Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-09-20

p,ess,,rino 10 the bottom chord OF the
bridge and the piers of said bFitige shasi
be parallel with che current OF the river !;
Ard pr0gioed also. That said draw shsit
heapened promptly, upon reasona0'e sig
nal, for the liaSsage OF boais: ana I'D 40
case shall unnecessaro delay Oeeursn opetl-
ing the said draw during or after the pass
aye OF Trains
See g. That any bridge constructed I'M
der this act, and according TO its limita-
tons, shall be lawful structure, and shall
be known and recognized as post route.
upon which, also, no higher charge shall
be made for the transmission over tile
same of the mails, the tro0Ds. and the mu-
nitions of war OF the United States than
The rate per mile paid for their Transports
ton over the railroads or public highways
leading To the said bridge. and the UuIted
States shall have the light of way for pos
tal-telegTaph purposes across said bridge.
Sec. 4. That all railway companies de-
string to use the said bridge shall have and
be entitled TO equal rights aud privileges
in the passage of the same. and ia the use
of the machinery and fixtures thereof, and
of all the Iappr0acles thereto. under and
upon such terms and conditions IS shall be
prescribed by the Secretary of War, upon
hearing the allegations and proofs % the
parties in case they shall no5 agree.
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! with the necessary drawings OF said bridge,
shall be submitted 10 the Secretary of War
| for his approval, and until he approve the
/ plan and location of said bridge it shall
/ not lie built or commenced and should
/ any change be made in the plan OF SAID
| bridge during the progress OF the work
/ thereon, SUCH chrnges shall be subject TO
/ the approval of the Secretary OF War
/ and ali changes in the construction OF said
/ bridge that may be directed by Congress
shaft be made at the c0st and expense of
| the OWNERS thereof.
| See. 6. That the right to altar or amend
| this act, So as to prevent or remove all
III ;terial Instructions To the VACATION o.
said river by the construction OF bridges,
is hereby expressly reserved.
Approved, June 10. 1872.
GENERAL NATURE-NO. 1851
AN ACT to refund duties paid on goods
wares, and merchandise remaining in
/ bond or store on the first day of August,
eighteen hundred and seventy two
Be it enacted &c, That whenever it
shall be shown to the satisfaction of the
/ Secretary of the Treasury that parties are
entitled 70 refund of duties pail on goods
wares, aud merchandise remaining i'm pub
lie stores or bonded Warehouses on the hrst
day OF August, eighteen hundred and sew
enty-two, under the provisions OF the
eighth section of the act approved June
six, eighteen hundred and seyenty-LwO,
:! entitled AN act to reduce duties on inn
ports and 10 reduce internal taxes, and for
other purposes, /" it shall be the duty of the
Secretary of the Treasury to draw his war
rant upon the Treasurer, directing said
Treasurer to refund the same out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise APP
priated.
| Approved, June 1OElS72.
GENERAL NATURE-NO. al.
AN ACT to authorize the sale of certain
public property.
4 Be il enacted &C., That the Secretary o.
War be, and he is hereby. authorized and
i directed 10 sell, in whole or in such sub
divisions as shall, in his opinion, secure
the greatest amount of money, either by
public auction or by inviting proposals fol
the purchase thereof and in either case to
the highest bidder, all the lands and tene-
ments bSDnging to the United states, at
Rome. New York VeTgennes, Vermont +;
Fayetteville North Carolina; Mount Yer
non, Alabama: and Chattahoochee, FIOfl-
da, now OF heretofore use1 for arsenal, pur-
poses, and known, respectively, u Rome
arsenal, Champain arsenal, North Caro-
lima arsenal, Mount Vernon arsenal, aud
: ApalachicOla arsenal; also the captured
lands and tenements belonging 10 the
4 United States at Shreveport, Louisiana
Marchall and Jefferson, Texas; and IN
Marion and Davis counties, Texas
and a tract OF forty acres of land, more OF
less, situated about two and one-half miles
from the present United States arsenal al
Augusta, Georgia, which comprises the
site of the old United States arsenal anC
; any adjoining land purchased by the so
called - confederate States, +" which fell tC
the United States as captured property
and which has not hitherto been sold, and
all the material and buildings of the pow
der-wOFks erected by the SO-called "cOnfed-
crate government thereon: Provided
That no sale shall be made under this act
until the time, terms, place, and mode
thereof shall have been published in one OF
the principal newspapers in the city Oh
Washington, in two OF the principal pa
pers printed at the capital of the State, and
one paper printed in the county in which
the arsenal or lands to be sold are situated,
for the space of sixty days prior to the
sale. If no newspaper is printed In the
county where the property to be sold Is
situated, then the notice shall be publish
ed in a newspaper printed IN any adJ0ln-
ing county.
Sec. 9. That the terms of payment foI
the property above directed to be sold shall
be in all cases not less than One-iourth
cash and the remainder on credit or one,
two, and three years, with interest at SIX
per centum per annum, secured by land
surity from the purchaser or purchasers .
and the Secretary of War is empowered
and required. on receiving the purchase
money in iull, to execute all necessary
deeds of said property to the purchaser or
purchasers thereof on behalf of the Uuit-
ed States.