assigns, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a certain lot of land in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, known upon the plat or plan of said city as lot numbered five, in square eleven hundred and thirteen, upon the payment by the said Frank D. Orme into the Treasury of the United States of the sum of one thousand dollars, the assessed value of the said lot: Provided, That before the said conveyance is made the said Frank D. Orme shall satisfy the Secretary of the Interior that all taxes and assessments against such lot have been paid.

Approved, May 21, 1896.

CHAP. 216.-An Act Granting to Major C. A. Angel Post, Numbered Twenty, Grand Army of the Republic, of Lambertville, New Jersey, four condemned cannon and twenty cannon balls.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to Major C. A. Angel Post, Numbered Twenty, Grand Army of the Republic, of Lambertville, New Jersey, four condemned cannon and twenty cannon balls, for the decoration of the soldiers' monument of said city: Provided, That the same can be spared without detriment to the service and that no expense is thereby incurred by the Government. Approved, May 21, 1896.

CHAP. 217.-An Act To amend section twenty-nine hundred and eighty-one of the Revised Statutes as amended by the Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section twenty-nine hundred and eighty-one of the Revised Statutes be amended so as to read as follows:

Notice of lien for freight, general aver

age, etc., to be given consignee, carrier, etc. 574, amended.

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Vol. 21, p. 175.

"SEC. 2981. That whenever the collector of the port of entry of the vessel, or other proper officer of the customs, shall be duly notified in writing of the existence of a lien for freight, charges, or contribution in general average upon imported goods, wares, or merchandise in his custody, he shall, before delivering such goods, wares, or merchandise to the importer, owner, or consignee thereof for consumption, or to any vessel or vehicle for transportation or exportation, give seasonable notice to the party or parties claiming the lien; and the possession by the officers of customs shall not affect the discharge of such lien, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe; and such officer shall refuse the delivery of such merchandise from any pub- Delivery. lic or bonded warehouse or other place in which the same shall be deposited until proof to his satisfaction shall be produced that the freight, charges, or contribution in general average thereon has been paid or secured; but the rights of the United States shall not be prejudiced thereby, nor shall the United States or its officers be in any manner liable for losses consequent upon such refusal to deliver. If merchandise so subject to a lien, regarding which notice has been filed, shall be forfeited to the United States and sold, the freight, charges, or contribution in general average due thereon shall be paid from the proceeds of such sale in the same manner as other charges and expenses authorized by law to be paid therefrom are paid." Approved, May 21, 1896.

CHAP. 218.-An Act To donate eight condemned cannon and one hundred cannon shot to the Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery Association of Colorado.

Sale of forfeited goods.

May 21, 1896.

Cordemned cannon. Donated Grand Army Cemetery Associ

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to the Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery Association of the State of Colorado, ation, Colorado. STAT L-VOL 299

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for ornamental uses in its burial ground, four mounted condemned cannon and four unmounted condemned cannon and one hundred twentyfour-pound or thirty-two-pound round cannon shot: Provided, That the same can be spared without detriment to the service and that no expense is thereby incurred by the Government.

Approved, May 21, 1896.

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CHAP. 219.-An Act Granting to A. L. Robeson Post, Numbered Forty-two, Grand Army of the Republic, of Bridgeton, New Jersey, four condemned cannou and twenty cannon balls.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Condemned cannon. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the my post, Bridgeton, Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to A. L. Robeson Post, Numbered Forty-two, Grand Army of the Republic, of Bridgeton, New Jersey, four condemned cannon and twenty cannon balls, for the use of said post: Provided, That the same can be spared without detriment to the service and that no expense is thereby incurred by the Government.

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Approved, May 21, 1896.

May 21, 1896.

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and Sailors' Monu ment Association, New Jersey.

CHAP. 220.-An Act Granting to the Soldiers and Sailors' Monument Association, of the county of Middlesex, in the State of New Jersey, four condemned cannon and thirty cannon balls.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Condemned cannon. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to the Soldiers and Sailors' Monument Association, of the county of Middlesex, in the State of New Jersey, four condemned cannon and thirty cannon balls, for the decoration of the soldiers and sailors' monument in said county: Provided, That the same can be spared without detriment to the service, and that no expense is thereby incurred by the Government. Approved, May 21, 1896.

