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 310 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 144, 145. 1885. this act, to notify the company that he approves the ame; and upon receiving such notiiication the suid company may proceed to an erection of said bridge, conforming strictly to the approved plan and location; but until the Secretary of War approves the plan and 1008151011 of said bridge and accessory works, and notify the company of the_same, the bridge shall not be built; and should any change be made nn the plan of the bridge or accessory works, during the progress of the work thereon, such change shall be subject likewise t0_ the approval of the Secretary of War, not, however, to be in any wise inconsistent with the provisions or conditions of this act. _ Declared s law- SEC 4. That any bridge and accessory works, when bmlt_ and con- 1‘¤1 structure and structed under this act and according to the terms and limitations P°“"°"*°· thereof shall be a lawful structure; and said bridge shall be recognized and known as u post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be 1; stes ss to made for the transmission over the same of the ma.1ls, the troops, and wm S“**““ I'"' the munitions of war of the United States than thereto per mile pmd lfor the transportation over the railroad z or public highways lending to said bridge; and said bridge shall enjoy the rights and privileges of the other post-routes in the United States; and Congress reserves the right at any time to regulate by appropriate legislation the charges for freight and passengers over said bridge, and the United  shall Right ¤f WM TM have the right of way for postal-telegraph and telephone lines, hee of vg; ;q;·*g};;gf•P'· eimge, mms me image. _ _ °°m.,htI§,, ,,,,,,],1,,;, SEC 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal thisgzct is hereby exmpegx, or change pressly reserved; and the right to require any change  in said structure, r¤¤¤rv¤<1 st the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress shall decide that the public interests require it, is also expressly reserved. _ Special num- Sec. 6. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to require ¤rc¤¤¤¤i·!¤¤>v¤¤- the company or persons owning said bridge to cause such aids to the “8°°"’"dg°¤°°°· passage of said bridge authorized by the provisions of this not to constructed, placed, and maintained, at their own cost and expense, in the form of booms, dikes, piers, or other suitable aud proper structures for confining the How of water to a permanent channel, and for the guiding of rafts, steamboats, and other water-craft safely through the dmw and raft-spans, as shall be specified, in his order in that behalf; and on the failure of the company or persons aforesaid to make and establish such additional structures within a reasonable time, the said Sec- Penalty. rotary shall proceed to cause the same to be built or made at the expense of the United States, and shall refer the matter without delay to the Attorney General of the United States, whose duty it shall be to institure, in the name of the United States, proceedings in any circuit court of the United States in which such bridge or any part thereof, is located, for the recovery of the cost thereof, and all moneys accruing from such proceedings shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States. Same as seo. 5. Sec. T. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved; and the right to require any changes in said structure, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress shell decide that the public interests require it, is also expressly reserved. Approved, February 25, 1885. HAP. .-— 'n s roi i e the e uses e - _ “i?P:·;'2?£‘;‘. °m..,..,.t"§f t£;*3'.r'§’;£"»?¤£IL...*.1€‘..“§»§£»‘;’, ELF ,*32} ¤£°J...,;"t§MZ£;, eighteen hundred sud eighty-six, und for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representation of the United ¤f C¤— States of America in Oongress assembled, That the half of the following l'¤:b”*· wom sums named, respectively, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in wmv the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the other half out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, for the purposes following, being the estimated expenses of the Government of the District of Columbia.