618 F IBTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 3608-3610. 1906. J¤¤¤ 29» 1906- CHAP. 3608.--An Act To amend section eight hundred and fifty-eight of the _ [H- R- 7°“-1 Revised seams or me Umm sms. [Public, No. 854.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House af 1tepresentat¢Iz·es of the United Qgi¢¤dS¤¤¢¢;·;¤¤¤¤r¥v·¤;i States ofzlmeriea in Oengress assembled, That section eight hundred smLi'i»°i°}i°s °° aud fifty-eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and . the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: ¤t::¤c;¤;*;¤i¤z wm- “Sec. 858. The competency of a witness to testify in any civil N1:. s.,»eésss,p.1c2, action, suit, or proceeding in the courts of the United tates s all be '“"°“"°"· detgrmined by the laws of the State or Territory in which the court is cl -77 Approved, June 29, 1906. l"¤'€°€¤&i .lg‘l.€',$€;, “"§.2‘f;Fl."“ $.53 ’.‘i£L.“§°f.?§’2d$$.‘£f:.§.§‘£i¥§’ ‘°“'*“” "““"’°" ““" mmiles .ssa,;7 I 0 Be it enacted by t/re Senate and House af Representatives af the United t°g>,:::1¥jv¤»1{J_•t§¤i— States of hAm&e·rie1a B7:} Oqngress assembled, That section five of chapter
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tron, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and Nsvisabiiitr of- rlialrbocrg, and for othlexr pur‘poses," said section five reading, “Sec. 5. at ne River, in atchitoches Parish Louisiana is hereby declared to be not a navigable water of the United States within the meaning of the laws enacted by Congress for the preservation and protection of pgzagabuny of such waters," be, and the same is here y, repealed: Provided, That Umm S,,,,,, this repeal shall not be held to fau·n1sh any ground for any claim against the United States by reason of construction of bridges, or preparation for_ the construction thereof, across said stream, or arising from any action taken in reliance upon the said section five above referred to. Approved, June 29, 1906. .tune29.1906. CHAP. 3810.——An Act To authorize the counties of Yazoo and Holmes to con- ____ 5_}f‘j°;l ___ struct a bridge across Yazoo River, Mississippi. [Publi ,N ass.] _ v c 0 Be zt enacted by t/te Senate and House ofRqn·esentat¢'nes of the Z/ndted
- ,;:;)*3 *:Hg*hlg{;:és States of America zu (Jbuyresa assembled, That the counties of Yazoo
counties my mage. and Ho mes, two of the counties of the State of Mississi xpi, dnl cre— ated and organized under and by virtue of the laws of the said State, are hereby authorized and emplowered to erect, construct, and maintpin a brrdge,_ by taxnd throng its proper officers, over the Yuzoo rmemm. rver, rn section irty— our, towns ip lifteen, ran e three west ` Blzrcvzx of Wnw sand counties,_State of Mississippi: Provided, That tbe plans and ldcl: ,,1%..,,-,,,{'l',,,,,,,tc_ tion of the said brrdie are approved by the Secretary of War before bn6g5f"" '*“‘* *°°‘ the construction of the bridge is commenced. Said bridge shall be Epnstrrpctedhmtproviideffor_t ie passggp off wagons and vehicles of all I1 s or e ransi o anrma s, an or oot passengers, under su wh rules had regulations as may be laid down by the proper officers bf said counties under the laws of the said State of Mississippi. mIé¤p*gs{¤;(l“:;rw¤¤~ Sec. 2. That the bridge shall be a lawful structure, and shall be known and recognized as a post route, and shall en]oy the rights and prrv rleges of other post—roads of the United States, and no charge T I shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails. troops, ,,gh$_,,°g"“P"· °'°·· and munitions of war of the United States. Equal rivileges in the use of said bridgg shall granted to all telegraph and telephone companies, and the .n1ted States shall have the right of way across said brrdgeand its approaches for postal, telegraph and telephone pur-
