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]_4O FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 246-248. 1888. $¢¤¤¤$¤¤'Y °* W¤"·° all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary °dJ°S° dmpuwi of War, upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties. R¤i\w¤y·w¤s¤¤.¤¤¤ Sec. 5. That said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the f°°°mdg°' passage of railway trains and, at the option of the corporation by which it may be built, may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of anima s, and for foot-passengers, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be approved, from time to time, by the Secretary) of War. _ _ E¤**¤**¤S *"’** Sec. 6. That the said ridge shall be built under the provisions of VOL 1% P~ M the act of seventeenth December, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and authorizing the construction of bridges across the Ohio River and the amendatory act of fourteenth Fe ruary, eighteen hundred "¤L 2% P· *1* and sevent —three, except in so far as the provisions of said acts may

  • ’"”"’°· be modified, or changed b the provisions of this act: Pro*v·wted,_ That

‘9‘°'¤¤*9¤°°’¤°¤°*¤d if the construction of saidr bridge shall not be commenced within one °°mpmm` year, and completed within four years after the ripssage of this act, all privileges conferred hereby, and this act, sha become null and v01 . Am°"d"'°°°’ Sec. 7. That Congress shall have power at any time to alter, amend or repeal this act. Approved, May 14, 1888. ——-——··—--— I M8! 14, 1888. CHAP. 24'I.—An act authorizin the Secretary of the Treasury to award a gold """"""'""` medal of the first class to Captain Thomas Sampson, of New York City, for rescuing five boys from drowning. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the R;>_*g‘{•édS:ml;•k¤§i& United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary smug inedd?0 of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to award to Ca tain Thomas Sampson, o New York City, a gold medal of the first dlass, for brave in rescuing, at the peril of his own life, five boys from drowning—Kree in June, eighteen hundred and nfty- four, and two in June, eighteen hundred and fifty-six. Approved, May 14, 1888. May ¥4· 19% CHAP. 248.-An act to grant a right of way to the Kansas City and Pacino Rail- "-”""";_` road Company through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re resentatives of the cigjgjylglg gglngg; United States of America in Congress as.s·e·mblec£ That the Kansas ny may mud mnway, City and Pacific Railroad Com any, acorporation created under and °§§§f,‘{§‘,{';;,,$,P,j‘,,g,§*¥,'fj by virtue of the laws of the State of Kansas, be, and the same is giaxmcrv. hereby, invested and empowered with the right of locating, construct- ` ing, owning, equipping, orierating, using, and maintaining a railway, telegraph, and te ephone ine through the Indian Territory, beginning at any Spomt to be selected by said railroad compan on the south line of the tate of Kansas, in the county of Labette or ll/[ontgome , at or near Coffeyville, and running thence by the most practicable route through the Indian Territory to a point on the southern boundary of the said Indian Territory, and within three miles of where the line of the Denison and Wichita Valley Railroad crosses Red River, with a branch commencing at Ockmulgee, and running thence westerly or southwesterly, to the south line of said Indian Territor , at or near the mouth of the north fork of Red River, with the right to construct, use, and maintain such tracks, turnouts, branches, sidings, and extensions as said comyiimy may deem it to their interest to construct along and upon the rig t of way and depot grounds herein _ provided for. 0,Q§;¤}g¤=i¤¤ M Hsu Sec. 2. That said corporation is authorized to take and use for all purposes of a railway, and for no other purpose, a right of way one