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720 FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. Ill. Cns. 586, 587. 1905. ` February 18, IW5. QKAP. 586.+An Act To amend section forty-four hundred and seventy-two of [S· 6*2*] the Revised Statutes so as todrerapve cenlgainhgesgricdoris upon lthe trsmppgraatipnm · l line an 0 er ro uc o ro eum w en ca [Public, Nan] :rt:l‘;h%0;8€;dri1rhbr§;¤S0known as autombbiles) usingm the same as a source ofymotive power. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Vg3m P“’““¤°' States of America in Congress assembled, That the amendment to secrmbibinou ofzwwr tion fort -four hundred and ·seventy-two of the Revised Statutes, u"°'f"°51°‘” _ m a rovedy February twentieth, nineteen hundred and one, be amended

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g,;:'§f{Q1‘;b“§c_“L‘;€ "Nothing in the foregoing or following sectionsof this Act shall cmeé-` prohibit the trans rtation by steam vessels of gasoline or any of the P°'°·"1°°°* roducts of petrcggum when carried by motor vehicles (commonly _ known as automobiles) using the same as a source of motive power: PM¤·•i¤- Itmrided, lmwever, That all hre, if any, in such vehicles or automobiles mm. Rmcmm be extinguished immediately after entering the said vessel, and that the same be not relighted until immediate y before said vehicle shall b°'1'r¤¤¤v¤ ¤¤¤¤¤ my leave the vessel: Provided further, That any owner, master, agent, or ' other person having charge of passen er steam vessels shall have the - right to refuse to transport automobde vehicles the tanks of which contain gasoline, naphtha, or other dangerous burning lll11d8d,, Approved, February 18, 1905. ' F¤bf¤¤Y W 1905- CHAP. 58’7.—An Act To authorize the Spokane International Railway Compmy [8* ml'] _ to construct and maintain bridges across the Pend d’Orei1le River and the Kootenai [rumm, No. 80.] River in the county of Kootenai, State of Idaho. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRe esen tatlves of the United K1;¢;¤;¢:lQLQ¤;QgB¤;*;d States of America in Cbngress assembled, That the Spokane Internarasno.tional Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the ,§,§’§f‘“,§‘,§,w,f;,"‘§,‘Q,",;}j State of Washington, be, and is hereby, authorized and empowered to wr mw ¤¤¤G*>· construct, maintain, and operate one bridge across each of the following- 1»<>¤¤¤i¤¤¤- named rivers in the county of Kootenai, State of Idaho: The Pend d’Oreille River, at a int between Pend d’Oreille Lake and Seneaguoteen; the Kootenai giver at a point at or near the town of Bonners Ferry; and to lay railroacltracks on the said bridges, and to operate _ trains thereon as a rt of its railroad. Lswlul ¤¤r¤¢=¢¤~¤ Sec. 2. That anyblidges built under this Act and subject to its lim- °‘°° °°"r°°°°°‘ itations shall be lawful structures, and shall be recognized and known as post routes, upon which also no higher charge shall he made for the transportation over the same of the mails, troops. and munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile pa1d for trans ortation of said mails, troops, and munitions of war over public highways irhelegx-sph. cw., leading to said bridges; and equal privileges in the use of said bridges rg S' shall be granted to all telegraph and te ephone companies; and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridges and their approaches for postal-tele rapb purposes. me by cum roads. Sec. 3. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridges shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same, and over the approaches compermmon. thereto, upon the payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said brid es and the several railroad companies, or any of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid and upon the rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridges, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties. apsegggxzgkggr rv Sec. 4. That all bridges authorized to be constructed under this Act pshall be built under and subject to such regulations for the security of