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388 FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Rus. 111, 112. 1870. july 14. 1870. [No. 111.] Jain: Ilimpilqtpn ge £I;cqnsville 3;dB·?;ut}i;g=: n Railmnd Com,. pany! 1g1t to us u r across . Be it resoléed by the Senate and House of Representatfives of the Gzited E'¤¤¤'m9_°’ld States of America in Oemgress assembled, '1`hatthe Evansville and Southern

 2:2;,18 Illinois Railroad Company, a corporation 0l‘g3.¤iZ6d under an act of the

constructs. legislature of the State of Illinois, is hereby granted the right to con-

’;;d¤‘g;°€,°;;¤Sh struct an iron or. wooden bridge for rnilroad purposen and a. puplic

mm-_ highway, either with a, draw or a contxnuous japan, as nt may eternpng, across the Bi¤ Wabash river at any pomt sm corporation may se em, either at the little chain, in or opposite White county, Illinois, anti Posey county, Indiana, or at any point abovelthe game, extending up said river as fur ns the town of New Harmony, m sand county of Posey, and State Provisoif of Indiana; and should said railroad. company hereafter at any time 23m};':;;' gg" consolidate with the Evansville, Carmi, anld P3(illUC8hfRRlll‘Ogd Company of Indiana or any company now organize or even ter to e organized in the sailzl State of Indiana, that the rights and franchises hereby granted shall cnurc to and become vested in said consolidated company Bridge how to and its assigns forever: Provided, That the bridge to be constructed l’° °°“""“°’°d· under the authority hereby granted shall not interfere with the free navigntion of said stream beyond what is necessary IH or er to carry mto full effect the rights and privileges hereby grunted, and shall be built at right anégle; with the cuprenti of the stgeargn uéhcrei said bpidpe piay be lerecterl, an t. ataspnce 0 at east one un re an seven y ee over tie mam channel of said stream shall be left between the piers of said structure: D¤‘¤Wl>¤‘idz¤ And provided jim/ter, That if said bridge shall be built with st draw of $3§Q°n2??g§°Qf§n not less than one hundred feet in width, und said draw is kept in repair if &c. for the passswe of boats at all times the detention of pzxssinv said bridrre , shall not be gonstrued as interfei·ingi with.the navigation ofcthe stream: B'l*l!€°*° bw And it is art/ner rovided That said brid e shall be and considered z. le nrstructure P ’ g . . . jd p°,,t_,,md_ legel structure, end shall be n. post-road for the transmission lot the spun, piers, United States mails: Andprovzdedpcrt/cer, That m case said bridge is h°l8h'• &°· built with at continuous span, the piers shall be at least two hundred feet apart, und the bridge shall be built at such height as not to interfere with the navi ation of said river b steamboats. S Y Ar1>1z0vsn, July 14, 1870. July 14, 1870. [No. 112.] Joint Resolution ta construe the Aethef Merch thz`11_y-one, eiqhtcen hundred and sixiyezy t. Bc it resolved the Senate and House 0 Re resentatives o the United . . P . u13;'¤°";bm*; States of America m Congress assembled, That the act of March thirty- ugn ofognam first, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, chapter forty-one, shall be held cotton manu- and construed not to prohibit the drawback provided tbr by section six

‘;Q;‘2”§£’;’¤' of th; suit of July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty~six, chapter

which has paid cnc un red und eighty-four,' of as many cents per pound of cotton ¤¤ég;°;¤;3;g;:- cloth, yarn, thread, or knit. articles, manufactured exclusively from c0t· cfm? ton and exported prior to May first., eighteen hundred and sixtymine, ma, eh. 41. as shall have been assessed and paid m the form of an internal tax upon 18X$‘l$Q8g·4‘g: the raw cotton entering into the manufacture of said cloth or other artivOi_,$;·,»_p{g9_ cle: Provided, That Isuch -dmwbacks shall be limited to exportations P¤¤*¤¤¤· made not more than six months after the date of supplemental regulations issued by the commissioner of internal revenue, and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury May sixteen, eighteen hundred and sixty eight. .AP1"ROVED, July 14, 1870.