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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 5 STAT. · July 1, 1836 · Chapter CCXLIX

Chapter CCXLIX. *to authorize the Shenandoah Bridge Company, at Harper’s Ferry, to erect a bridge on the lands of the United States, at or near the town of Harper’s Ferry.* July 1, 1836. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *A bridge at Har

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Chap. CCXLIX.— An Act *to authorize the Shenandoah Bridge Company, at Harper’s Ferry, to erect a bridge on the lands of the United States, at or near the town of Harper’s Ferry.* July 1, 1836. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *A bridge at Harper’s Ferry, on the land of the United States. That the Shenandoah bridge company, at Harper’s Ferry, be, and they are hereby, authorized to erect a bridge across the river Shenandoah, on the lands belonging to the United States, at or near the town of Harper’s Ferry, and to connect the same, by a sufficient road or passway through the said lands, with the road on the east side of the said river, and the main street of the said town; *Provided,* That in the construction of the said bridge,Proviso. and the road or passway to and from it, the said company shall not, in virtue of this act, interfere with the rights or privileges of any individuals or existing corporation; *And provided, also,* That the location of theProviso. said bridge upon the public lands aforesaid, shall be submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War, prior to the erection thereof.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That on the said terms and conditionsMay erect a toll-house. the said Shenandoah bridge company shall be, and they are hereby, empowered to erect a toll-house adjacent to the said bridge on 64TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 252. 1836.Proviso.the lands, aforesaid of the United States; *Provided,* That should the said bridge never be constructed, or having been constructed, shall be abandoned, by the said company, the rights vested therein, by this act, shall cease and determine.
Approved, July 1, 1836. Chapter CCLII: to authorize and enable the President to assert and prosecute with effect, the claim of the United States to the legacy bequeathed to them by James Smithson, late of London, deceased, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men. 5 Stat. 64 1836-07-01 Chapter CCLII Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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*to authorize the Shenandoah Bridge Company, at Harper’s Ferry, to erect a bridge on the lands of the United States, at or near the town of Harper’s Ferry.* July 1, 1836. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *A bridge at Har
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