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tion, Allegan, Mich.

CHAP. 221.—An Act Donating four condemned cannon and four pyramids of condemned cannon balls to the Soldiers' Monument Association of Allegan, Michigan.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Condemned cannon, States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy Monument Associa. be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to donate to the Soldiers' Monument Association of Allegan, Michigan, four condemned cannon and four pyramids of condemned cannon balls for the monument to be erected in said town: Provided, That in the judgment of the Secretary of the Navy such articles can be spared without detriment to the public interest: And provided further, That the United States shall not be subjected to any expense on account of such donation. Approved, May 21, 1896.

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CHAP. 222.-An Act Donating one condemned cannon and cannon balls to Grand Army of the Republic Post, Numbered Five hundred and seventy-three, of Evans City, Pennsylvania.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to Post Numbered Five hundred and seventy-three of the Grand Army of the Republic, of Evans City, Pennsylvania, one condemned cannon and five

cannon balls for the purpose of decorating the soldiers' monument in said place: Provided, That the same can be spared without detriment to the service, and that no expense is hereby incurred by the Government.

Approved, May 21, 1896.

CHAP. 223-An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Navy to donate one condemned cannon and condemned cannon balls to U. S. Grant Post, Numbered Seventy-two, Grand Army of the Republic, of Washington, Indiana, Department of Indiana, and for other purposes.

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associations. Chicago,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy Condemned cannon be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to donate one condemned my post. Washington, cannon and condemned cannon balls for two pyramids to U. S. Grant Ind., and monument Post, Numbered Seventy-two, Grand Army of the Republic, of Wash- Ill., and Londonderry. ton, Indiana, Department of Indiana; and that the Secretary of the N. H. Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to donate two pieces of condemned cannon and four pyramids of condemned cannon balls to the Saint Boniface Union Soldiers' Monument and Memorial Association, of Chicago, Illinois, for the soldiers' monument now erected in Saint Boniface Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois; also two cannon and a pyramid of cannon balls to the Soldiers' Monument Association at Londonderry, New Hampshire: Provided, That in the judgment of the Secretary of the Navy such articles can be spared without detriment to the public interests: And provided further, That the United States shall not be subjected to any expense on account of such donation. Approved, May 21, 1896.

CHAP. 224.-An Act To establish a railroad bridge across the Illinois River near Grafton, Illinois.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Saint Louis, Perry and Chicago Railroad, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, its successors and assigns, are hereby authorized and empowered to erect, construct, establish, and maintain a railway bridge, and approaches thereto, across the Illinois River, in the State of Illinois, between a point to be selected by said railroad, or its successors or assigns, within five miles from and above the upper limits of Grafton, in the county of Jersey in said State, and a point in Calhoun County in said State, to be selected by said railroad, or its successors or assigns, opposite or nearly opposite the point so selected as aforesaid in said Jersey County: Provided, That the location selected shall be suitable to the interests of navigation.

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St. Louis, Perry and Chicago Railroad may bridge Illinois River. Grafton, III.

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SEC. 2. That the bridge authorized by and constructed under this Drawbridge. Act shall be a pivot drawbridge, the drawspan on the Jersey side to commence at the abutment of the approach on that side of the river, which abutment on the Jersey side shall be within the low-water mark, and the bridge shall have a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point, with two equal drawspans, one on each side of the central or pivot pier, each giving a clear width of waterway of not less than one hundred and sixty feet; and the span next the drawspan on the Calhoun side of the river shall not be less than two hundred feet in length, and the remaining span of such length as shall be necessary to reach the approach on that side of the river, which will be beyond low water on the Calhoun side. All spans to have a clear headroom of ten feet above high water; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river when said bridge shall be erected.

