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FIFTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. CHS. 7,15. 1902. 3 CHAP. 7.—An Act To require cases of typhoid fever occurring in the District F€l>¤‘¤¤1‘Y4.1902· of Columbia to be reported to the health department of said District. Be it enacted by the Senate cmd1I0a3e of Repmsentatizws of the Chzited States of America in Congress assembled, That every physician attend- },’*j§‘{f§{({’§§§;§“g§;§é ing or called in to visit or examine any case of typhoid fever in the to tie reported- District of Columbia shall at once send to the health officer of said District a certiiicate, in ink, signed b him, stating the name of the disease, and the name, age, sex, andy color of the person suffering therefrom, and setting forth by street and number or otherwise suHi— ciently designating the house, room, or other` place in which said person can be found, together with such other reasonable information relating thereto as may be re uired by said health officer; and upon the recovery or death of sugh patient the physician in attendance shall, within twenty-four hours after he becomes aware of such recovery or death, forward to said health officer a similar certificate certifying thereto. Sec. 2. That any person violating any of the provisions of this Act Fm f<>¤’i<>1¤¢i<>¤- shall, u on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shail be punished by a iine not exceeding one hundred dollars. Sec. 3. That all prosecutions under this Act shall be in the police P*¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ - court of said District upon information brought in the name of the District of Columbia am on its behalf. Sec. 4. That all Acts and parts of Acts contrary to the provisions R°P°°’- of this Act, or inconsistent therewith, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, February 4, 1902. CHAP. 15.-An Act To authorize the city of Duluth, Minnesota, to construct Februzn·y7,1902. and maintain, or cause to be constructed and maintained, a car transfer over the "§`lgE’i,,jT,‘j"` Duluth Canal, and for that purpose to occupy certain lands of the ['mted States. Be it enacted by the Senate cmd H0zwebZ`Re esentazfianec (gf the Unite:] States of America in Congress assem d, 'Fliat the city of Duluth, g3}:;;}] *`*;g{*QA uw Minnesota, is hereby authorized to construct and maintain, or cause nhnrized in conéirucq to be constructed and maintained, a suspended car transfer, or aerial """“""°' "°'°“‘ ferry, over the Duluth Canal on the line of Lake avenue, in said city, and for that ur se to locate the towers and approaches of said structure on the land? of the United States pertaining to said canal. as indicated and set forth on lans and dmwin attached to a certain revocable license issued by the Secretary of \Nf:r to the city of Duluth under date of September sixth, nineteen hundred and one, now on tile in the War Department: Provided, That in the maintenance of the €·’¤5fe=e¤- said structure, and in the use and occupancy of the lands of the United °” lm"' States, the said city of Duluth shall conform to the conditions prescribed and enumerated in the aforesaid revocable license, and to the following additional conditions: (First) That the bridge shall have a clear height of at least one hundred and thirty-five feet above ordinary high water; (second) that the transfer car shall have a clear height of at least six feet above the promenade of the United States concrete piers; (third) that the erection of the bridge shall be carried on in such a manner as to cause the least obstruction to navigation. and the location of the false works, the extent to which they shall occupy the canal, the period of such occupancy, and other details of like character shall be su . ject to the approval of the Secretary of War; (fourth) that the United States lands, retaining walls. and other details of the approaches must be of a. character approved by the United States en ineer officer in charge of the district, and the motive power for propeging the transfer car must be satisfactory to him: Pr·o»vzdedjiu·zlzer,