12 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 48, 49, 50. 1886. Assignment of Sec. 6. That all the rights, privileges, and immunities granted and in-
- 81*** °fH‘“m“’“1 eluded in an act entitled “An act authorizing the construction of a
?¤:?l,§g°tg::,,mm bridge over the Missouri River at or near Arrow Rock, M1ssour1,” apnassqy pany proved April first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, having_been Vol. 22,p. 38. transferred and assigned by the Hannibal and Southwestern Railway Company to its successor, the Central Missouri Railway Company said transfer and assignment is hereby ratified anu confirmed to said Central Missouri Railway Company. _ _ mgm. munenn, · Sec. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby ¢¤¤·» ¤·¤¤¤’*•d· expressly reserved. _ Approved, April 15, 1886. ' CHAP. 9.- ane Miss' ’ iWater-Power and Boom Com an
of Brainerd, MinA:e:dttaf,° to cmngéha damlglclrldd the Mississippi River. P y,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Dam ,,,,0,,,, m,,. States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of the Govalssippi Rive:-may ernment is hereby given to the Mississippi Water·Power and Boom b° lmm b! m¤¤*¤· Company of Brainard, Minnesota, to construct across the Mississippi
- 2"fg:;::°'é::,';' River, af some point not more than two miles from the limits of said
, _ up gmi,,,£d_ city of Brainard, to be approved by the Secretary of War, a dam, canal Minn. and the appurtenances thereof, for water-power and other purposes, cmd md b*'ld8°· and in connection therewith a wagon and foot bridge for public travel: I"°°*•°•· Provided, That the Government of United States may at any time con· L,,,;,_ struct in connection therewith a suitable lock for navigation purposes: Provided also, That the Government of the United States may at any Govemmentmay time take possession of said dam and control the same for purposes of ¢¤k¤ P°¤¤¤¤¤i¤¤- navigation, by paying said company the actual cost of the same, but shall not do so to the destruction of the water-power created by said dam: Provided further, That the Secretary of War may at any time Navigation. require and enforce, at the expense of the owners, such modiiication and changes in the construction of said dam as he may deem advisable in the interests of navigation; and that said dam shall, if necessary, be so built that boats and rafts may pass through the same, without the museum, imposition of any toll or charge: And provided further, That all suits relative to any obstruction of navigation ari ing from said dam may be tried in the United States circuit and district courts for Minnesota. Rsgntm menu, Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby M-- *°¤¤1’*¤d· expressly reserved without any claim of any kind arising in favor of any party in consequence of such amendment or repeal. Approved, April 15, 1886. ' . .—An act antho i he ns a ' Apu] 15, IX ¤‘g°5g°nUwi°¤d mbngrgg t cc traction of building forthe •ocommoda· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United gon 5,.,,,,,;,,,,,; States of America in Congress assembled, That a fire-proof building, for Library. _ the accommodation of the Library of Congress, shall be erected east of hF¤‘¢·P=¤¤¤'l>¤¤d· the Capitol, and either between B street north and East Capitol street gin. and First street east and Second street east, or between B street south Plan. and East Capitol street and First street east and Second street east, and as the commission hereinafter provided shall determine; and the construction of said building, substantially according to the plan submitted to the Joint Select Committee on Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress, by John L. Smithmeyer, in the Italian renaissance style of architecture, with such modifications as may be found necessarytor advantageous, without materially increasing the cost of commission ,0 the building, shall in charge of a commission composed of the can charges!. Secretary of the Interior, the Architect of the Capitol Extension and
