34 FIHY~SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 19, 20, 22, 23. 1902. and delinquent and there shall then be added, to be collected with said tax, a penalty of one per centumfer month upon the amount thereof, and a ike penalty on the first ay of each succeeding month until payment of said tax and penalty, and the whole together shall constitute the delinquent tax, to be dealt with in the manner now provided by law. MPM- Sec. 2. That alllaws or parts of laws inconsistent with this Act are A hereby repealed. Approved, February 14, 1902. February 14, 1902. CHAP. 20.-An Act To declare the international railway bridge over the Saint
Lawrence River, near Hogansburg, New York, a lawful structure.
m¤;¤l¢·m Whereas by Act of Congress entitled "An Act to authorize the cou- ` 'p'struction and maintenance of abrid across the Saint Lawrence River," . g° . . approved March second, eighteen hundred and nmety-seven, authority was granted for the construction of a bridge across the southerly channel of the Saint Lawrence River from a point on the rigpt or southerly bank thereplf, near the village of Hogansburg, New ork, as in said Act set fort ; and Whereas said bridge was not completed until after the expiration of three ears from the date of approval of said Act, but is now completed and is in operation and in use as a post route and for purposes of commerce with a foreign nation: Therefore, _ _ ~_ Be at emwted by the Senate and House of Re esentatweeqf the United “‘·L“""ff°f§gg's; States q/"America in Oongrese assembled, Tm said bridge be, and the gumsé Q Y., r nvm same is hereby, declared to be a lawful structure. m;;`}:;` mq em. Sec. 2. That the rights, powers, privileges, and franchises granted “f""°‘l- in and by said Act of ongress be, and the same are hereby, confirmed in the . orthern New York Railroad Company, its successors and Qjjjfh coummm assigns: lgwvided, /urwevez-, That all obligations and duties imposed in and y said Act shall also rema1n in force. Approved, February 14, 1902. February 15,190*2. CHAP. 22._-An Act To receive arrearages of taxes due the District of Columbia ` fgbfléw to July first, nineteen hundred, at six per centum per annum, in lieu of penalties ' and costs. Be it enacted by the Senate and [heme of Representatives of the C9? {ted p;¤:g$¤¤{)g¤l:T¤;;; Sr»»t··.~¢ of Ame1·£r·a in (,bng:·es» assemble , That the rate of interestto be mm redeem.collected of any rson owinv arreara es of eneral taxes rior to . PP e _ g g E July first. eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, now due to and the liens for which are held by the Districtiof Columbia, shall besix per centum per annum. in lieu o_f the rate an penalties now lixed by law and all ,fmmn°¤_ accrued costs: I rovzded, That this Act shall apply only to taices paid on or beforethe thirty—lirstday oi December. nineteen hundredandtwo. Approved, February 15, 1902. F¢¤¤¤M>‘ 15. 1902- CHAP. 23. ——An Act To amend section forty-four hundred of the Revised Statutes '"'§ft,]{§},jf‘f,[—` of the United States, relating to a reciprocal recognition of boiler-inspection certificates { . 1 between the several maritime nations having marine-inspection laws. Be it enacted by the Senate and [base of Rey}re~entatz`ve.s 0 f the [Gifted %°*g¤ gzfélgkm p States ?f'Amer£ca in Cbnyreas aasembled. That Section forty-four hunasaaniéueea.` dred o title fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same is hereby. amended by adding to said section, as
