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 122 i FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 1636, 1637, 1639. 1906. which said courts shall be held at Victoria, of which they shall make publication and give due notice. _ _ _ _ ,_t§°°“*'¤ °* P’°°°°”· Sec. 3. That all civil process rssued aga1ust_persons resident in the Jabove-named counties and cognizable before said courts shall be issued out of and made returnable to said courts at Victoria, and that all prosecutions against persons for offenses committed in any of said counties gggggkmmd m shall be tried in said courts at Yictoriaz Promoted, That noc1v1l cause nonneeced." begun and pending or any criminal offense committed prior to the passage of t is Act shall be in any way affected by 1t. _ _ °“°° “’ v*“°°""·· Sec. 4. That the clerks of said courts of said district shall maintain an office in charge of themselves or a deputy, at said city of Victoria, which shall be kept open at all times for the transaction of business. Approved, April 18, 1906. April 18.1906- CHAP. 1637. —An Act To authorize the maintaining and operating for toll an l ·R· 16140*] existing structure across Tugaloo River, known as Knox’s bridge, at a pomt where [Public, No. 109.] said river is the boundary between the States of South Carolina and Georgia. - Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRe]Jr·esentat2?ues of the United m£“gjl°° R*"°'·S·C- States of America in Cbngress assembled, That Tugaloo R. Knox and 'ruznlcp R. Knox. his assigns be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to '§‘,;“Xg,,"'§,‘g‘:§,,,t“i°’ °°°" maintain and operate the bridge known as Knox’s bridge and the approaches thereto over and across the Tu loo River where the same is I··¤=¤¤¤¤- the boundary between the States of Song. Carolina and Geor ia, from a point in Hart County, Georgia, to a point in Center '1`gwnship, W¤¤¤¤ md f°¤* Oconee County, South Carolina, for the e of wagons, buggies, carriages, and vehicles of all kinds, animals, and foot passengers; and the said Tufaloo R. Knox and his assigns shall have the right to charge, collect, an receive therefor such 'reasonable rates of toll as may be C¤¤¤¤¢¤ permissible under local and State laws: Provided, That any change in said bridge which the Secretary of War may hereafter deem necessary and order in the interest of navigation shall be promptly made by the owners thereof at their own expense. Y'¤¤*¤>¤*¢· Sec. 2. That the said bridge shall be reco ized and known as a post-road, upon which no charge shall be maria for the transportation over the same of the mails, troops, and munitions of war of the United States; and said bridge shall enjoy all the rights and privile es of ,_,g`h*gf*¤'¤Pl*· °*°-· other post-roads in the United States; and the Suited States shail have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal, tolegru(ph, and telephone purposes; and equal privileges in the use of said _ bri ge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies: mg lam not Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to repeal affected. or modify any of the provisions of law now cxistingin reference to the prote<·tion_ofV the navigation of rivers or to exempt said bridge from the operation of the same. ‘““°“d“‘““‘· Sm:.  That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herebv expressly reserved. _ U Approved, April 15, 1906. »?§¤’iL1%lg06· CHAP. 1§39.—An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue patent _ __,__ to_ the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Little Missouri River congregation to cer- [Public, No. 110.] tam lands for cemetery purposes. an d_ vi Be it enacted hy tire Senate and Hou.se of kepresenmtiees of the Dizited ,,e;g,c,]‘j·}_‘},'M,,’,{f"I'f{{j States of rlmerzeez up Congress etssemblerl, That the Secretary of the Zsngriéiriggsi qlgygr Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue patent nmagm éeimmi to the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Little Missouri River con- P‘“'*’°““ ¤“‘°¤"*d ’°- gregation, for cemetery purposes, to the following-described land, to