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 502 FORTYNINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 356, 357. 1887. the said company may proceed to the erection of said bridge, contbrming strictly to the approved plan and location; and should any change bemade in the plan of the bridge during the progress of the work thereon, changes. such change shall be subject likewise to the approval of the Secretary Litigation. of War; and in case of any litigation arising ii·0m any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river, caused or alleged to be caused by said bridge, the case may be brought in the circuit court of the United States for the State of Iowa or the State of Nebraska in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located. To be 3 lawful SEO. 4. That the said bridge and accessory works, when built and con- ¤*¥¤°*“'° Md P°¤*· structed under this act and `according to the terms and limitations ’°“*°‘ thereof, shall be lawful structures; and said bridge shall be recognized and known as a p0st—r0ute, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge; and said bridge shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other posuroutes of the United States; and Congress reserves the right, at any time, to regulate, by appropriate legislation, the charges for cum companies freight and passengers over said bridge; all railroad companies desiring may use. the use of said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or cars over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of a. reasonable compen- Compensation. sation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and 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, all mat- éecmtarv Ofwar ters at issue between them, including the fixing ofcompensatiou for the to decide 5mg,,,;,. use of said bridge, shall be decided by the Secretary of War, upon a mmm. hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties. Postal teiegmph. Sec. 5. That the United States shall have the right of way for such · postal-telegraph line across said bridge as the Government of the United States may constructs and control. Right to amend, Sm:. 6. That Congress shall have power, at any time, to alter, amend, °*°-7 *‘°$°"°d- or repeal this act ; and to remove all material and substantial obstructions {0 the navigation of said river by the construction of said bridge and its accessory works; and the expense of altering said bridge or removing such obstructions shall be at the expense of the owners of or persons controlling mich bridge ; and if said bridge shall not be finished within two years from the passage of this act, the rights and privileges hereby granted shall be null and void. Approved, March 3, 1887. M ar. 3, 1887. CHAP. 357.-An act to authorize the East and West Railroad Company ofAlabum:• -—-———————-—-·— to maintain zz bridge across the Coosa River. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rmresentatives of the United gmc and West States ofAme=rica in Oemgress assembled, That the East and West Rail- R¤**¤£¤*W°*¤¥;{~¤5’ road Company of Alabama, an corporation created and existing under (,e'f];;;a° mtg and by virtue of the laws of the State of Alabama, be and is hereby, ex-. {Ga. authorized to maintain a bridge across the Coos:}. River, in the Coosn Luemeu. Land-districts, at the point in or near township fourteen, range six East, which has been selected by the said railroad company for crossing said river with their railroad line, and where a bridge is now constructed, the said bridge to be of such height as not to interfere with the naviga.- Promo. tion of said river, and to be provided with a suitable draw: Provided, To be a lawful That any bridge constructed under this act and according to its limim- ¤¤¤¤*¤¤* Md rmt- tions shall L a lawful structure, and shall be known and recognized . ’°“t°‘ u. post-route, and the same is hereby declared to be a posuroute, upon