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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cas. 320, 328, 329. 1894. 50] any change be made in the plan of said bridges, or either of them, camp-. during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to approval of the Secretary of War. And the said structure shall be changed at the cost and expense of the owners thereof, from time to time, as the Secretary of War may direct, so as to preserve the tree and convenient navigation of said streams, and theauthority to erect and continue any and all of said bridges shall be subject torevocation by the of War whenever the public good, in 'his judgment, so requires. Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby A¤¤¤¤•i¤¤¤¢· ·¤¤- expressly reserved. ‘ Sec. 7. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction Commencement and of the bridge or bridges herein authorized be not commenced within °°'“"°"°“‘ mic year and completed within three years from the approval of this ct. Approved, August 23, 1894. CHAP. 328.-An Act To open, widen, and extend alleys in the District of Augutu, IBM. Columbia. wm; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representation of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of Congress _1>nme¢ cr enum. approved July twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, *%,,,,,,,,8 m,,,, entitled “An Act to provide for the opening of alleys in the District ¤¤g·¤{s2!;,¤q¤•r•¤· of Columbia," be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to authorize °' “M the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, under the terms and conditions of said Act in regard to the opening, extending, widening, or straightening of alleys, to open minor streets in said District of a width not less than forty feet, nor more than sixty feet, to run through a square from one street to another, whenever in the judgment of said Commissioners the public interests require it. Sec. 2. That the words, •‘ one copy of which (plat) shall be tiled with $=j{_¤§v¤·g,_ the recorder of deeds and the other in the office of the Commissioners "” of the District of Columbia," in section three of said Act be, and the same are hereby, amended so as to read •‘ one copy of said plat shall be tiled and recorded zu the omce of the surveyor of the District of Columbia, one in the office of the recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia, and one in the office of the Commissioners of said District." Sec. 3. That the words “six dollars for the services of said marshal,” l,¢•,¤2¤3,•1‘•2g9 in section live of said Act, be, and the same are hereby, amended so °' ‘°‘ ' as to read, “ilve dollars per diem for the services of said marshal when actually employed." Approved, August 24, 1894. CHAP. 329.-An Act To prevent the recordinfg of subdivisions of land in the Dis- August A isn. trict of Columbia in the office of the recorder o deeds. """""""_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqiresentativea of the United . States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter it shall not be mm-me of enum. lawful for any person or persons to record any map or plat of the sub- ""§m,,,, Pm, ,,, N division of land in the District of Columbia in the office of the recorder Mrligfglt ·1•>•<¤¤‘ <>¤i¤¤ of deeds for said District, whether such map or plat be attached to a `"` deed or other document or is olfered separately for record. Approved, August 24, 1894.