fected. Limitations not af passed. All Acts of limitation, whether applicable to civil causes and proceedings or to the prosecution of offenses or for the recovery of penalties or forfeitures embraced in, modified, changed, or rePending suits, etc. pealed by this Act shall not be affected thereby; and all suits, pro In effect in 60 days. ceedings, or prosecutions, whether civil or criminal, for causes arising SEC. 28. That this Act shall take effect sixty days after its passage. Eight minutes after Five o'clock P. M. Aug. 5th, 1909. August 5, 1909. [H. R. 11572.] [Public, No. 8.] Bridges. Grand Calumet Riv. er, Ind. Southern Railroad at East Chicago. Lumber River, N. C. CHAP. 9.—An Act To authorize the construction, maintenance, and operation of various bridges across and over certain navigable waters, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad Company, a corporation of the State of Indiana, its successors and assigns, are hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Grand Calumet River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, in the city of East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana. The Beaufort County Lumber Company, a corporation of the State Lumber Company of North Carolina, its successors and assigns, are hereby authorized to may bridge, at Alma. construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Lumber River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, between the town of Lumberton and the town of Alma, in Robeson County, North Carolina. Black River, Ark. Saint Louis and San Company may bridge, at Pocahontas. The Saint Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company, a corporaFrancisco Railroad tion, operating a line of railroad in the State of Arkansas, its successors and assigns, are hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Black River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Pocahontas, Randolph County, Arkansas. Missouri River. Time extended for City, Saint Joseph Kansas City, Mo. The Act of Congress entitled "An Act to authorize the construcbridging, by Kansas tion of a bridge across the Missouri River, and to establish it as a and Excelsior Springs post-road," approved May sixteenth, nineteen hundred and six, Railroad Company at granting the Kansas City, Saint Joseph and Excelsior Springs RailVol. 34, p. 196, way Company authority to construct a bridge at Kansas City, Missouri, is hereby revived and reenacted and so amended as to extend the time for commencing and completing the structure therein authorized one and three years, respectively, from May sixteenth, nineteen hundred and nine. amended. Ouachita River, Ark. The county of Ouachita, in the State of Arkansas, is hereby authorOuachita County ized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Ouachita River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Camden, in said county and State. may bridge, at Camden. Little Calumet River, Ill. Belt Railroad Company may bridge. Location. The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company, a corporation of the Indiana Harbor State of Illinois, its successors and assigns, are hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Little Calumet River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, in Thornton Township, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois. Noxubee River, Ala. The Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad Company, a corpoand Northern Rail- ration of the State of Alabama, its successors and assigns, are hereby road Company may authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Noxubee River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, between the present highway bridge at Gainesville, bridge. Location. Alabama, and the highway bridge known as Monogans highway county bridge, Noxubee County, Mississippi. The building commission of Horry County, South Carolina, a corporation of the State of South Carolina, its successors and assigns, are hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate two bridges and approaches thereto across the Waccamaw River, at points suitable to the interests of navigation, one at or near Star Bluff, and the other at or near Conway, in the State of South Carolina. The city of Minneapolis, in the State of Minnesota, is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Mississippi River, from Forty-second avenue north, on the west side of said river, to Thirty-seventh avenue northeast, on the east side of said river, in the city of Minneapolis, in the State of Minnesota: Provided, That such location is in the opinion of the Secretary of War and Chief of Engineers suitable in the interests of navigation for a bridge. Kiskiminetas Rail The Kiskiminetas Connecting Railroad Company, a corporation of Allegheny River, the State of Pennsylvania, its successors and assigns, are hereby road company may authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches bridge. thereto across the Allegheny River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, between the village of Kelly Station and the village of Clinton, in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. The Forest Product and Manufacturing Company, a corporation of the State of Iowa, its successors and assigns, are hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Pearl River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near the north line of section twenty-two, township eight north, range twenty-one west of the basis meridian, in the land district east of Pearl River, in the State of Mississippi. Location. Pearl River, Miss. Forest Product and Manufacturing Company may bridge. Location. Bayou Bartholo- The county of Drew, in the State of Arkansas, is hereby authorized mew, Ark. to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto bridge. across Bayou Bartholomew, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near where the public highway intersects said bayou in section twenty-seven, township fourteen south, range four west, in Drew County, Arkansas. Saline River, Ark. Ferry. Missouri River. The county of Bradley, in the State of Arkansas, is hereby author- Bradley County may ized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto bridge, at