1366 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Cns. 450, 451. 1899. I certify that the total number of male Indians over eighteen years of age belonging on this reservation is eleven hundred and sixty (1160), of whom ten hundred and twenty-three (1023) have signed the foregoing agreement. Cius. E. MGC1J11s1v11y, Bosmsnn Aermcr, S. D. U' S' Inman Agent' March 10, 1898. I certify that the oihcial records of Rosebud Agency, S. D., show eleven hundred and sixty adult male Indians over eighteen years of age belonging on the Rosebud Reservation, ten hundred and twenty- three of whom have signed the foregoing agreement, being one hundred and fifty-three (153) more than the threeiourths majority of the adult male Indians of Rosebud Agency. · Jsmns MCLAUGHLIN, U. S. Indian Inspector. Rosnnun AGENGY, S. D. March 10, 1898. Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United __§§§;_"§‘;‘Q_·,_; Im States of America in Congress assembled, That the agreement made mm. and entered into on the first day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, by and between James McLaughlin, United States Indian inspector, on the part of the United States, and the Lower Brule band _ of the Sioux tribe of Indians in South Dakota, be, and the same hereby ·, is, accepted, ratified, and confirmed. `R°°°b"“ I”"““ Sec. 2. That the agreement made and entered into on the tenth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety eight, by and between James McLaughlin, United States Indian inspector, on the part of the United States and the Sioux tribe of Indians belonging to the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, be, and the same is hereby, ratified and confirmed. - ` APP"? **“°¤- Sec. 3. That for the purpose of making the payment to the Indians of the Rosebud Reservation stipulated for in article two of the foregoing _ agreement, the sum of one hundred and forty eight thousand six hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money mg ML in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the said payment is to bein full for all lands required by the said Lower Brule Indians for allotments in accordance with the provisions of article one of the aforesaid agreement. Approved, March 3, 1899. Much 3, 1899. CHAP. 451.-—Au Act To authorize the construction of a bridge over the Tennessee "*"*;""" River at or near Sheffield. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United geriginwcogddv States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the Q1, bddg ·y,,,,,,§’§:,{ Tennessee Bridge and Ferry Company, of Alabama, a corporation duly £;¤r •¤ S¤¤¤¤*¤· and legally incorporated under the laws of the State of Alabama, its successors or assigns, to construct and maintain a bridge over the Tennessee River at or near Sheffield, in Colbert County, Alabama. asm. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains, and, at the option of the persons by whom it may be built, may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot passengers, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War. To i»• mwah smc- Sec. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this Act and
- “1¥§;, ,,,,,,,,_ subject to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be
recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails and troops and the munitions ofwar of the United States, or passengers or freight passing over the said bridge, than the rate per mile paid for