SEC. 3. That any bridge constructed under this Act and according to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be known and

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recognized as a post route, and the same is hereby declared to be a post route, and it shall enjoy the same rights and privileges as other post roads in the United States, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for their transportation over the railroads leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the right of way for a postal telegraph across said bridge.

SEC. 4. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railroad trains over the same and the approaches thereto, and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use, and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the railroad companies, or any of them, desiring such use, shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid as such compensation, and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, or either of said matters, then all matters in dispute or at issue between them or any of them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties.

SEC. 5. That the structure herein authorized 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 the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War for his examination and approval a design and drawings of said bridge and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the current at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be commenced or built, and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the process of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and the said bridge shall be at all times so managed and kept as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels through or Aids to navigation. under said structure; and such aids to the passage of the draw, in the form of pile or crib guides, as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, shall be constructed by the said company; and to secure the safe passage of vessels at night there shall be maintained on said bridge. at the expense of the owners thereof, from the hour of sunset to that of sunrise, such lights as may be prescribed by the Light-House Board, and the said structure shall be changed, at the cost and expense of the owners thereof, from time to time, as the Secretary of War may direct, so as to preserve the free and convenient navigation of said river.

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SEC. 6. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof.

SEC. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.

Approved, May 21, 1896.

CHAP. 225.-An Act Donating condemned cannon and cannon balls.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Condemned cannon: States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy Army posts, Sparta, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to Grand Army Ill. Morenci, Mich. of the Republic post of Sparta, Illinois, one condemned cannon and five cannon balls for the purpose of decorating the soldiers' monument in said place, and two condemned cannon and five cannon balls for the

Enid, Okla., Northville, Mich.

Grand Army of the Republic Post at Morenci, Michigan; also, to donate to McDowell Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Enid, Oklahoma, one condemned cannon and fifteen cannon balls; also to donate one condemned cannon to the Allen M. Harmon Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Northville, Michigan: Provided, That in the judg ment of the Secretary of the Navy such articles can be spared without detriment to the public interests: And provided further, That the United States shall not be subjected to any expense on account of such donation.

Approved, May 21, 1896.

CHAP 226-An Act Donating one condemned cannon and cannon balls to Grand Army of the Republic, L. W. Cooper Post, Department of Missouri, Numbered Eighty-one, of Lathrop, Missouri.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to L. W. Cooper Post, Department of Missouri, Numbered Eighty-one, of the Grand Army of the Republic, of Lathrop, Missouri, one condemned cannon and five cannon balls: Provided, That the same can be spared without detriment to the service, and that no expense is hereby incurred by the Government.

Approved, May 21, 1896.

CHAP. 227.—An Act Granting to Budlong Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Westerly, Rhode Island, two condemned mounted brass cannon.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy my post, Westerly, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to Budlong R. I. Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Westerly, Rhode Island, two condemned mounted brass cannon for the purpose of decorating the grounds around the memorial building of said post: Provided, That the same can be spared without detriment to the service and that no expense is thereby incurred by the Government. Approved, May 21, 1896.

CHAP. 230.-An Act Donating two condemned cannon to Custer Post, Numbered Thirty-eight, Grand Army of the Republic, of Etna, Pennsylvania, and two condemned cannon to James G. Clark Post, Numbered One hundred and sixty-two, Grand Army of the Republic, of Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and directed to deliver to Custer Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Etna, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, two condemned cannon, and two condemned cannon to James G. Clark Post, Numbered One hundred and sixty-two, Grand Army of the Republic, of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, for monumental purposes: Provided, That said cannon can be spared from the public service. Approved, May 22, 1896.

CHAP. 231.-An Act To authorize the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy to make certain disposition of condemned ordnance, guns, and cannon balls in their respective Departments.

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Donated Grand ArAllegheny, Pa.

my posts, Etna and

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Condemned canyon.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War and Secretaries of War the Secretary of the Navy are each hereby authorized, in their discre- and of Navy may do tion, to loan or give to soldiers' monument associations, posts of the ument associations, Grand Army of the Republic, and municipal corporations, condemned etc.

nate to soldiers' mon