To enable the Secretary of War to repair the sub-marine cable, Block Island Bay, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary in the judgment of the Secretary of War.

NAVY DEPARTMENT-BUREAU OF ORDNANCE.

For material for the gun-carriages for the Chicago, ten thousand dollars.

For powder for the Boston, twelve thousand dollars.

For labor in the Washington Navy-Yard for continuing work on the armament of the new steel cruisers, sixty thousand dollars. For freight and material for armament of the new steel cruisers, forty-eight thousand nine hundred and thirteen dollars.

For payment of foreign and domestic bills, for which vouchers have been issued and approved by the Bureau of Ordnance, for the armament of the new steel cruisers, thirty-seven thousand two hundred and ninety-four dollars and eighty-four cents, or so much thereof as may be found necessary.

To enable the Navy Department to pay existing obligations, under contracts made by the Bureau of Ordnance, for armament of the new steel cruisers, eighty-three thousand six hundred and fifty-five dollars and sixteen cents.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

For fees of jurors, United States courts, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, fifty thousand dollars. For fees of witnesses, United States courts, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, one hundred and thirtyfive thousand dollars.

POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

Post-Office Department.

Gas for money

Auditor's Offices.

That the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, authorized to transfer from the appropriation for gas for the Post Office Department, order and Sixth fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, to the appropriation for gas for buildings for the Money Order and Sixth Auditor's Offices, fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

Capitol Hill

oflice, reut, etc.

That the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, branch city postout of the appropriation for rent, light, and fuel for the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, rent for the building on Capitol Hill used as a branch of the Washington city post-office, at a rate not to exceed thirty dollars per month, for the current fiscal year, or for such part thereof as the said building may be occupied for the purpose aforesaid.

INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

Interior Department.

Freedman's Hos

For repairs to water tank on the main building of the Freedman's Hospital and Asylum, Washington, District of Columbia, two hundred pital, repairs to and sixty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

SENATE.

For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, five thousand dollars.

WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

The sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be neces sary, to enable the Secretary of War to preserve, from flooding or other injury during the suspension of operations thereon the tunnel now being

water-tank.

Senate.

Miscellaneous

items.

District of Columbia.

Water supply, to protect tunnel for

increased.

constructed under authority of an act to increase the water supply of Vol. 22, p. 168. Washington City and for other purposes, approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, the said sum to be subject to all the provisions and restrictions of said act and of the act approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, making appropriations for the expenses of the Government of the District of Columbia, as to its apportionment and settlement between the United States and the District of Columbia and the refunding thereof.

Vol. 23, p. 132.

Mar. 29, 1886.

Vol. 13, p. 99.

Approved, March 26, 1886.

CHAP. 28.-An act additional to an act entitled "An act to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof," passed June third, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Receiver of na- States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever the receiver of tional bank to cer- any national bank duly appointed by the Comptroller of the Currency, tify to Comptroller and who shall have duly qualified and entered upon the discharge of of the Currency the equity of bank his trust, shall find it in his opinion necessary, in order to fully protect in property to be and benefit his said trust, to the extent of any and all equities that such trust may have in any property, real or personal, by reason of any bond, mortgage, assignment, or other proper legal claim attaching thereto, and which said property is to be sold under any execution, decree of foreclosure, or proper order of any court of jurisdiction, he may certify the facts in the case, together with his opinion as to the value of the property to be sold, and the value of the equity bis said trust may have in the same, to the Comptroller of the Currency, together with a request for the right and authority to use and employ so much of the money of said trust as may be necessary to purchase such property at such sale.

Bold.

Approval of Sec- SEC. 2. That such request, if approved by the Comptroller of the retary of Treasury, Currency, shall be, together with the certificate of facts in the case, etc., to be filed and his recommendation as to the amount of money which, in his judg. with Treasurer. ment, should be so used and employed, submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, and if the same shall likewise be approved by him, the request shall be by the Comptroller of the Currency allowed, and notice thereof, with copies of the request, certificate of facts, and indorsement of approvals, shall be filed with the Treasurer of the United States.

Purchase.

SEC. 3. That whenever any such request shall be allowed as hereinbefore provided, the said Comptroller of the Currency shall be, and is, empowered to draw upon and from such funds of any such trust as may be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States for the benefit of the bank in interest, to the amount as may be recommended and allowed and for the purpose for which such allowance was made: Provided, however, That all payments to be made for or on account of the purchase of any such property and under any such allowance shall be made by the Comptroller of the Currency direct, with the approval of Approval of pay- the Secretary of the Treasury, for such purpose only and in such manner as he may determine and order.

Proviso.

ments.

Mar. 29, 1886.

Approved, March 29, 1886.

CHAP. 29.-An act to authorize the increase of the capital stock of the First National Bank of Shakopee Minnesota

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United First National States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comptroller of the Bank of Shakopee, Currency be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to allow the First Minn.; capital National Bank of Shakopee, Minnesota, to increase its capital stock, in accordance with existing laws, to any sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

stock increased.

Approved, March 29, 1886.

CHAP. 30.-An act to enable the Public Printer to continue in effect the provisions of the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution authorizing the Public Printer to remove certain material from the Government Printing Office" approved February sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three.

Mar. 29, 1886.

Removal of ma

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That to enable the Public Government Printer to continue in effect the provisions of the joint resolution enti. Printing Office. tled "Joint resolution authorizing the Public Printer to remove certain terial from. material from the Government Printing Office," approved February sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, the sum of fourteen thousand five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 29, 1886.

Vol. 22, p. 637.
Appropriation.

CHAP. 40.-An act to authorize the publication of a new edition of the Postal
Laws and Regulations.

