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204 FIFTIETH CONGRESS Sess. I. Ons. 486, 487. 1888.

  • •*“°*°”*U“°“°°- Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the l’resident, by and with the

advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint one additional associate T¤¤¤- justice of said su reme court, who sha 1 hold his office for the_ term of four years, ami) until his successor is appointed and %ual1fied. ~{:¤¤¤ ¤¢ i¤¤— Sec. 3. That temporarily, and until otherwise ordere by law, the additional associate 'ustice to be appointed under this act shall_from time to time, as the business of the courts may requ1re, be assigned by the governor of said Territory of Utah, to either of the judicial d1stricts thereof as an associate of the judgle already assigned to such district, and each of said judges may ho d separate hearings and trials, or sit and act together or the expedition of the business of such district, as they may deem expedient, and the times and places as now fixed by the statutes of said erritory for holding court therem shall remain until changed by law. Approved, June 25, 1888. June U, 1GB. Q7.-?; actto aulthorize the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee · ·————~ ver a or neu- oxvnlle, ennessee. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rgpresentatives of the ugvrgiha ¤¤¤¤xv¤1¤ United States ¢%Aw¢erica in Congress assemble , That the Carolina, cempmy mya-agi Knoxville and estern Railway omlpan% organized under the laws

 ,,.§j;°*‘ **° of the State of Tennessee, be, and is ere y, authorized to construct

' and maintain a bridge, and a preaches thereto, over the Tennessee River, at or near the cig of Ignoxville, Tennessee, in the county of Knox. Said bridge sh l be constructed to provide for the passage 1v.¤.n»g»y,w.g¤¤,s¤a 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 animals, and for foot passengers, for reasonable rates or tolls, to be fixed by said company; and the Secretary of War shall have the right, from time to time, to revise, prescribe, and T¤¤¤~ determine such rates or tolls.

•¤¤ Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known

as a post-route, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post—roads in the United States. That 1d1e bridge authorized to be constructed under this act shall be a lawful structure and shall be recognized and known as a post-route, and the same is hereb declared to be a post-route, upon w iich also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mail, troops, and munitions of war of the United States, or for through railway passengers or freight passinglover said bridge, than the rate per mile for their tran - mission over the railroad lea ing to said brid e, and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph com anies; and the United States shall have the right of way across saidbridge pea.; dumps and its approaches for postal telegiraph purposes; that the said bridge shall be so constructed either by e raw, span, or otherwise, that a free Umbstmcwd nm- and unobstructed passage-way may be secured to all water-craft navi-

 gating said river at the point aforesaid: Previded, That if said bridge

authorized to be constructed under this act shall be constructed as a Dr"- draw-bridge, the draw shall be opened promptly upon the reasonable signals for the passage of boats or vessels; and said corporation shall mgm, em. maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bri ge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe. mQ;g,gj °°¤¤¤·¤*¤¤ Sec. 3. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge ` shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privile es relative to · the passage of railway trains over the same, and over the ap roaches thereto, upon the payment of a reasonable com ensation Ifor such use; and m case the owner or owners of said bridlge, and the several railroad companies, or any one of them, desiring such use, shall fail