FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 52-54, 56. 1892. 427 and ninety-two, and transmitted to Congress by John Randolph, assistant clerk of said court, on the sixteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Or said court may, if in its opinion justice so requires, take other testimony as to facts. But in any judgment it Inmestmmioweu. may render against the United States, in favor of said claimants, interest shall not be allowed. The statute of limitations shall not be of !i¤¤i¤¤i¤¤ pleaded as a bar to recovery in said case. The Attomey-General is mAnAmey.ce¤ernw hereby directed to appear in behalf of the United States in said case. ;}{g,j’*' ‘°’ (*°"°¤¤· And from any judgment rendered by the court, either party may Aston. appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States. Said cause shall A "“"°°"‘°“"· . be advanced on the docket and tried without delay in any court which shall become invested with jurisdiction thereof by the provisions of this act. Approved, January 28, 1893. CHAP. 53.-An act to amend “An act authorizing the construction of a railway, January 28, 1893. street railway, motor, wagon, and pedestrian bridge over the Missouri River, near #—·—— Council Blufs, Iowa, and maha, Nebraska, and to extend the time for the completion of the bridge therein provided for." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States oaf America in Congress assembled, That section eight of the act Briwcvcrtghe Miqentitl “An act authorizing the construction of a railway, street rail- ‘i§T,E,, `Y§,“,?,,f’°‘f,‘}}°§ way, motor, wagon, and pedestrian bridge over the Missouri River, 0¤g=$¤é6N¤l;¤é . near lCouncil Bluils, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska," be amended toread'P' ` as 0 ows: ‘ “SEc. 8. That this act shall be null and void if construction of said _·ram for comme bridge shall not be commenced on or before the first day of January, *‘°" °"’°““°‘*· eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and be completed on or before the iirst day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight: Provided, That mm. ‘ the navigation of the Missouri River shall not be obstructed by false 0b§;_:*$:,*·>¤ ¤•>**¤>l>· works during the construction of the bridge.” ' Approved, January 28, 1893. CHAP. 54.-An act to umendan act entitled "An act to forfeit certain lands here- Jmu¤ry31,18w. tofore granted for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads, and for other ***7* purposes." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section three of an act m£{¤‘,£<;j3¤¤ { ¤¤· entitled “An act to tbrfeit certain lands heretofore granted for the mn ' purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads, and for other pur- vo1.26,p.4n¤. poses,” be, and the same is, amended so as to extend the time within nmnmn of time which persons entitled to purchase lands forfeited by said act upon f;}' §}§}`§§,“§f,f“ §';§§§ the line of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company between Walliila, R=¤i1¤¤¤¤1· Washington, and Portland, Oregon, shall be permitted to purchase the same in the quantities and upon the terms provided in said section to January iirst, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Approved, January 31, 1893. CHAP. 56.-An act for the relief of William Smith and others. February 2, 1893. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stats3S of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting €r":,‘{; in mmm officers of the Treasury are authorized and directed to credit Lieuten- tr certain seam. aut-Colonel William Smith, deputy paymaster-general, United States Wi¤i¤*¤ $*¤i¤¤·
