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 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Crrs. 344, 345. 1886. 53 of railway trains or cars over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation 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 Secretary of lVa.r sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to which each shall con- *° d°°id° dl¤¤IP°°· form in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall he ;';‘f§‘,$u"st°°°“‘P°"` _ decided by the Secretary of War, upon a hearing of the allegations ` and proofs of the parties: Provided, That the provisions of section two Proviso. in regard to charges for passengers and freight across said bridge shall. not govern the Secretary of War in determining any question arising as to the sum or sums to be paid to the owners of said bridge hy said companies for the use of said bridge. Srtc. 5. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act Plans, &c., subshall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for- the iw to =¤p1>r¢>¤‘=¤1 of security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War snall pre- S°°“’°‘“’$' °f WM- scribe; and to secure that object the said persons or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a ' design and drawings of the bridge, and 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 the river, the shore-lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at 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 be required for a full and satisfactory 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. Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby ex- Right to amend, pressly reserved ; and the right to require any changes in said struct- ¤*¤· ure, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress shall decide that the public interest requires it, is also expressly reserved. Approved, May 17, 1886. CRAP. 345.-An act to give the assent of Congress to the construction of a bridge May 17, 1886. by the Nashville, Jackson and Memphis Railrow Company over the Tennessee River. "'”"""";" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the assent of Congress is Nashville. Jacly- hereby given to the Nashville, Jackson and Memphis Railroad Com- pany, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Termes- M,",", N3 tf see, to construct and maintain a bridge, and approaches thereto, over 1..-mg, u,s·rsm.s.. the Tennessee River, at a point in the counties of Perry and Decatur, see iver, in Tenin said State of Tennessee, where it is most practicable (to be deter- °°°'°°· mined by actual survey) for said railroad to cross said river. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of the locomotives, passenger and freight trains, and other rolling-stock of said Nashville, Jackson and Memphis Railroad Company over the same. Sm:. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this act and sub tT° tam ¤ ject to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and recognized and  '°"“ I known as a post·route; and it shall enjoy the rights and privilgges of _ other postroacls in' the United States: Provided, That the mtcd I’*°¤*°· States may construct a postal telegraph over said bridge without charge Postal eciegmph. therefor. Sec. 3. That if said bridge shall be built with unbroken and comin- SDM- uous spans, the spans thereof shall be of such width and height shove _ the water as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War: Promded,  That the same shall not be less than one hundred and sixty-four feet D¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤· each in the clear; and the main span shall be over the main channel of