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50 FIF'I‘Y·NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cas. 512-511. 1906. Ma.rch8,1906. CHAI'. 512.-—An Act Legalizing the removal of the county seat of Washita IH- R~ 7*-****-I County, okisnem remmry. [Yummy N0. ml Be it enacted by t/we Senate and House c f Representatives of the United 0k1¤¤¤¤¤¤- States of America in Ocngress assembled, That the action of the ma- .s.ii?1fv°Z,i.i¤Ktci>°u`i11ii¥ jori ty of the electors of Washita County, Oklahoma. Territory, as deter- §°,£°"·°"'°°u* "‘°i' mined by an election held on the seventh day of August, anno Dom1n1 nineteen hundred, for the purpose of removing the county seat of said county from the town of C ond Chief to_the town of N ew_C0rdell, in said county, be, and the same is hereby, ID- all things ratified and confirmed, and the county seat of said county is hereby declared to be at the said town of New Cordell.. Approved, March 3, 1906. ' Ifgfgl {mug- CHAP. 518.-An Act To change the name of a portion of T street to California [ensue, Nc. sz.) , , Be it enacted by the Senateand Hmrse cfblepresentatryes of the United I>i¤¤ri¤¤ <>fo¤i¤¤¤bi¤- States of America in Ocngress assembled, That from and after the passgzliii tiiiigigsiiu eg sage of this Act the thoroughfare extending from Columbia road west °'“'°""“‘ ‘“"°°*· to Massachusetts avenue extended, formerly named "Cal1forn1a avenue," and now designated as "T street,” shall be known and des1g- nated as “California street." Approved, March 3, 1906. March 5, 1906. CHAP. 5 14.-—A.n Act To authorize the construction ofa bridgeacrossthe Arkansas [H· B·1“8·] River at Pine Bluff. .m. [Puma, No 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Resentaténes of the United Arkansas River- States of America tn. Ocngress assembled, mt it shall be lawful for m;l§’,”i,l?;?;'§.,_ ,,$°ii·i,E Jeiierson County, Arkansas, its successors or assigns, to construct a

        • 1*- Mh bridge across the Arkansas River at a point to be approved by the

Secretary of War, on the Arkansas R.iver, at Pine Bluii, in the county n¤m¤¤_<1.w¤z¤¤. of J eiferson and State of Arkansas; that said bridge may be con- ""df°°°b"dg°' structed for railway and postal service, and a passage for persons, vehicles, and tratiic, with single or double track for railway traiiic, for street railway service, with single or double track therefor. _p*;¤0*$:¤;I:g;f,;* °° Sec. 2. That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this Act ` shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object said J eiferson County shall submit to the Secretary of War a design and drawing of said bridge for his examination and approval, an a map of its location, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until said plan and location of said bridge are approved by the Secretary of lVar said bridge shall not be Change. commenced or built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of the work of construction, or after completion, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secremk dum tary of War: Provided, That if the bridge herein authorized be built as a drawbridge, the draw shall be opene promptly, upon reasonable Mehr:. ew- signal, for the passage of boats; and whatever kind of a bridge is built the said Jefferson County shall maintain thereon, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the Light·House Board shall pre- Use by other reads- scribe. That all traction, steam. or other railroad companies desiring to use said bridge shall have, and be entitled to, equal rights and privileges in the passage of the same, and the use of the machinery and iixtures thereof, and of all approaches thereto, upon the payment of