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 FOHTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. CHS. 377, 378. 1887. 559 obstruct the free navigation of said river; and if any bridge erected under such authority shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, obstruct such navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause such change Changes. or alteration of said bridge to be made as will effectually obviate such obstruction ; und all such alterations shall be made and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of the owner or owners of said bridge; and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged Litigation. · obstruction to the free navigation of said river caused or alleged to be caused by said bridge, the cause may be brought in the district court of the United States of the State of Alabama, in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located: Provided further, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers, or to exempt this bridge lr0m the operation of the same. 81:0. 4. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge Otbercompuuien shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the '”“Y ““°· _ passage ot railway trains over the same, and over the approaches · thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and Compensation. 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 matters at issue be· Secretary; ¤f War tween them shall be decided by the Secretary of War, upon a hearing *° d‘;‘“d° ‘l‘”€’°°‘ of the allegations and proofs of the parties. mu °' Sec. 5. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act Secretary ofWar shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the *2 “PP"°"° Pl°“°» secunity of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall pre- ° °' scribe; and to secure that object the said company or corporation shall submit to the Sec1·¢··mry of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, lor the space of one 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 currentsat all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may he required for a lull and satislactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War, the bridge shall not be built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. S20. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, March 3, 1887. CHAP. 378.-—An act to amend sections five thousand one hundred und ninety-one Mar. 3, ISS7. and five thousand one hundred and ninety-two of the Revised Statutes of the United --··—··i······· States, and rbr other purposes. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Represemtatires of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever three-fourths in Cities hav ip g number of the national banks located in any city of the United States 5°»°°°b8P°!(3§";“ having a population of fifty thousand people shall make application to lY:g8€n.§_cmes_° the Comptroller of the Currency, in writing, asking that the name of the city in which such banks are located shall be added to the cities named R S ,19] in sections, ilfty-one hundred and ninety-one and fifty-one hundred and mgé pj3m?' " ’ ninety-two of the Revised Statutes, the Comptroller shall have author· ' ity to grant such request, and every bank located in such city shall at all times thereafter have on hand, in lawful money of the United States, an amount equal to at least twenty-tive per centum of its deposits, as