FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 208, 210. 1873. 479 approaches thereto, under and upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War, upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties in case they shall not agree. Sec. 7. That the right to alter or amend this act, so as to prevent or This act may remove all material obstructions to the navigation of said river by the be °‘l""°d* &°‘ construction of the said bridge, is hereby expressly reserved, without any liability of the government for damages on account of the alteration or h . amendment of this act, or on account of the prevention or requiring the ppg, {:2;. removal of any such obstructions; and if any change be made in the plan proved by the of construction of any bridge constructed under this act, during the prog- b‘*€,;;’;z’·`;;’€XV“" ress of the work thereon or before the completion of said bridge, such briégcogidcred by change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and C¤¤8f¤SS *<> b<> - · · · · made at the exany change in the construction, or any alterauon of said bridge that may pam of the be directed at any time by Congress, shall be made at the cost and expense owners. of the owners thereof APPROVED, February 27, 1873. CHAP. CCVIII. - An Act to provide jbr the Expenses ay' the Investigation ¢y"¢he recent Feb- 27, 1873- senatorial Election in Kansas. ‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amerz'ca in Congress assembled, That the sum of ten thousand Appropriation dollars is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expenses of the select committee recenii $8,,,,,0,,,; appointed by the Senate on the tenth of February to inquire into certain election in Kancharges of bribery and corruption in connection with the recent senatorial ’”‘ election in Kansas. Approved, February 27, 1873. CHAP COX. -—-An Act making Approprz`atz'0ns for the Sup crt of the Military Acad- F°b· 2B- 1873* amy for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hxuzdied and seuentyjour. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mailed States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and Military Acathe same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury QBMY ¤PP*°P¤’i¤· not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Military Academy for ml" the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, namely : For additional pay of officers, and for pay of instructors, professors, Omem, incadets, and musicians, two hundred and twenty thousand three hundred §;*¤¤°°*¤» ¤¤d¤¤» and seventy-nine dollars and fifty cents: Provided, That the professors of $,3,,,, of mM_ the United States Military Academy whose service at the academy exceeds sors established; ten years shall have the pay and allowances of colonel, and all other pro- of2E_ fessors shall have the pay and allowances of lieutenant-colonel; and the prmgcai mg;- instructors of ordnance and science of gunnery and of practical engineer- Mefivsting shall have the pay and allowances of major; and hereafter there shall Ippmasc Of; 6 be allowed and paid to the said professors ten per centum of their current §:g,S?'s§,Y§2e_ "° yearly pay for each and every term of five years’ service in the army and Addition not to at the academy: Provided, That such addition shall in no case exceed °X§i;;l;ig§;M as forty per centum of said yearly pay; and said professors are hereby placed t,, ,,,,),,,,,,1 ,,8,,,,,, upon the same footing, as regards restrictions upon pay and retirement mem. from active service, as officers of the army. For repairs and improvements, timber, plank, boards, joists, wall—strips, Repairs, fuel, laths, shingles, slate, tin, sheet-lead, nails, screws, locks, butts, hinges, &°· glass, paint, turpentine, oils, bricks, varnish, stone, lime, cement, plaster, hair, blasting-powder, fuel, iron, steel, tools, mantels, and other similar materials, fourteen thousand five hundred dollars. For pay of citizen-mechanics and labor employed upon repairs that Qigizqncannot be done by enlisted men, eight thousand dollars. m°° "““°" For fuel and apparatus, namely: coal, wood, stoves, grates, furnaces,
