] 14 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 242-244. 1882, Sec. 4.-That the said bridge and accessory works, when built and constructed under this act and according to the terms and limitations thereof, shall be lawful structures; and said bridge shall be recognized um, , P,". and known as a post-route, upon which also no higher charge shall bg route. made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to _ said bridge; and said bridge shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-routes in the United States; and Congress reserves the right - at any time to regulate by appropriate legislation the charges for fr·eight and passengers over said bridge. Authorized to Sec. 5.-That said corporation may execute a mortgage upon the $ "{::£€" bridge, its approaches and appurtenances, including said accessory °°"° ‘ works, and issue bonds secured by the same, bearing such rate of interest, and payable, principal and interest, as such corporation sb all determine; and such mortgage shall constitute the iirst lien upon the saidbégidge and other property in said mortgage mentioned and descrr . P gm? t 6I.TThat thedlhnliitdegd States shall have the rightof-way for postal www wt 8 eegrap acrosssu e. United States. Pei-minion for Sec. 7.—That the Sioux City and Paeiilc Railroad Company may !¤•¤8¤¤¤¤* °* assign all the rights, privileges, and franchises conferred by and con-
- 8****** °°°‘ tained in this act, if said company shall deem said assignment expedient ,
mm. and for its best interests: Provided, however, That said bridge, if built by the assigns of said company, shall be constructed and maintained in all gn the termjmagd subject to ttlhe coaditioéis, limitations, and res cons ereincon ’ reservin e' tto ngresstoamen alter, or repeal this act. g ng . dy Approved, June 27, 1882. Jura W, IE. CHAP. 243.-An act to vacate a certain part of Rock street, in Georgetown, in the ·····—····———--· District oi Columbia. Be it enacted by the Scnateaad Hoare0f3g:-caeata¢ioe•o1€'tAe United Rock atreet, iStatesofA•nericn in Congress assembled, That e portion of ock street, °°°!8°*_*z¤•D·| cio in Georgetown, in the District of Columbia lying between Bridge street lm "°" and the mtergyectron of said Bock street with Monroe street be, and the same is here , vacated. Approved, June 27, 1882. ‘ June Z, ISB. CHAP. 244.-An scttoauthorizethe Southern Maryland Railroad extend ——-—-—— arailroad into and within the Dhtrict of Columbifmpmy to Southern Katy- Whereas, It is represented to this present Congress that the South- L;:"},.§y*1L";:•} ern Maryland Railroad Company, organised under the provisions of the and Nahum act of the general assembly of the State of Maryland, entitled, "A¤ with inopasum act to incorporate the Southern Maryland Railroad Company," approved dg1x3 March twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, desire to extend · their rarlrom into and within the District of Columbia: Therefore Bo ot cnacledjy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stem of elmerrca on Congress assembled, That the Southern Maryland Railroad Company shall be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to extend their railroad rnto and within the District of Columbia, bland over the route or routes and from and to the terminal point or 1;.,,,,4,;;,,,, of points following, that is to say_: Entering the said Distr-ict near its route. northeastern angle and proceeding thence in a northwestwardly directron across the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad near Benning’s Station, on that road, and across the eastern branch of the Potomac River about one thousand feet above and north of Benningh Bridge, and run-
