March 2, 1905. [H. R. 17869.] [Public, No. 129.] Bayou Macon, La. CHAP. 1309.-An Act Relating to the Monroe and Lake Providence Railroad Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Boeuf River and States of America in Congress assembled, That the Monroe and Lake Monroe and Lake Providence Railroad Company, a corporation created and organized Providence Railroad under the laws of the State of Louisiana, be, and the same is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain, for the passage of railway trains, bridges with single or double tracks and approaches thereto over Boeuf River and Bayou Macon, in the State of Louisiana, at such locations as may be approved by the Secretary of War. Company may bridge. Secretary of War to approve plans, etc. Changes. structure Lawful and post route. SEC. 2. That the said bridges shall be located and built under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War, and the said company shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, designs and drawings of the bridges and maps of the locations, giving for the space of a mile above and a mile below the proposed locations 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, the soundings accurately showing the bed of the stream; and until the plans and locations have been approved by the Secretary of War the bridges shall not be built or commenced. The Secretary of War shall have power to require such other information as he may deem necessary for a full understanding of the subject. Any changes made in the plans of said bridges during the progress of construction or after completion shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and the said company shall, at its own expense, make such changes in said bridges as the Secretary of War may at any time direct in the interest of navigation. SEC. 3. That any bridge built under this Act and subject to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which no higher charge shall be made for the transmission of mails and the troops and munitions of war of the United States over the same than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroad or approaches leading to the said bridge; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads in the United States, and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be Telegraph, etc., granted to all telegraph and telephone companies, and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridges and their approaches for postal-telegraph and telephone purposes. rights. Unobstructed navi gation. Lights, etc. Use by other roads. Compensation. Amendment, Time of construction. SEC. 4. That each of the said bridges shall be constructed with its center line substantially at right angles to the current of the river, and as a drawbridge, so that a free and unobstructed passageway may be secured to all water craft navigating said river. The draws shall be opened promptly, upon reasonable signals, for the passage of boats or vessels, and the said company shall maintain at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the Light-House Board shall prescribe. SEC. 5. That all railroad companies desiring the use of the said bridges shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon the payment of reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridges, and the several railroad companies, or any one of them, desiring such use, shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridges, all matters in issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon the hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties. SEC. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly reserved; and this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridges herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the approval of this Act. Approved, March 2, 1905. CHAP. 1310.-An Act Authorizing the President to reinstate Alexander G. Pendleton, junior, as a cadet in the United States Military Academy. March 2, 1905. [H. R. 17983.] [Public, No. 130.] Alexander G. Pendleton. as cadet at West Point Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is hereby authorized to reinstate former cadet Alexander G. Pendleton, junior, Reinstatement to the United States Military Academy at West Point on or at any day after the eleventh day of June, nineteen hundred and five. Approved, March 2, 1905. authorized. CHAP. 1311.-An Act Fixing the status of merchandise coming into the United States from the Canal Zone, Isthmus of Panama. March 2, 1905. [H. R. 18285.] [Public, No. 131.] Canal zone. to tariff laws. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all laws affecting imports of articles, goods, wares, and merchandise and entry of persons into ported from, subject the United States from foreign countries shall apply to articles, goods, wares, and merchandise and persons coming from the Canal Zone, Isthmus of Panama, and seeking entry into any State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia. Approved, March 2, 1905. CHAP. 1312.-An Act To authorize the city of Buffalo, New York, to construct a tunnel under Lake Erie and Niagara River and to erect and maintain an inlet pier therefrom for the purpose of supplying the city of Buffalo with pure water. March 2, 1905. [H. B. 18637.] [Public, No. 132.] Buffalo, N. Y. Tunnel under Lake Erie, etc., authorized Location. