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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ons. 383, 384. 1888. 179 Jersey to Richmond County, New York. pursuant to the rovisions ot the act entitled "An act to authorize the construction oi) a bridge vol. 21, p. rs. across the Staten Island Sound," known as Arthur Kill, and to establish the same as a post-road, passed the sixteenth day of June, eighteen hu11dred and eighty-six. But this act shall have no other eifect whatever than to o erate as if the time herein mentioned had been embraced in the said) act. Approved, June 9, 1888. CHAI;'. 384.-—An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Ten- J¤¤¢9.1888· nessee River at or near Chattanooga, Tennessee. mi Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Chatta— Ch”*¤P°Q¤¤ West nooga Western Railway, a corporation created and organized under iihdgiiiyiidnageggt the laws of the State of Tennessee, be, and is hereby, authorized to ¥,,}',‘jf_“‘°”“*‘““°°€°» construct and maintain a bridge, and ap roaches thereto, over the Tennessee River, at or near the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, in the county of Hamilton. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains, and, at the option of the corporation by which it is built, may be used for the assage of wagons and fo§@§Q‘I§*j,Y·“'¤8°¤i=¤¤d vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot passen- ge` gers. for reasonable rates or tolls, to be iixed by said company, and approved by the Secretary of War. _ Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its lim- mf, I-¤'f¤1 ¤¤‘¤¢¤¤r¤ itations shall bea lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known W r°°°°' as a post-route, and shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other postroads in the United States. That no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mail, troops, and munitions of war of the United States, or for through railway passengers or freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per mile for their transmission over the railroad leading to said bridge, and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph companies, and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge for plostaltelegraph purposes; that the said bridge shall be constructed eit er by draw, span, or otherwise, so that a free and unobstructed passage-way gnobsrmcmd ummav be secured to all water-craft navigating said 1‘lV€I‘ at the point ‘“ ‘°"‘ aforesaid; Provided, That if said bridge authorized to be constructed P*‘°1‘i¤¤· under this act shall be constructed as a draw-bridge, the draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signals for the passage of boats or>¢¤i¤s<\r¤w. or vessels; and said corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said brit ge as ughrs. the Light-House Board shall prescribe. Sec. 3. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge mpygvsgcompanies shall have and be entitled to equal rights an dprivileges relative to ` the passage of railway trains over the same, an over the approaches thereto. upon the 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 sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said ridge, all matters to issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War de'§‘fj,'§(f;’g’l:* “`°'“° upon the hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties. Sec. 4. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of .said_river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of Wrar, for his examination and apfjofgyagzgm approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the locatio giving, for the space of one mile below and one mile above the