1:,`I.”,Y.i{°,,?`°°]° construct canal and power stations at Muscle Shoals, Alabama," V"l·""·1’-”'*"‘- approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninet —nine, to commence an complete the work therein authorized to be clbne be extended so that unless the work authorized in said Act to be done be commenced within two years and completed within four years from the date of this Act the privileges ranted to said company by said first-mem tioned Act shall cease antl be determined; and the Secretary of War is d 0¤¤¤¤·¤<=¢i<>¤ ¤f authorized, in his discretion, to permit the said company to erect and M"' construct dams which may abut on lands of the Un ted States along the line of the Muscle Shoals Canal upon such termsand conditions as may be deemed just and equitable to the public interests. Approved, February 18, 1903. {ji}, A CHAP. 566.—An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge acrom Bogue February 18, INS. Chim, in the State of Louisiana. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the United States of America in Uongress assembled, {hat authority is hereby §_*g'{°C*,;*,[°,;’;,,{:,,y granted, and consent is hereb given, for the building of awagon and rerun my mage. foot bridge across Bogue Cliitto River, in the parish of Saint Tammany, State of Louisiana, by the police jury of said parish: Provided, hm"- _ Tlhagghe plans qndalocation for such bridge shall first be approved by ,,§§‘§$§°QfQ§§,2tZj t° e reta o ar. Sec. 2. Trhlat said bridge shall be a lawful structure, and shall be &,}é°p‘gsQ';lu@;f“°‘“" recognized and known as a post route, and shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads in the United States; and no charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, troops, and munitions of war of the United States. Equal rivileges in the r,'l`,$°8 **1*** °'°·· use of said brid e shall be granted to all telegrapli) and telephone 8 ' companies, and die United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal-telegraph purposes, and any °“°"¥°°· changes in said bri ge which the Secretary of Wl ar may hereafter require and order, in the interest of navigation, shall be promptly made by the said police jury without expense to the United States. Sec.  That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction ,,QQ}f”° °‘ °°““"“°‘ of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of approval hereof. Sec. 4. That the right to alter, amend, or repea this Act is hereby ‘“""""“°“*· expressly reserved. Approved, February 18, 1903. CHAP. 567.-An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Menon- February 18. 1903- gahela River, in the State of Pennsylvania, by the Eastern Railroad Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Regresen tatives of the United I Ri States of America in Congress assembled, That the Eastern Railroad p,,°l°"°°*`°h° "_ v°"‘ Company, a corporation created and organized under the laws of the mE;i£g¤e·R¤¤1r¤¤¤ State of Pennsy vania, its successors an assigns, be, and it is hereby,