78 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. 1I. CHS. 77, 79, 80. 1894. May 25, 1894. CHAP. 'l'I.—An Act To provide for the sale of new tickets by the street railway -——-—— companies of the District of Columbia. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United b_Di¤¤i¤¤ ¤f C¤1¤¤¤— States of America. in Congress assembled, That after thirty days from the Igtreetrailwaysetc., passage of this Act, each street railway and street herdic transportaggsfu °¤*Y ¤°" "°‘*· tion company in the District of Columbia shall issue its own tickets, and sell no tickets issued by any other company. Such tnekets shall be printed and sold 1u sheets of six tickets each, and after having been once used shall be canceled by the company which issued the same: Ht·;=;c*lj;ng°°ftick_ Provided, That all street-railway companies and herdie transportation eu. companies doingbusiness in the District of Columbia, shall receive and exchange tickets with each other, and said companies shall make monthly settlements with each other, and shall redeem in money any _ tickets in excess of the number of tickets exchanged. d_};_¤¤¤*¤’ *'°* '*°*=¤· Sec. 2. That any street railway or street herdic transportation com- ` pany doing business in the District of Columbia which shall violate the provisions of this act shall be liable to a iine of not to exceed ten dollars for each offense, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction. · Approved, May 25, 1894. Huy 28-1894- CHAP. 79.-Au Act To amend the Act of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred _"_‘_"_"`"` and ninety-two, entitled "An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at the city of Yankton, South Dakota." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United s0£·;_?¤§1vvgj*;g¤Y¥;;{;>; States of America. in Congress assembled, That section six of the Act of mn. s. mk. June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled “Au "°*· 2** 1*-5** Act: to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at the city of Yankton, South Dakota/’ is amended so as to read as follows: ti J:5°3¤j¤¤¤¤·¤¤· ¢¢ Sm:. _6. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the budge herein authorized be not commenced within two years and completed within four years from the twenty second day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-fonr." Approved, May 28, 1894. any zi. lm. 0g4P. 80.—·An Apt Anthorizingthe Texarkana and Shreveport Railroad Company
- """"""_"‘ to bridge Sulphur River, in the State of Arkansas.
Be it enacted by_the Senate and House of Representatives of the United girl-x ai: alpnmm Sums oj 'America m Congress assembled, That the Texarkana and Shreveb0:v°K;m¤y unnnge port Rmlrcad C0¤¤P3¤)’, its SHGGBSSOYS or assigns, be, and is hereby, Sulpmr ¥¤v¤r· Mk- authorized to copstruct maintain a railway bridge and approaches thereto over am across u p ur River in the State of Arkansas, at or near the point where thenorth and south line between sections twenty- seven and twenty-eight in township eighteen south, in range twenty- seven west, of the fifth principal meridian intersects said river near the rmi";. wagrm, South boundary line of said sections. Said bridge shall be constructed
- “"’ ""°* """¥°· to provide for the passage of railway trains aud, at the option of said
company, may be used thr the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot passengers for such reasonable rates of toll as may be approved from time to time bv the ¤¤··· ¤>¤·i·¤z¤· Secretary of War. That said bridge shall be a drawbridge with avdraw over the main channel of the river at an accessible navigable point and with such clear width of opening and distance above high-water mark as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War, aud, as nearly as praeticable, said opening shall be accessible at all stages of water and the piers and draw rest shall be parallel with and the bridge at right angles to the current of the river; and no riprap or other outside protection
