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 144 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CRS. 248, 249. 1888. Amndm¤it,d¤. S. 12. Th t C gress t an time amend, add to, alter, or repgdl this act? an(dnthe rigllliiidfaway lierein and herebygranted shall me n-¤¤¤re¤¤1e not be assigned or transferred in any form whatever, prior to the conpmr to ¤¤mv¤¤¤¤- struction and completion of the road, except as to mortgages or other liens that may be given or secured thereon to aid in the construction thereof. · Approved, May 14, 1888. Hay 14. 18% CHAP. 2:9.-An act to) authorize th§iTenne:see Midland gvlvizy ilivgupanyplto —v—;·—— (mm-.; ‘ across t Tennessee, m on e ween e gountiesctof  and Pesry, in the Statbedf %l‘e8nliibeI:ee, it may deem acceptable. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ’1§¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ MMM United States of America m C'¢mg·ress assembled, That the Tennessee mmf; Midland Railway Company, a corporation created and organized m"°’· '*'°'“'· under the laws of the State of Tennessee, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintam, for the purpose of running railway trams, a bridge and approaches thereto, over the the Tennessee River, at any int on the line between the counties of Decatur and Perry, in the £•ate of Tennessee, which said company may deem most accept- ` bl . Tcbcslnwlnldrucv- a Stine. 2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its limit- "“’ °"° ’°'"°"*“‘ ations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recgplgnized and known as a post-route,.upon which no higher charge sh be made for the tiéansmissiops pyvercthetspme of the mails, trospls, alnd tlie mulnitions warofte nit tespmsmgoversai ri tanterte 0 mile paid for the transportation over the railroadfleading to sdid biidge; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other postrnvnegu m me- roads in the United States. And equal privileges in the use of said """"’°“""‘“ bridge shall be granted to all telegraph compames; and the United Stateslgshgll have ltltg righthof way across said bridge and its approac or posta urposes. Sec. 3. That the bridgehudt under this act shall be constructed mw. as a pivot draw·bridge, with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and the best_ navigable point and with spans of not less than one hundred and sixty feet in length in the c ear on each side of the central or ivot pier of the draw, and said span shall be not less than ten feet allove extreme high—water mark, measuring to the lowest part of the su rstructure of the brid e, and the piers of said bridge shall be paralldl to and the bridge itself at right angles to the current of the river at the averagp stage of water where said P~··¤•¤· bridge may be erected: Provzded, also, That in said bridge there shall ¤1¤•¤- be one span of not less than three hundred feet m length in the clear. cmu; mw. Sec. 4. That said draw shall be opened promptly by said company upon reasonable signal for the passage of oats or vessels ; and said corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sun- UsM•- rise, such lights or other signalsas the Light-House Board shall prescribe, and no bridge sha] be erected or maintained under the authority of this act w ich shall at any time substantially or materially obsitruct tlile fic; naéviggtipn ofjlthe river, apd if any bridge erected unersuc au oriysa in eo" th S t fW ig§tj¤°f> °**•¤'¤¤*¤'· obstruct such navigationfhe is helgbymaiithorizedclb acrguge sulblli change or alteration of said bridge to be made as will elfectually obviate such obstruction ; and all such alterations shall be made and all such obstrnctwns be removed at the expense of the owner or owners of said brid e. And in case of any lxti ation arisin from an obstruction or ehleged obstruction to the freegxavigation 0% said river? caused or alleged to_ be caused bi said bridge, the case shall bé brought in the district court of the United States of the State of Tennessee m whose Jurisdiction any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located.