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 568 FOBTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sizss. II. CHS. 380, 387. 1887. said rivers with its railroad line, the said bridges to be so constructed pm·;,0,_ as not to interterc with the navigation of said rivers: Provided, That Yazco River. such crossing of the Yazoo River shall be between the mouth of tho Yallabusha, on the north, and tho upper mouth of Roebuck Lake, at Glen Mary Plantation, on the south: And provided further, That; any To be lawful bridge constructed under this act; and according to its limitations shall ¤*f¤°*¤f¤¤ wd be ai lawful structure, and shall be known and recognized as a. post- P°""'°"“‘ route, and tho same is hereby declared to be a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for tho transmission over the samo of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, or for through passengers or freight passing over said bridge, than tho rate per mile paid for their transportation ovor the railroads leading to Postal telegraph. the said bridge; and the United States shall have the rights of way for a postal telegraph across said bridge. _ Secretary ofWnr SEC 2. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act: ‘ to approve plans, shall be built and located under and subject tosuch regulations for the °*°· security of navigation of said river as tho Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object tho said persons or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, ior his examination and approval, a. design and drawings of tho bridge, und a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of tho river, the shoro·lincs at high and low water, tho direction and strength of tho currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing tho bed of tho stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of tho 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 tho plan of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. Right to amend, Sec. 3. That Congress reserves tho right to alter, amend, or repeal · °*%;»;°;°"*{)d£m‘_t this act at any time; and that if at any time navigation of the said m,§’gat§“: S ‘ river shall in any manner be obstructed or impaired by the bridge nuthorized by this act to be constructed, the Secretary of War, shall have authority, and it shall be his duty, to require tho said railway company to alter and change the said bridge, at its own expense, in such manner as may be proper to secure free and complete navigation without impediment; and if, upon such reasonublo notice to said railway company to make such change or improvements, the said company fails to do so, the Secretary or War shall have authority to make the same, and all the rights conferred by this act shall boforfeited; and Congress shall have power todo any and all things necessary to secure the free navigation of the river; and if said bridge shall not be iinisbed within two yours from the passage of this act, the rights and privileges hereby granted shall be null and void. .Approv¢-xd, March 3, 1887. Mar. 3, iss?. CHAP. 387.·-—An act authorizing the President to return the Twiggs swords. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ·q·,,;gg,, ,,,,,,,d,_» Staten nf America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas. Tn be delivered ury is hereby authorized and directed to deliver up the so called ¤P *0 •>W¤¢F· •· '1`wiggs swords" which are now in his custody, and which were captured or seized by General B. F. Butler, in eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to such person, or to the legal representatives of such person, as was owner thereof at the time they were captured or seized. For tho pur- 0¤¤r¢ of Claims pose of determining who was such owner the Secretary of the Treasury P` the Court of Claims. Said court shall thereupon examine such claimant
 * ’_g;"°"°*°° °“"“‘ shall send the petitions of all persons who may cluim said swords to