New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-27
(PUBLIC-NO. 1iO.1

AN All to authorize the construction and
Maintenance of bridge across thu
Niagara river.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Hons
of Representatives Of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That any
bridge and its appurtenances which shall be
constructed across the Niagara river, from
in pursuance of the provisions of an act ii
the legislature of the State Of New York,
entitled AN act to incorporate the
International Bridge Company" passed
April the seventeenth, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-seven, or ii
any act or acts of said Legislature nov
in force, amending the same, shall be Law.
full structures, and shall be so held and
taken, and are hereby authorized to be cor
structed and maintained as provided BY said
act and such amendments thereto, anything
in any law or laws of the United State
to the contrary Notwithstanding, and
such bridge shall be, and is hereby. d.
clared to be an established post road for ths
mails of the United States; but this act SHAH
not be construed to authorize the copstrue
ton of any bridge which shall not permit
the free navigation Of said river to substSn
TALLY the same extent as would be enioyed
under the provisions of said act and the
amendments thereto, heretofore enacted
and now in force: Provided, nevertheless.
That the location of any bridge, the con.
struction of which is hereby authorized,
shall be subject to the approval of the Sec.
Rotary of War. but not to be located south
of Squaw Island: And provided further.
That such bridge shall have at least two
draws of not less than one hundred and
sixty feet in width, in the clear between the
piers, which shall be located at the points
best calculated to accommodate the com
merce of said river; and the piers Of said
bridge shall be parallel to the current Of
said river
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, Tia.
the bridge herein named shall be subject. in
its construction, to the supervision of the
Secretary of War of the United States, 10
whom the plans and specifications, relative
to its construction, shall be submitted for
approval. And all railway companies de-
string TO use the said bridge shall have and
be entitled to equal rights and privileges
in the passage of the same, and in the use Of
the machinery and fixtures thereof. and of
all the approaches thereto, under and upon
such terms and conditions as shall be pre-
scribed by the district court of the United
States for the northern district of New
York. upon hearing the allegations and
proofs of the parties, i'll case they shall not
agree.
SEC. 8. And be 1t further enacted. That
the right to alter or amend this act so as 70
prevent or remove all material Instructions
to the navigation of the said river by TIE
construction of the said bridge, is hereby
expressly reserved.
Approved, June 30. 1870.
[PUBLIC-No. Ill
AN ACT to amend an act entitled Gan act
n establish rrnifprr, of hank
ruptcy throughout the United States
approved March 2, 1867.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representative of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That the
jurisdiction conferred upon the supreme
courts of the Territories by the act to which
this is in amendment may be exercised, upon
petitions regularly filed in that court, by
either of the justices thereof while holding
the district court in the district in which the
petitioner or the alleged bankrupt resides,
and said several supreme courts shall have
the same supervisory jurisdiction over all
acts and decisions of each Justice thereof as
is conferred upon the circuit courts OF the
United States over proceedings in the
district courts of the United States by the
second sestion of said act
SEC. =. And be it further enacted, That in
case of vacancy in the office of district
Judge in any district, or in case any dS
trlct judge shall, from sickness, absence. or
other disability. be unabl to act, the cir
cult judge of the circuit in which such dis
trict Is: included may make, during such
or vacancy, all necessary rules
and orders preparatory to the final hearing
of all causes in bankruptcy. and cause the
same to be entered or issued, as the case
may require, by the clerk of the district
court.
Approved, June 80, 1870.