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 FIFTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 1823, 1824. 1904. 573 Sec. 4. That all railroad companies desiring the use of the bridge V“° bY °*h°*‘ ’°**dS· constructed under this Act shall have and be entitled to equal rights. and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or cars over the same and over the approaches thereto upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the parties interested shall C°'“¥’°'*S““°“· fail to agree uplon the sum or sums to be paid and upon the rules and. conditions to w ich each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall, upon the a plication of either rty, be determined by the district court of the Upnited States in andxior any district in which any portion of said bridge ma be; and equal rivi— Telegraph. etc., leges in the use of said bridge shall be grantedv to all telegraph and pnm°g°s' telephone companies. Sec. 5. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction ,i£‘“° °f “‘“"“'°‘ of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year i and completed within three years from th_e approval of this Act. Sec. 0. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby A¤¤¢¤¤¤¤¢¤¢· expressly reserved. Approved, April 28. 1904. CHAP. 1824.-——An Act To provide for' additional United States judges in the APYil28,1904· Indian Territory, and for other purposes. [H" R' lm?"] [mam, xo. 256.] Be it enactedby the Senate and H0u8lej?(gfRepreaentat¢}2:es of the United _ _ States of Ammm in Congress aaaemb, That there shall be appointed K}{§}§§‘0,1;§{"‘;f§{,,e, by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the gnate, ¤¤¤···»i¤¤i- four additional judges of the United States court in the Indian Territory, one for the northern district, one for the western district, one for the central district, and one for the southern district. And said P¤w<>¤.wrm.ew. judges shall have all the authority and exercise all the powers, perform like duties, and receive the same salary as other judges of said court, and shall each serve for a term of four years from date of a pointment. unless said offices are sooner abolished by law. Neither cnfi;>:0,{¤l1¤¤·;;»{>;¤ of th)e additional udges, nor their successors in office, shall be members pp ` of the court of a peals for the Indian Territory, but they shall hold such courts. in their respective districts, as may be directed by the court of appeals of the ndian Territory. or majority of the 'udges thereof in vacation: Provided, That none of said judges shall have {*;:3fym MT ower to appoint clerks of courts, United States commissioners, orW f United States constables in said districts, and hereafter at least three T°¤¤•¤— terms of court shall be held in each year, at each place of holding court in the Indian Territory, the times to be fixed in the manner now provided by law. Sec. 2. All the laws of Arkansas heretofore ut in force in the w*f,f,°*;_¤,;j_*;,8°,f¤j,¤;*ér¤ Indian Territory are hereby continued and extended in their operation, Mies. so as to embrace all persons andestates in said Territory, whether Indian, freedmen, or otherwise, and full and complete jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the district courts in said Territory in the settlements of all estates of decedents, the guardianships of minors and incompetents. whether Indians, freedmen, or otherwise. That the jugggwgegggs f<>* sum of twenty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any ' money in the Treasury not otherwise apcpropriated, for the pa ment of salaries of the judges hereby authorize, the same to be immediately available. Approved, April 28, 1904.