St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-09-16

An aci providing for retunding the in
icreot paid by the Stale OF Massachu-
cuu-ells on money expended by her
on account Of he war of eighteen hun
hr,d aud fifteen.
BE it enacted by the Senate and
| House ct Rcpre-tnta ives OF the United
Ut Am 'iicd III { ,nIIr>> assembled, That
tt,,rc !,r al uw ed ON the claim OF the State
Ul massachusetts, for interest paid by
her on money cNpcnIrl hy -aid State on
account vi Inc war with Great britain
i'll eighteen and twelve L. eighteen hun
dred an fifteen, the sum OF SIN hundred
and sevcnty-eight thousand three hun
dred and >iXty-two dollars and forty
one cents, in full Of said claim; and
whereas by an arrangement made by
the SAID Stale OF Massachusetts and the
State OF Maine, al the time OF their sep
aratiUn, in eighteen hundred and twenty,
the said State OF Maine becomes tn
owner q: Une-ihirl of this claim and
whereas both OF said States have assign
cd their re.prciIves interests in sand
claim OF the European and Northern
Railway Company OF Maine, to aid said
company in constructing lis line OF lall-
way, the Secretary of the Treasury is
hereby authorized and directed 10 pay
one third part OF the said claim OF SIN
hundred AM se>cnty-eight Thousand
three hundred and siXty-two dollars and
iorty-one cents to the State Of Maine.
and the other two-thirds part thereof To
the the State of Massachusetts, 10y an Is
sue to each said States ior tie Use and
benefit Of SAID European and North
American Railway Company, oil IN
am cunt of United States certificates OF
Indebtedness equal to lis share in the
whole sum allowed and to be paid s;ud
certificates to be of the denomination Of
one thousand dollars each, TO be made and
issued 10y ihe'Secrctary Of the Treasury
in such form, and ~igned attested, AMI
registered as he shall direct, and with or
without interest warrants as he may pre-
fer. Zach certificate to run five year,
from It's date, TO draw interest, payable
semi -annually, at the rate of four per
ccntun. per aunum, and TO he PAYABLE,
both principal and interest, il lawful
money OF the United States, 10 be here
after appropriated and provided for by
Congress.
SEC. = And be it further enacted,
| That the acceptance Ivy the said States OF
Massachusetts and Maine and the Euro
pean and North American Raj way
Company of the amount hereby author
lied to be paid to each of said States for
the use AMI benefit OF sal | railway COM
pany shall be held and regarded a. full
adjustment and payment OF any and ali
claims Tor interest as AT DreSaid, and also
a complete adjustment, liquidation, and
payment of any and al other claims Of
Tie said States of Massachusetts and
Maine, and o! said railway company, or
o! either of them, against the United
States for and on account OF any matters
ari-ln@ from ANY money Expended hy
said State ui Massachusetts, on account
Il the war with Great britain, IN ci-ni- .
r,n hundred and twelve to eighteen
hundred ami iit,cn. OF any interest
thereon. or on account OF ANY matters
arising out OF UI accruiug rom the tI,..-
~ with Great Britain known ~ ;ht
treaty with WASHINGTON. or for or "h |
account 81 any o:I.c: matters whI>h hatc ,
been assigned by SAID States Of M.-sa-
chu-cIts and Maine to laid railway /.
company.
Approved, july :, $50.
An act u ;Htnoriz, the construction and /
maintenance. OF Il hri b.. across the
Niagara river.
y. il enacted ~ the N.narc ana
House Of l. -pr,-.mtatilc- II the l'.-;cd /
States Of America in Cor.Ic-s assembled, |
That amy brid,.r and IT, nppIrtanc,.s
which shall bc constructed ucru-- Tie |
Niagara river, from the ci,y of i;ut!alo. |
New York, to Canada. ia iur>u NC OF
an act Of the legislature OF the STATE of |
NV York, entitled An act to incorpo
rat, the international BI;.!.c Cprn,la
passed April the seventeenth, one thou
sand cignt hundred ami iity-stVrn, Or Of
any act Or as Of sud i,giSiatm, now
in force, amcnliuE the same, sEall hc
Lawful structures, snail be held and talk
en-, and are hereby authorized TO be con-
>;rucicd and maintained - provided by
said act and such amendments thereto,
in any law or laws of the nit
cd S.atcs 10 tha contrary uotwith-,and,
ing; and such bridge shall be and is
hereby, declared 10 an established post
road for the mails of the Dnited State;
hut this ;ct shall not he construed to ali-
thorlze the construction OF any bridge
which shall not permit the navigation, of
SAID river TO substantially the same cx-
tent as would be enjoyed under the pro-
visions OF said act AMI the amendments
thereto, heretofore enacted and now in
progress Provided, nevertheless, That
The location OF any bridge, the construc-
ion OF which is hereby authorized, shall
DC subject TO the approval of the Secre-
AIRY OF War. but not TO be located south
II Squa" island Aud provided furth-
IT, That such bridge shall have ut least
wo draws of not less than one hundred
md sixty feet i'll width, i'll the clear be-
wecn tie piers, which shall be located
It the points best calculated to accommo-
late the commerce of SAID river and the
'lers OF said bridge shall be parallel to
he current of nd river
SEC. 2. And be il further enacted,
hat the bridge herein named shall be 4,
ubJcct, in its construction, TO the super
ision of the Secretary Of War of the
'nlted States to whom the plans and
relative 10 its construc-
on, shalt be submitted for approval. fol
md all railway companies des!rin- to
Sc the said bridge shall have and be en-
tied to equal rights and privileges in
lie passage of the same and III the use OF