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 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 140-142. 1921. 323 CHAP. 140.-An Act To extend the time for constructing a bridge across the White N°'¤¤§b°' 23i 1921- Rrver at or near the town oi Des Arc, Arkansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the United States of America. in Congress assembled, 'Fiiat the times for com- Wh1t<=Riv¤r· mencing and completing the brid e authorized by the Act of Congress bri%'”’°g,°x;l$°°i;°.`},d§°,{ approved February 19, 1920, togbe built across the White River at §,;,,F_*E§’,»_ l'·¤ °° D°" or near the town of Des Arc, Arkansas, by Gordon N. Peay, junior, Vi>1-41.v-436.¤m¤¤<1- his heirs and assigns, are hereby extended one year and three years, °°' regiectively, from the date of approval hereof. no. 2. hat the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby ·"“‘°°"”“"‘· expressly reserved. Approved, November 23, 1921. CHAP. 141.-An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the White N°v°fgP;7r2i?l1w1` River, in Prairie County, Arkansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States tg America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress what mw. is here y granted to Harry E. Bovay, his successors and assigps, to m3°'§’§,dgg‘ ,,£§’vf—§{§ construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto V ¤ Bm- Am across the White River, at a oint where the Bankhead I·Iighway now crosses the said river, said point being now designated as just south of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Comdpany’s bridge, near the cit of De Valls Bluff, count of Prairie, an State of Arkansas. Said bridge shall be constructed, at or near such (point as is most suitable to e interests of navigation and in accor ance comments. with the (provisions of the Act of Congress approved March 23, 1906, V°l· 3*- P· “· entitled An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters." SBC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendmentexpressly reserved. Approved, November 23, 1921. 142.-An Act To amend section 955 of the Revised Statutes by extending N°vr·i?izitsb·tsi]m` the jurisdiction of coiuts in cases of revivor.  Be it enacted by the Senate and H ous;3/' Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemb, That section 955 of the Re- §”§°"_§¤“,°gg°;,”‘&',{~ vlsed Statutes of the United States is hereby amended to read as smshdéu. ' ' f°u°WSi iigiiilzrzyiikm in a _ “SEc. 955. When either of the parties, whether plaintiff or peti- ¤¤{{··mv b to tioner or defendant, in any suit in any court of the United States, dies ¤¤amsriim{¤°:°° r before Hnal judgment, the executor or administrator of such deceased party may, in case the cause of action survives by law, prosecute or efend_ any such suit to final `udgment. The defendant shall answer nassaui m sniwcorclingdy, and the court shall hear and determine the cause and sw"` render ju gment for or against the executor or administrator, as the case may require. And if such executor or administrator, having etg¤<})g¤g_$g;u°t¤;r¤gr¤·:h§ been duly served with a Scire facias from the office of the clerk of the ministrator to become Court where the suit is depending twenty days beforehand, neglects ’“'°“°’“i°‘ or refuses to become arty to the suit, the court may render judgment Eainst the estate oi) the deceased party in the same manner as if e executor or administrator had voluntarily made himself a party. The executor or administrator who becomes a party as aforesaid °¤¤¤¤°¤¤°°- shall, upon motion to the court, be entitled to a contmuance of the suit the next tirrpucgf said   I d E M ui _ ‘ e rovisions o section app y to suits in uit an ¤¤¤ *° W m admiriilty as well as to suits at law, and the   bf all °°il¤n¤ci¤ii§“¤¢ courts of the United States shall extend to and over executors and °°"'“