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 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 240, 241. 1882. 1 il tion of said obstruction or bridge may be located: Provided, That nothing in this not shall be so construed us to repeal or modify any of the provisions of low now existing in reference to the protection of the nn.vigntion of rivers, or to exempt said bridges from the operation of the some. Sec. 5. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge, Right of railor may of them, shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges *°¤d¤*°“¤°‘>’mS°¤ relative to the passage of railway trains over the some, and over the P'°“°"°‘]‘ approaches thereto, upon payment of n reasonable compensation for ` such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge or bridges and Tau. the several railroad companies, or any one of them desiring such use, - shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge or bridges, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War, upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties. Sec. 6. That all bridges or any bridge authorized to be constructed under this net shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river or rivers as the Sec- ·- rotary of \V:u· shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said Designs and company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his dmwiugs to be examination and approval, as design and drawings of said bridges, and °“;'“'“°,Elv%° S¥°‘ each of them, and n mop of the location, giving, for the space of one 3gp3v3i_ M °r •mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the su·emn,tl1e location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full ond satisfactory understanding of the `subject; anduntil the said plan and location of the bridge or bridges are approved by the Seeretmy of War the bridge or bridges shall not be built· and should any change be made in the plan of said bridges, or either oflthem during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. And the said structures shall be changed at the cost and expense of the owners thereof, from time to time, as Con-_ gressmaydirect, sonsto preservethe freennd convenientnevigation, _ of said rivers; and the authority to erect and continue any and ullof said brid es shall be subject to revomtion bylaw whenever the public good shall, in the judgment of Congress, so require. Sec. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved. · Approved, June 27, 1882. CRAP. 241.-An not to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to examine and report June 27, 1332, to Congress the amount of all claims of the States of Texas, Colorado, Qregon, Ne· -——·-——- braska, California, Kansas, and Nevada, and the Territories of Washington mm Idaho, for money expended and indebtedness assumed by said States and Territories in repeiling invadonsand suppressing Indian hostilities, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ _ f · States tgfrinaeriea in Congress assembled That the Secretary of the Treas- c,£:1‘;"3.“§:£:8 gf ury is hereby authorized and directed, with the aid and assistance of Tom » (y,,;,,,,;,,, the Secretary of War, to cause to be examined and investigated all the Oregon, Nebraska, claims of the States of Texas, Colorado, Oregon, Nebraska, California, girhglmiggatf; Kansas, and Nevada, and the Territories of Washington and Idaho, m‘;m“·md mm) against the United States of America for moneys alleged to lm ve been q-,,,,;,,,,,, f,,,,.,,,. expended and for indebtedness alleged to have been assumed by stud  of Indian States and Territories in organizing, arming, equipping, supplrymgneloth- tk0mg0B, ¢¤=·» M- ing, subsisting, transporting, and paying the volunteer and military · forces of said States ond Territories coiled into oetive serviee by the proper authorities thereof between the nfteenth tiny of April, in the ear eighteen hundred and sixty-one and the date of this net, to repel invnsioms and Indian hostilities in said States and Territories and upon