240 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 12-15. 1898. ·l¤1¤¤1’! 3L i899· CHAP. 12.-An Act To provide an American register for the steamer Navahoe. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Sw¤m¤r"N¤v¤11¤¤-" States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Navi-
- ,,'T’°"°°“ ”°g"t" gation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the foreign-built
` steamer Navahoe, owned by B. F. Clyde, a citizen of the United States, to be registered as a vessel of the United States. Approved, January 31, 1898. F¤l¤‘¤¤’Y3·i$98- CHAP. 13.-—A.u Act To amend and reenact section five of an Act entitled "An UU"; Act to authorize the mayor and city council of Monroe, and the police jury of the parish of Ouachita, Louisiana, to construct a trahic bridge across the Ouachita. River, opposite said city," approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ch§{j·;gxPm°*g 0*** States of America in Congress assembled, That section five of an Act ‘entitled “An Act to authorize the mayor and city council of Monroe, and the police jury of the parish of Ouachita, Louisiana, to construct a "°*· 2°· P· 51* trailic bridge across the Ouachita River, opposite said city,” be,'and _ the same is hereby, amended and reenacted so as to read as follows: m§fl"‘,},{‘_{',g°,‘}_ff‘,‘;f,§‘],$, “Sec. 5. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction mwdoc of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced by the eighth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and completed within three years from the date of the approval hereof." Approved, February 3, 1898. Februsrys. 1898. CHAP. 14.-An Act To provide an American register for the barkeutine Sharp- ——-—-————- shooter, of San Francisco, `alifornia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United B.,;m,m,,,_ 4;,,,,,. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of
- ,•[g;'}wA"¤°*“ Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the tbreigxrbuilt
` barkentine Sharpshooter, owned by the J. F. Cunningham Company, organized under the laws of the State of California, to be registered as a vessel of the United States, under the name of Ruth. Approved, February 9, 1898. February g_;8gg_ CHAP. 15.-An Act To provide for the appointment of an additional district ~— -— - —--— judge in and for the northern judicial district of the State of Texas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ Additwunl mnmpt States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be in the {§{Q',"Q;,. ¥{§§'“ °‘“‘ northern judicial district of the State of Texas an additional district judge, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice of the Senate, and shall possess the same qualifications and have the same power and jurisdiction now prescribed by law in respect to the present district judge therein. No vacsncyiu officc Sec. 2. That no vacancy in the office of the existing district judge j',fdg‘;‘{§‘,j‘j‘§,uQ}],*f‘"“* of said northern judicial district of Texas shall be tllled by appointment, and in case of such vacancy there shall be thereafter one district judge only for said district. Approved, February 9, 1898.
