O FOIBTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 358, 360. 1882. 179
358.-Au not to authorize the construction of n strcot-railway and wagon-road July 28, 1882.
budge- over tho Iho Grande River between tho city of El Paso, Texas, and Paso -————-—¥——— dol Norte, Mcxxco. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the El Paso Street Rail- P“°é’ stmt way Company, n corporation organized and created under and by virtue ,0 ;0::gm&°;}Q,°;{ of the lows of the Smte of Texas, bo, and is hereby, authorized and em- milwayand wagon powered to construct, own, maintain, and operate a streetrailway bridge rom! bridge 0_v<>r over the Rio Grande River between the city of El Paso, in the State of Bw G’°”d° R“'°'· Texas, and the city of Paso del N orte, in the State of Uhihuohua., Mex- °t°' • noo, at such point as may be most convenient to said corporation to nnxte and connect the streetmilroad to be constructed by them in the said city of El Paso with any streetraiboad that may be constructed by any person or company in the said city of Paso del Norte, and to. build and lay on and across said bridge ways for the passage of animals, footpassengers, and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of which said corporation may charge a reasonable toll, which charge shall be subject T°“- to revision and regulation by the Secretary of War from time to time. Sec. 2. That said bridge may be built with unbroken and continuous _ Form, construespans, nnd of the following dimensions, to wit: Six hundred feet in mulength, twenty feet in width, ten feet in height above high water level, and with twentyeight spans, twelve of which to be thirty fwt in length and sixteen of which to be fifteen feet in length; that said bridge when Declared a law— completed in the manner herein specified shall be deemed and taken to fu! ¤t¤¤¢=fi¤r¤· ` be :1 legal structure: Provided, That said bridge shall not interfere with Prvvbvsthe free navigation of said river; and in case of any litigation arising _ _ from an obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation thereof tow °P‘Q·§”·:3° caused or alleged to he caused by said bridge, the case may be tried mm m ' before the district court of the United States of the State in which any portion of said bridge may be situated: And provided also, That Congress n-serves tho right to withdraw the authority and power conferred by this actin case the freenavigation of said river shall at any time bc substantially or materially obstructed by said bridge, or for any other _ reason, and todirecttheremovalor neoessarymodincatiomthereof at thoeostundexpensoof theowneraofsaidbridge;smdvilongressmay C f _ J at any time alter, repeal, ornmend this net: And provided further, That ,m;";';Q°° tom; the consent of the Mexican State of Chihuahua, and of the proper on- obmmd “A thorities of the Republic of Mexico shall have been obtained before said _ _ , bridge shall be built or commenced. Approved, July 28, 1882. CHAP. 360.-A.n not to amend section twentyone hundred and thirty-three of the JV-IY 31. N52- Revised Statutes in relation to Indian traders. """*"""""" Be it enacted by the ,S’cmta and House of Rqwcscntativea of the Uniwd States of America in Congress aaacmbled, That section twenty-one hun- R. 8. 2133, 372,, dred and thirty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, ¤¤¤°¤d¤•*~ and the same is hereby, amended so that it shall read: “Any person other than an Indian of the full blood who shall attempt main under:. to reside in the Indian country, or on any Indian reservation, as as trader or to introduce goods, or to trade therein, without such license, Y shell izorfeit all merchandise oilered for sale to the Indians or found m his possession, and shall moreover be liable to as penalty of five hundred dollars: I’ro·mdcd, That this section shall not apply to any nerson ro· hewn. aiding among or trading with the Cboetaws, Oherokees,_Ghxokagavs, Greek or Seminoles, commonly culled the nve civihzed tubes, remdtng in Indian country, and belonging to the Union Agency therem: 4tsu¢prov€&vdj*•srtkor, Thatuowhitepoxsou ehullhe employodssa clerk by any lmlism ¤·aén,e:oept meh ustmdsmth and nve dmhxed tubes,-
