St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-02-19

wherein DEGREES of condemnation have
been or shall be entered, and for payment
to the claimants i'll those of said cases
wherein final DEGREES of restitution have
been or may be passed and that in each
of said cases wherein final DEGREES of
condemnation and distribution have been
or shall be entered, the sum to be paid
into the treasury of the United States for
distribution TO the captors shall be one
half Of the gross proceeds of sale in said
cases, less the the costs taxed and allow
ed by the court Provided, That any
sum or sums remaining after execution of
all DEGREES of distribution and restitution
as hereinbefore provided, be paid into the
treasury of the United States to the cred
it of the navy pension fund And pro-
vided further, That nothing herein con-
tained shall be deemed an admission on
the part of the United States of any liza
bility for the detalcation of the said
Clapp as marshal aforesaid.
Approved, July 20, 1868.
An Act authorizing the construction of a
bridge across the Missouri river upon
the military reservation at Fort Leav-
enworth, Kansas.
BE it resolved by the Senate and House
Of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
it shall be lawful for the Kansas and Mis-
souri, Bridge Company, corporation
having authority from the State of Kan
sas, to build railroad, transit, and wag-
on bridge across the Missouri river upon
or near the military reservation at Fort
Leavenworth, and that when construc-
ed all trains of all roads terminating at
the Missouri river at or near the location
of said bridge, shall be allowed to cross
said bridge for reasonable compensation
to be paid to the owners thereof. And
IN case OF any litigation arising from any
obstruction OF alleged obstruction to the
free navigation of said river, the cause
may be tried before the district court of
the United States of any State in which
any portion of said obstruction or bridge
touches.
SEC. ,. And be it further enacted,
That any bridge built under the provis-
ions of this act shall not be in any case
of less elevation than fifty feet above ex-
treme high-water mark, and understood
1t the point of location, to the bottom
hord of the bridge nor shall the spans
| ,e of less than two hundred and fifty feet
in length, in the clear, and the piers OF
-pid bridge shall be parallel with the
current OF the river, and the main span
-hall be over the main channel of the
river, at low water.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted,
That for the use of railroads leading to
-id bridge from either side of the river
there is hereby granted right of way
through said Fort Leavenworth military
reservation not exceeding for all of said
roads three hundred feet in width Pro-
vided, That said roads do not in any
way interfere with the public buildings
on said military reservation.
SEC. /. And be it further enacted,
That the Kansas and Missouri bridge be,
and the same is hereby, established as u
post road, and that said bridge company
shall have the right to take from said
reservation, at such places as shall be
designated by the Secretary of War, all
stone. timber, and earth necessary to use
in the construction of said bridge.
SEC. s. And be it further enacted
That the right to alter or amend this act
20 rs TO prevent or remove all material
obStructons 10 the navigation of said
river bv the construction of bridges, is
hereby expressly reserved.
SEC. u. And be it further enacted,
That it shall he lawful for the Saint Jo-
seph and Denver City Railroad Compa-
ny, a corporation created by the laws OF
State of Kansas, to build bridge over
and across the Missouri river at Saint 10.
seph, Missouri and all the rights and
ind privileges conferred by sections l, =,
4, and ) of this act ar. hereby extended,
so far as they are applicable, TO the
Saint Joseph and Denver City Railroad
Company, and the strictions, limitations,
and conditions contained in said sections
are hereby made applicable to said com
pany.
Approved, July 30, 1868.
An Act for the registration or enrol
ment of certain foreign vessels.
BE it resolved 10y the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United State:
of America in Congress assembled, That
the Secretary OF the Treasury be, and he
J is hereby, authorized and directed to is