Reddings across the Saline River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Reddings Ferry, in the State of Arkansas. The Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Minnesota, Dakota and Pacific Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Missouri bridging, by MinneRiver," approved May fourteenth, nineteen hundred and six, is hereby citie Railway Comrevived and reenacted and so amended as to extend the time for com- kota. mencing and completing the construction of the bridge therein authorized one and three years, respectively, from May fourteenth, nineteen hundred and nine. sota, Dakota and Pa- Pend D'Oreille River, Idaho and Washington Northern Rail road may bridge. Location. The Idaho and Washington Northern Railroad, a corporation of the wash. State of Idaho, its successors and assigns, are hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Pend D'Oreille River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near where said river flows through the Box Canyon, in Stevens County, in the State of Washington. The county commissioners of Malheur County, State of Oregon, and Canyon County, State of Idaho, and the chamber of commerce of the town of Ontario, in the State of Oregon, their successors and assigns, are hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Snake River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at the town of Ontario, Oregon. The Phillip and Strangways Lumber Company, a corporation of the State of Arkansas, its successors and assigns, are hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto Snake River. Oreg..Canyon County Idaho, and Ontario, Location. Saint Francis River, Ark. Phillip and Strangways Lumber Com pany may bridge. Location. Back River, Ga. and S. C. across the Saint Francis River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, between the town of Fisk, Butler County, in the State of Missouri, and Saint Francis, Clay County, in the State of Arkansas. The county of Chatham in the State of Georgia, and the county of Chatham County, Beaufort in the State of South Carolina, are hereby authorized to County, S. C., may construct, maintain and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across bridge, at Savannah. that branch of the Savannah River known as Back River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation at or near the city of Savannah, Georgia. Ga., and Beaufort Mississippi River. Minneapolis, Saint Marie Railway Company may bridge. Location. The Minneapolis, Saint Paul and Sault Sainte Marie Railway ComPaul and Sault Sainte pany, a railway corporation organized under the laws of the States of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota, its successors or assigns, are hereby authorized to build a railway bridge across the Mississippi River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation from a point on the east bank of said river to a point on the west bank of said river, all in the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section twenty-seven, township forty-nine north, range twenty-five west, in the county of Aitkin, State of Minnesota. Okanogan River, Wash. William G. Tait and his assigns are hereby authorized to construct, William G. Tait may maintain and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Okanogan River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation at or near Omak, in the State of Washington. bridge, at Omak. The Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, its successors and assigns, are hereby authorized to construct, maintain and operate a bascule bridge and approaches thereto across and over the Calumet River, to replace the present bridge of the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad Company, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, in the northwest quarter of section thirty, in township thirtyseven north, range fifteen east of the third principal meridian, in the city of Chicago, county of Cook and State of Illinois. SEC. 2. That the construction, maintenance, and operation of each of the bridges herein authorized shall be in all respects in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. SEC. 3. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, August 5, 1909. CHAP. 10.-An Act To authorize the building of a dam across the Savannah River at or near the mouth of Stevens Creek, between the counties of Edgefield, South Carolina, and Columbia, Georgia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That J. L. Hankinson, N. B. Dial, and their associates, their successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a dam across the Savannah River at or near the mouth of Stevens Creek, between the counties of Edgefield, South Carolina, and Columbia, Georgia, in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of dams across navigable waters," approved June twenty-first, nineteen hundred and six. Approved, August 5, 1909. CHAP. 11.-An Act To attach Ben Hill County to the Albany division of the southern district of Georgia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the county of Ben Hill, in the State of Georgia, be attached to the Albany division of the southern district of Georgia. Approved, August 5, 1909. CHAP. 12.-An Act To amend an Act relative to the erection of a lock and dam in aid of navigation in the Tennessee River. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to enable the Secretary of War to permit the erection of a lock and dam in aid of navigation in the Tennessee River near Chattanooga, Tennessee, and for other purposes," approved April twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and four, and amended by an Act approved January seventh, nineteen hundred and five, be and the same is hereby amended as follows: Strike out in line four of section two of the Act of April twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and four, after the word "Act," the following words: "And the same shall be completed within four years from the date of beginning the construction" and insert in place thereof the words: "And the same shall be completed within six years from the date of beginning the construction or within such time in excess thereof, as the Secretary of War may allow." Approved, August 5, 1909. |