Mar. 30, 1886.

edition.

No extra

com

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for printing and publish Laws and reguing a new edition of the Laws and Regulations of the Post Office De. lations, Post-office partment, consisting of seventy-five thousand copies, there is appropri- Department, new ated seventeen thousand four hundred and seventy-five dollars; such edition to be prepared under the direction of the Postmaster General, and printed at the Government Printing Office. No extra compensation shall be allowed to any officer or clerk of the Department for serv. pensation. ices in preparing or superintending the publication of such edition. The Postmaster General may authorize the sale of copies of such edi- Sale of copies. tion, not needed for the use of the Department, to individuals, at the cost thereof, with ten per centum added; the proceeds of such sales to be deposited in the Treasury as part of the postal revenues. Approved, March 30, 1886.

CHAP. 41-An act to amend section three hundred and four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, authorizing the temporary appointment of an Acting Assistant Treasurer.

Mar. 31, 1886.

R. S., sec. 304, p.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section three hundred and four of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same is 51, amended. hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

"SEC. 304. The Treasurer may, in his discretion, and with the con- Assistant Treassent of the Secretary of the Treasury, authorize the Assistant Treasurer urer.

to act in the place and discharge any or all the duties of the Treasurer

Proviso.

of the United States; and in the event of the absence or illness of either the Treasurer or the Assistant Treasurer, or both, the Secretary of the Treasurer to perActing Assistant Treasury may, on the recommendation of the Treasurer appoint for a form duties of term not exceeding thirty days at one time, from among the clerks in Treasurer. the Treasury, any one of said clerks to be Acting Assistant Treasurer during such absence or illness: Provided, however, That no such appointment shall be made until the official bond given by the principal of the office shall be made in terms to cover and apply to the acts and defaults of every such person so appointed from time to time. Such acting officer shall, moreover, for the time being, be subject to all the liabilities and penalties prescribed by law for the official misconduct in like cases of the Assistant Treasurer, for whom he acts." Approved, March 31, 1886.

April 15, 1886.

San Antonio,

Tex.

Public building
Site.

Plans, &c.

Appropriation.

Proviso.

CHAP. 47.-An act providing for the erection of a public building at San Antonio, Texas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas. ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site for, and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with fire-proof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the United States courts, postoffice, and other Government offices, at the city of San Antonio, Texas. The plans, specifications, and full estimates for said building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not excced, for the site and building complete, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, which sum is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the site shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys; and no money appropriated for this purpose shall be available until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Texas shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owners thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein; nor shall any site be purchased until estimates for the erection of a building which will furnish sufficient accommodation for the transaction of the public business, and which shall not exceed in cost the balance of the sum herein limited after the site shall have been purchased and paid for, shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury; and no purchase of site nor plans for said building shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the said sum so herein limited for site and building.

Approved, April 15, 1886.

April 15, 1886.

CHAP. 48.-An act authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Mississippi River at or near Alton, Illinois, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Bridge over Mis- States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the sissippi River, at Central Missouri Railway Company, a corporation duly and legally inAlton, Ill. Central Missouri Corporated under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Missouri, Railway Company its assigns or successors, to construct and maintain a bridge, and ap may construct. proaches thereto, over the Mississippi River at or near Alton, in the Passage of trains, State of Illinois. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the tolls, &c. passage of railway trains, and, at the option of the persons by whom it may be built, may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot passengers, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War.

Declared a law

SEC. 2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its limitful structure and ations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known post-route. as a post-route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, or passengers or freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroad or public highways leading to the said bridge; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads in the United States.

Spans.

SEC. 3. That if said bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans, the spans thereof shall not be less than three hundred feet in length in the clear, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river. The lowest part of the superstructure of said bridge shall be at least fifty feet above high-water mark, as understood at the

Proviso.

Draws.

point of location, and the bridge shall be at right angles to and its piers parallel with the current of the river: Provided, That if the same shall be constructed as a draw bridge, the draw or pivot pier shall be at or near that shore nearest the chanuel of the river where, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, the passage through the draw at that point can be consistently maintained; if not so constructed, then the draw-pier to be in the main channel, and the opening or passage-way to be so protected that water-craft can be worked through it by lines when not safe to pass otherwise; and the spans shall not be less than two hundred feet in length in the clear, with two side spans of three hundred feet each, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with and the bridge itself at right angles to the current of the river, and the spans shall not be less than ten feet above high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the lowest part of the superstructure of said bridge: Provided also, That said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passing of boats; and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset till sun. rise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light House Board shall prescribe. No bridge shall be erected or maintained under the authority of this act which shall at any time substantially or mate. to be maintained. rially obstruct the free navigation of said river; and if any bridge erected under such authority shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, obstruct such navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge to be made as will effectually obvi ate such obstruction; and all such alterations shall be made and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of the owner or owners

Proviso.

Lights, etc.

Free navigation

of said bridge; and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruc- Litigation. tion or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river caused or alleged to be caused by said bridge, the case may be brought in the district court of the United States of the State of Missouri in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located: Provided further, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers, or to exempt this bridge from the operation of the same.

SEC. 4. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge All railroad comshall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the panies to have use of bridge; com passage of railway trains over the same, and over the approaches pensation;' Secrethereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and tary of War to dein case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad cide disagreecompanies, or any one of them, desiring such use, shall fail to agree upon the sun or sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War, upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties.

ments.

Plans, etc., for

SEC. 5. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navisecurity of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall pre- submitted to Secgation, etc., to be scribe; and to secure that object the said company or corporation shall retary of War. submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed loca tion, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore-lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the loca tion of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.