Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 24.djvu/98

 FORTY-N IN TH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 353, 354. 1886. 63 in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad com- Secretary of War panies, or any one of them, desiring such use, shall fail to agree upon *° d"°'d°f'°**€’°°· the sum or sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to which gigms °° ° mm" each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between ` them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon hearing of the ‘ allegations and proofs of the parties: Provided, That the provisions of Promo. section two 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 by said companies for the use of said bridge. Sec. 5. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act Plans, etc.,.tobo shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the ¤PP¤>*’¢d by Swsecnrity of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall pre- "°““`Y °fW‘“`· scribe; and to secure that object the said company 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 Right to amend, expressly reserved; and the right to require any changes in said struct- Mc-. r¤¤<>1‘v<=d· ure, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, when- _ ever Congress shall decide that the public interest requires it, is also expressly reserved. Approved, May 17, 1886. HAP. .—A.n a t rantin t th ainese hiclzasaw `d om an — thecouseni Et? the Under? Statesgtocccuitguct aixldlmmliiltgn a hridgelfllitegokgd Ilivei at or near Brown’s Ferry, in Cooke County, Texas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That to the Gainesville and Gainesville and Chickasaw Bridge Company, a corporation created under the laws of Cbi¤k¤¤¤W Brida• Texas by charter Bled January twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and g::1“P‘;:Y {sig"; eighty-five, is granted the consent of the Government to construct and W n ,,,,1 fmt, maintain for ninety years a bridge, and approaches thereto, over Red llgigs over the River, at or within three miles of Bro\vn’s Ferry, in Cooke County, R0 }?iV°¤' W Texas, to be used for the passage of foot-passengers, animals, and vclli- ¥;:"’” ’ F °" ¥’· cles of all kinds, for reasonable rates of toll, to be approved from time T,gu,_ to time by the Secretary of War. Sec. 2. That the right herein granted shall be void unless said bridge To be built withis constructed within four years from the passage of this act. in f¤¤r wm Sec. 3. That the bridge constructed under this act shall be a lawful To lw ¤· l¤wf¤1 structure, and shall be known and recognized as a post-route; and the :f;·;‘;*“’° nd P°'°' same is hereby declared to be a post-route 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 other persons pay for like transportation; and the United States shall have _ the right of way for a postal telegraph across said bridge: Provided, PWM"- That before this act shall take effect said company shall submit to the Plans, sto.,tob• Secretary of War the plans and specifications of said bridge, showing ¤l;P¤'°'°?;L $°°· the proposed location and structure contemplated, and that it shall be '° "Y ° ‘ decided by the Secretary that said bridge does not and will not ob-