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 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Gus. 338, 330. 1887. 475 such other iixformation as shall be'reqnired for u. full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said location and plan of the bridge hereby authorized to be constructed are approved by the Secretary of War the said bridge shall not be built; and should any change be made in the plan of such brielge during the progress of construction thereof, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and in case of any litigation arising from the ob- Litizetim struction or alleged obstruction caused by said bridge to the free navigation of said river, the cause may be tried before the circuit court of the United States in whose jurisdiction any portion of said bridge is ocated - - Sm:. 3. That all railroad companies desiring the use of the bridge OHM ¤<>¤¤p¤¤ic¤ constructed under this act shall have and be entitled to equal rights may ““'°· and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains, cars, and locomotives over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon the pay- ment 0t’ a reasonable compensation for such HSO, to be fixed by the Compensation. Secretary of War, in case the owner or owners of the said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any of them desiring such use; shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid; and the Secretary of _ War shall prescribe the rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, and all matters of difference between them Svvrpteryofwar shall be decided by the Secretary of War, upon a. hearin g of the allega- ;’c‘1‘}6:‘d° d'°°8'°*’· tions and proofs of the parties u ' SEO. 4. That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this act T0 be n lawful shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a ’“";°*'“'°'*¤dP°°*· post-route, and the same is hereby declared to be a post-route, upon mu °' which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, troops, and munitions of war of the United States, or for through railway passengers or freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per mile lor their transmission over the railroads leading t0 said bridge ; and the United States shall have the right of way across P°°**l *°I°E*'¤Phsaid bridge and its approaches for postal-telegraph purposes. _ Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act, so as to 1**8*** W ¤·¤¤¤¤d. prevent or remove all material and substantial obstructionsto the navi· °°°‘* '°'°"°d· gation of said river by the construction of the said bridge, is hereby expressly reserved; and any alterations or changes that may be required 'by Congress in the bridge constructed under this act shall be made by the corporation owning or controlling the same, at its own expense; and if said bridge shall not be tinished within two years from the passage of this act, the rights und privileges hereby granted shall be null and void. Approved, March 3, 1887. CHAP. 339.-Au act to authorize the President of the United States to protect and M*“`· 3v 188% defend the rights of American iishing vessels, American fishermen, American trading and other vessels, in certain cases, and for other purposes. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqrresentativec of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever the President P¤*¤¤¤d¢¤* mw of the United States shall be satistied that American fishing vessels or 2§"§rf;§:‘Ql°'f,·0$fl;g American tlshermen, visiting or being in the waters or at any ports or g,,,,,. of N 0, t h places of the British donninions of North America, are or then lately America entry imo have been denied or abridged in the enjoyment of any rights secured "¤?°*'¤· °*°·· °*` *P• to them by treaty or law, or are or then lately have unjustly vexed or  cE;'}§;° EE harassed in the enjoyment of such rights, or sulqiected to unreasonable ck., g restrictions, regulations, or requirements in respect of such rights; or otherwise unjustly vexed or harassed in said waters, ports or places; or whenever the President of the United States shall be satisfied that any such fishing vessels or rlshermen, having a permit under the laws of the United States to touch and trade at any port or ports, place or places, in the British dominions of North America, are or then lately have been