184 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 389, 390. 1888. MMM Sec. 10. That on the passage of this act the Commissioner of Labor shall at once submit estimates for the expenses of the Department of Labor for the next fiscal year, giving in deta1l the number and salaries of officers and employees therem. Approved, June 13, 1888. June 18. 186% CHAP. 390.-—An act to authorize the Fort Smith and Choctaw Bridge Company """’"‘“'" to construct a bridge across the Poteau River in the Choctaw Nation, near Fort Smith, Arkansas. Be it emwted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the F¤¤*S¤2¤**¤¤¤*°*·°°· Urvited States 0 America. in Gon ress assembled, That 1t shall be tar €0¤P•¤U Ft · g ‘
rama lawful for the ort Smith and Choctaw Bridge Company, a corpora-
§,';*gmI“,3·,’ gpg ”°“ tion duly created and organized under the laws of the State of Arkansas, their successors or assigns, to build, construct, and maintain a bridge rw, p.ss4. and approaches thereto for the passage of wagons, cars, and vehicles of all 'nds for the transit of ammals and for foot-passengers across the Poteau River in the Choctaw Nation at or near ort Sm1th, upon the land owrégd claimed by Mrs. M. A. Bower, a member of the Choctaw tri 0. ¤¤¤¤*’¤¤°*°¤· Sec. 2. That if said bridge shall be made with unbroken and con- ¤1>¤¤& tinuous span, the spans sh not be less than seventy feet in the clear, and the main s an shall be over the main channel of the river. The lowest part of the superstructure of said shall be_ at least thirty feet above extreme high water, as unders at the point of location:
- ’**·¤**°•- Provided, That if the same shall be constructed as a draw-bridge,
¤¤*— the draw or pivot shall be over the main channel of the river at an accessible navigable point, and ggre a clear opening of seventy feet inwidth, and the spans shall not less than ten feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the (point of location to the lowest plart of the superstructure of said bri ge: Provided also, That said faggstigah be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passing o . "§'}c},°g§_*“¥’"°P Sec. 3. That said corporation is authorized to take and use for all purposes of a highway or approaches to said bridge, and for no other purpose, a right of way not exceeding fifty feet in width on each side of said Poteau River, over the lands c aimed by individuals under the laws and usages of said tribe of Choctaw Indians, and may contract for and obtain the same from such Indian or Indians by purchase: Promo. Provided, That no part of the lands herein authorized to be taken be leased or sold by the company, and they shall not be used except in such manner and for such purposes only as shall be necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said highway; and when any uma; so met is portion thereof shall cease to be so used, such portion shall revert to “°° “‘°" '°" *"‘”" "’· th; individual Indian or Indians from which the same shall have been ta en. laggpwwrwn wr Sec. 4. That before said highway shall be constructed through `any lands held by individual occupants according to the laws, customs, and usages of the Choctaw nation, full compensation shall be made to such occupants for all property to be taken or dame e done by reason of the construction o such ighway. In case of failure to make amicable settlements with any occu ant, such compensation shall F¤f¤¤‘¤¤¤— be determined by the appraisement otp three disinterested referees, to be alppointed, one, who shall act as chairman, by the President, one py zhe chipflpf Jhe nation to whlich bsgiid occupant belongsé and one e said ri ge company; w o, ore enterin u n the duties og their agpraisements, shall take and subscribegbeidre a district judge, cler of a district court, or United States commissioner, an oat that they will faithfully and impartially dischar the duties of their appraisement, which oath, duly certified, shadabe returned with their award to and filed with the Secretary of the Interior within
