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FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 235-237. 1889. 693 and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the same space of one-half mile above and onehalf mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore-lines at high and low Water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said pan and location of the bridge are a proved by the Secretary of ar the bridge shall not be commenced or built, and should any change be made in the lan of said bridge during the progress of construction such change sllall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved, and the right to require any changes in said structure or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof whenever the Secretary of War shall decide that the public interest requires it, is also expressly reserved. Sec. 7. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction Comxnencementard of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year °°mpl€°'°"‘ and completed within three years from the date thereof. Approved, February 25, 1889. ’ CHAP. 236.-An act to provide for writs of error or appeals to the Supreme Court February :5, 1m. of the United States in all cases involving the question of the jurisdiction of the ‘_—“‘—* courts below. · Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in all cases Jurisdiction or cis where a final judgment or decree shall be rendered in a circuit court °"‘° °°“"S‘ of the United States in which there shall have been a question in- R.S.,sec.669,p.131. volving the jurisdiction of the court, the party against whom the judgment or decree is rendered shall be entitled to an appeal or writ Appeuior writgfgr. of error to the Supreme Court of the United States to review such ;}{hfu§“§;§Lfg,lQ;*;f judgment or decree without reference to the amount of the same; mount. ` but in cases where the decree or judgment does not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars the Supreme Court shall not review any omy jurisdiction to question raised upon the record except suchguestion of jurisdiction; """*"""“`“‘· such writ of error or appeal shall be taken an allowed under the same ` provisions of law as apply to other writs of error or appeals except · as rovided in the next following section. SPEC. 2. That in cases of judgments or decrees mentioned in the umsmuou. first section of this act, and heretofore rendered. where the period of limitation for taking writs of error or apjpeals in other cases has not expired, appeals or writs of error may e sued out at any time within one year after the passage of this act. Approved, February 25, 1889. CHAP. 237.-An act granting right of way to the Pima Land and Water Com- p,,bm8,.y 5 W9_ pany across Fort Lowell military reservation, in Arizona, and for other purposes. —·———————-—- Be it enacted by the Senate and H0u.se of Representatives of the United States ry America in Congress assembled, That the Pima PimaLa¤<1¤¤c1W¤~ Land and Water Company, a corporation duly organized under the §€_.§,,€Z,‘}‘*§§§ 5:,2:;;:;; laws of the Territory of Arizona, is hereby granted the right of way, L<>W¢¤ Wm five hundred feet in width, for their aqueduct and irrigating canal to, from, across, through, and out of the Fort Lowell military reservation, and the right to construct dams. water-ways, and canals for the purpose of developing water and for the purpose of storing the