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the city of Buffalo, in the State of New York, to construct and maintain a tunnel under Lake Erie, Niagara River, Black Rock Harbor, and for water supply. the United States lands known as Fort Porter, extending from a point two hundred yards, more or less, northeast of the Horseshoe Reef light in the Emerald channel ten thousand feet to the present pumping station of the city of Buffalo, and to erect and maintain an inlet pier Inlet pier. therefrom, said inlet pier to be located in the Emerald channel not more than six hundred feet northeast of the present Horseshoe Reef light: Provided, That the top of the said tunnel shall be located at least forty feet below mean lake level, and that the city of Buffalo Top of tunnel. shall maintain a light from sunset to sunrise on the inlet pier at its own expense. Approved, March 2, 1905. Proviso. Lights. CHAP. 1313.-An Act To authorize the board of supervisors of Berrien County, Michigan, to construct a bridge across the Saint Joseph River near its mouth in said county. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the board of supervisors of Berrien County, in the State of Michigan, be, and are hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the March 2, 1905. [H. R. 18728.] [Public, No. 133.] Saint Joseph River. Mich., may bridge. Berrien County, Location. Secretary of War to approve plans, etc. Changes. Saint Joseph River near its mouth in said Berrien County, at or near the site of the bridge now known as Napier Bridge. SEC. 2. That said bridge shall be located and built under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation as the Secretary of War may prescribe; and to secure that object the said board of supervisors shall submit for his examination designs and drawings of the bridge and maps of the location, and until the said plans and location are approved by him the bridge shall not be commenced or built; and should any changes be made in said bridge, before or after completion, such changes shall be likewise subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. That the bridge shall be known and recognized as a post route, and shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads of the United States, and no charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, troops, and munitions of war of the United Telegraph, etc., States. Equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies, and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal, telegraph, and telephone purposes. Post route. rights. Unobstructed navi gation. Lights, etc. Time of construction. Amendment. SEC. 3. That the said bridge shall be so kept and managed as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels and other craft through or under the same; and for the safety of vessels passing at night there shall be displayed on said bridge from sunset to sunrise, at the expense of the owners thereof, such lights or other signals as the Light-House Board may prescribe. And any changes in said bridge which the Secretary of War may at any time deem necessary and order in the interests of navigation shall be made by the owners thereof at their own expense. SEC. 4. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the said bridge be not commenced in one year and completed in three years from the date hereof. SEC. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, March 2, 1905. March 2, 1905. [H. R. 19013.] [Public. No. 134.] Connecticut River. extended. CHAP. 1314.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the board of commissioners for the Connecticut bridge and highway district to construct a bridge across the Connecticut River at Hartford, in the State of Connecticut." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Time for bridging States of America in Congress assembled, That section one of an Act at Hartford, Conn., entitled "An act to authorize the board of commissioners for the Con836, necticut bridge and highway district to construct a bridge across the Connecticut River at Hartford, in the State of Connecticut," approved February eighteenth, nineteen hundred and three, be amended so as to read as follows: "The board of commissioners for the Connecticut River bridge and highway district, a body politic and corporate, created by the laws of the State of Connecticut, be, and hereby is, authorized to construct and maintain a drawless bridge across the Connecticut River at Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, between the city of Hartford and the town of East Hartford: Provided, That the owners of said bridge shall, at their own expense, place a draw in the bridge whenever so ordered by the Secretary of War, the said draw to be built at such location and to afford such clear openings as he may decide to be necessary in the interest of navigation." Proviso. Approved, March 2, 1905. CHAP. 1402.-An Act Making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for other purposes. March 3, 1905. [H. R. 17094.] [Public, No. 135.] priations. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sums of money herein Fortifications approprovided for be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be available until expended, namely: FORTIFICATIONS AND OTHER WORKS OF DEFENSE. For modernizing older emplacements, four hundred and fifty thou- Modernizing old sand dollars. emplacements. etc. For construction of fire control stations and accessories, including Fire control stations, purchase of lands and rights of way, and for the purchase, installation, operation, and maintenance of necessary lines and means of electrical communication, including telephones, dial and other telegraphs, wiring and all special instruments, apparatus, and materials, coast signal apparatus, and salaries of electrical experts, engineers, and other necessary employees, connected with the use of coast artillery; for the purchase, Range finders, etc. manufacture, and test of range finders and other instruments for fire control at the fortifications, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, one million dollars. For purchase and installation of searchlights for the defenses of our most important harbors, two hundred thousand dollars. For the