sS. (THE FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.) 



the construction of a bridge across the Missouri 

 at or ne: Islington, Mo.," ap- 



July 38, 1804. 



rii* the construction of a bridge 

 -w-aht-la rivt-r fo-m the borough of Hrad- 



township of Mifllm. Pa. 



To authorize the construction and maintenance 

 ..f n bridge across the St, fcawrrncc river. 



To aiitnoriae the mayor and I of Mon- 



. .-;-.:.., . Qua. hit*, 



a traffic bridge across the OuaohlU 



Itorixingthe Kansa* City. \Vntkm< and (iulf 

 Railway Company to oonstruct and maintain a 

 .;p across the Illack river, in Louisiana. 



hnrixing the Kansas City. Watkm* and (iulf 

 Railway Commny to construct and maintain a 

 bridge across K . of Alexandria. 



La, 



Approve and ratify the construction of a 

 bridge across the Sulphur ri\ r. in the State of 

 Arkansas, by the Tcxarkana and Fort Smith Rail- 

 way Company. 



approve and ratify the construction of a 

 bridge across the Rod n >tesof 



Arkansas and Texas, at a point above the town of 

 Fulton, in Arkansas, on said river, built by the 



kaua Northern Railway Company, but now 

 owned and operated by the Texarkana and F-rt 

 .Smith Railway Company, and to authorize the 

 latter company to maintain said bridge over >n\<\ 

 water way, subject to certain stipulations and con- 



iiithorize a survey for construction of a br 

 across the eastern branch of the Potomac river in 

 line with Massachusetts Avenue extended east- 

 ward. 



Mori/.ing the construction of n bridge over the 

 V ; : iv< r ' the ity !' St. Louis in the 



State of Missouri, from some suitable point be- 

 tween the north line of St. Clair County. Illinois, 

 and the southwest line of said county. 

 To authorize the construction by the Kansas 

 Shreveport, and (iulf Railroad "Company of a 

 bridge across the Sabine river between the States 

 'I. ....,'.. .-. 

 To authorize the construction 'of a bridge 

 the Monongahela river fn>m the city of McKees- 

 port to the township of Mitllin. All "ity, 



riding the time for the completion of the 

 :st river. U-tween the city of 

 V<>rk and I d. now in oomw of con- 



struction, as authorized by the act of Congress ap- 



1887. 



nithorize the construction of a bridge across 

 r near the city of Qreenf 



the State of Mississippi. 

 ntablish railroad bridges across the Cumber- 

 land and Tennessee r \-ntucky. 



lori/ing the construction of a bridge across 

 the Columbia riv.-r. in the S'ate ,,f Washington. 



the const ruction or ac.iuNition of a 

 bridge across the Rio Grande river at Kl Paso, in 

 1 1 . Btati ' i \ i - . 



amend an act entitled u An Act to aiith 

 the Chattanooga Western Railway Company to 

 construct a bridge across the Tennessee river "near 

 Chattanooga,- giving the said company more time 

 in which to begin and complete said bridge. 



repeal so much of chanter 189 of the Statutes 

 of the fnited States of America, passed at the 

 third session of the Fifty-third Congress, and ap- 



.rch 2, 1805, as requires that the 1 

 I-.rtion of the Rock Island bridge shall not be oc- 



1 by any strict railway company without pay- 

 ing a reasonable rent therefor. 



To repeal chapter 1061, Fiftieth Congress, np- 



pr.-vi-il < >!. 1. !- nil ri.^ht of 



way through the mill 1 a! !'< r; 



Birmingham, Mobile and Navy 



.pan\ . and for other pur- 



1 . 



he impri\ement of F.a>t Ci 



creek.- ^ork, 



.iineiid an ad aut h ri/inir 'li l \ 



Hridgi* Company t- : a bridp- OYWP tlie 



Kankin to 

 Milllm town-hip. 



authoi-i/e the 



Pittsburg. Mom.n^alii-la and \Nherlin 

 Conj|.any to conxtrud a i fej uollga- 



hela i , 



To aulhori/e the I'lii-n Ilailmad Coinpai 

 construct and maintain a rOH the BIOOOQ- 



gahela ri 



To grant to the Hud md Canal 



Company the right of way through the (iila i 

 Indian Ue-enalioii. 



To amend section } of an act entitled An Ad 

 to ileline the jurisdiction of the police court of the 

 Di-trir-l of Columbia." 



To punish the impersonation of ii 1 the 



health and other departments of the District of 

 Columliia. 



Aut liori/ing the commissioners of the District of 

 Columbia to charge a fee for the iuaiice of tran- 

 scripts from the recordl of the health department. 



To extend North Capit<.l Street northward 

 through the pmpertv of the Pn-pei-t Hill c. m. - 

 to pay for land taken for such purpose, and 

 for other p'iirp< 



To aulhori/e the construction by the Duluth and 

 North Dakota Kailroal Company of tw bi 

 across the ll<-d l.'iv.-r of the North between the 

 Slates of Minnesota and North Dakota. 



For the relief of farmers and truckmen in the 

 city of Washington, i 



prevent t lie spread of contagious diseases in 

 the Di>lrict of Columbia. 



I.' .riila! ing fraternal beiM-fi- 

 or ass4-iat ion" in the District of Columbia. 



ure the title t eeriaiii real oiate in th- 

 trii-t of Columbia, 



Declaring the Potomac- Flats a public park, un- 

 der the name of Potomac Park. 



To remove doubts a- to the power of the Supreme 

 Court of the District of Columbia to provide fora 

 vacancy in the oflice of attorney of the t'nited 

 States for the district of Columbia. 



For the removal of snow and ice from ihe ..jde- 

 walks. cross walks, and gutters in the District of 

 Columbia, and lor other purposes. 



To amend an act entitled "An A-t to prohibit 



the interment of bodies in (ira-.-iaml Cemetery, in 



the District of Columbia." pa-ed An 



To aulhori/e the extension of the ]\\\<^ of the 

 Metn.poljtau liailroad Company, of the District of 

 Columbia. 



ferring jurisdiction upon the Supreme Court 

 of the District of Columliia. or any court in said 

 district having general equity jurisdiction, to de- 

 cree a sale of real e-t ate in said district beloi 

 to insane persons for purpose of reinvestment, and 

 for other purposes. 



To provide for the nayment of certain claims 

 against the District of Columbia by drawback 



Ihe Iif1\ Tilth < on- ross. There was a special 

 session of the Senate March 4, 1897, and \'i"- 

 Pr. -ident Hbart. who had taken tin; oath of oflicu 

 at the elo*e of the last regular session of the Fifty- 

 fourth Congress, took the chair. He said : 



"Senators, to have been elected to preside over 