protection, preservation, and repair of fortifications for which there may be no special appropriation available, three hundred thousand dollars. For preparation of plans for fortifications, five thousand dollars. For tools, electrical and engine supplies and appliances, to be furnished by the Engineer Department, for the use of the troops for maintaining and operating electric light and power plants in gun and mortar batteries, forty thousand dollars. For construction of sea walls and embankments, nineteen thousand four hundred dollars. Searchlights. Preservation, etc. Plans. Sea walls. For the construction of mining casemates, cable galleries, torpedo Submarine mines. storehouses, cable tanks, and other structures necessary for the operation, preservation, and care of submarine mines and their accessories, four hundred thousand dollars, to be expended by the Engineer Department. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to apply the money herein appropriated for fortifications and other works of defense, in carrying on the various works, by contract or otherwise, as may be most economical and advantageous to the Government. Where said works are done by contract, such contract shall be made after sufficient public advertisement for proposals, in such manner and form as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and such contracts shall be made with the lowest responsible bidders, accompanied by such securities as the Secretary of War shall require, conditioned for the faithful prosecution and completion of the work according to such contract. ARMAMENT OF FORTIFICATIONS. For the purchase, manufacture, test, and issue of machine and automatic guns, including their carriages, sights, implements, equipments, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, seventy thousand dollars. For the purchase, manufacture, and test of mountain, field, and siege cannon, including their carriages, sights, implements, equip Contracts. Armament. Machine guns. Mountain, field, and siege guns. Unexpended bal- Vol. 31, p. 874. Ammunition. Seacoast guns. Ammunition. Inspecting instruments, range finders, etc. Ammunition, etc., for seacoast artillery practice. Field and siege artillery practice. Alterations, etc. Contract guns. ments, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, six hundred thousand dollars. Balances remaining unexpended from amounts appropriated by Act of May seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, for siege breechloading mortars, steel, of seven-inch caliber; by Act of May twentyfifth, nineteen hundred, for carriages and platforms for steel field mortars of three and six-tenths inch caliber, including implements and equipments; and by Act of March first, nineteen hundred and one, for five-inch breech-loading rifles, siege, and for carriages for steel breech-loading rifles, siege, of five-inch caliber, including equipments, platform, and ammunition wagons, are hereby made available for such objects as are provided for by the foregoing appropriation, and such funds will hereafter be accounted for under this same heading of appropriation. For the purchase, manufacture, and test of ammunition for machine and automatic guns, and for mountain, field, and siege cannon, including the necessary experiments in connection therewith, and the machinery necessary for its manufacture at the arsenals, two hundred thousand dollars. For the purchase, manufacture, test, and issue of seacoast cannon for coast defense, including their carriages, sights, implements, equipments, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, five hundred thousand dollars. For the purchase, manufacture, and test of ammunition for seacoast cannon, including the necessary experiments in connection therewith, and the machinery necessary for its manufacture at the arsenals, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For the purchase, manufacture, and test of inspecting instruments for the manufacture of cannon, carriages, and ammunition; range finders and other instruments for fire control at the fortifications and in field batteries, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, one hundred and fifty-five thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. For the purchase, manufacture, and test of ammunition, subcaliber tubes, and other accessories for seacoast artillery practice, including the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, three hundred and forty-eight thousand dollars. For the purchase, manufacture, and test of ammunition, subcaliber tubes, and other accessories for mountain, field, and siege artillery practice, including the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, seventy-seven thousand dollars. For the alteration and maintenance of the seacoast artillery, including the purchase and manufacture of machinery, tools, and materials necessary for the work and the expenses of the mechanics engaged thereon, five hundred and sixty thousand dollars. For eight-inch, ten-inch, and twelve-inch guns, manufactured by conVol. 26, pp. 319, 770. tract, under the provisions of the fortifications Acts approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, twenty-eight thousand dollars. Sandy Hook proving ground, N. J. Maintenance. PROVING GROUND, SANDY HOOK, NEW JERSEY. For current expenses and maintenance of the ordnance proving ground, Sandy Hook, New Jersey, including expenses incident to the transportation of men and material therefor, general repairs and alterations and accessories incidental to testing and proving ordnance, including hire of assistants for the Ordnance Board, skilled mechanical labor, purchase of instruments and other supplies, building and repairing butts and targets, clearing and grading ranges, fifty thousand two hundred and forty-three dollars. |