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 Firrmrn conennss. sm. 1. ons. 584, 885. 1888. 245 of the current at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed and channel of the stream, and shall furnish such other information as shall be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said location and plans of the bridges hereby authorized to be constructed are a proved by the Secretary of War. the said bridges shall not be budtg and should any change be made 1.H the plan of either of such bridges during the progress of construction thereof, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and in case of any litigation arising from the Litigation. obstru ·tion or alleged obstruction caused by said bridges, or either of them, to the free navigation of said river, the cause may be tried before the circuit court of the United States in whose jurisdiction ang portion of the bridge is located. EC. 3. That the bri ges authorized to be constructed under this Mwful Stnwwres act shall be lawful structures, and shall be recognized and known as and p°Sfr°°t°s' a post-route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, or for through railway passengers or freight passing over said bridges, than the rate per mile for their transmission over the railroads leading to said bridges; and equal privileges in the use of said bridges shall be granted to all telegraph companies; and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridges and their a proaches for postal—telegra h purposes. P°S°“1""l"g"‘*’h· Sec. 4. 'lihat all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge Other companies shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to my °S°° the passage 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 of them, desiring such use, shall fail to agree u on the sum or sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to wqiich each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War deiegggvgw of Wm- to upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties. mm Sno, 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act, so as to Amendment. prevent or remove all material and substantial obstructions to the navigation of said rivers by the construction of the said bridges, is hereby expressly reserved; and any alterations or changes that may be required by Congress in the bridges constructed_ under this act shall be made by the corporation owning or controlling the same at its own expense; and if either of said brit ges Shall not be commenced c(§3;]g;;)*L¤¢¤¤¤¤¢wd in one year and be finished within three years from the passage of ` this act, the rights and privileges hereby granted as to such bridge shall be null and void. Approved, July 9, 1888. CHAP. 595.-An act to incorporate the Reform School for Girls of the District July 9, 1888. of Columbia. “”""'_`*? Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Um`f4=¢l Smies of America in Congress assembled, That Samuel S, Gggfvgrgtgyshml gg Shellabar er, Augustus S. Worthington, Adoniram J. Huntington, iiimiiia. VVill1am  Dodge, Mills Dean, Owen G. Staples, James E. Fitch, I”°°’p°""°"· Thomas P. Morgan, and Alexander Graham Bell, and their successors, be, and the are hereby. created a body cor orate to be known as the Board of Trustees of the Girl’s Reform School of the District of Columbia. _ _ Sec. 2. That said corporation is hereby authorized and empowered Mw Mid v¤‘¤v¤¤¥· to establish and maintain a reform school for girls at any place within the District of Columbia, subject to the approval of the Commissioners thereof, and for that purpose may take and receive by gift, grant, or devise, such real estate and personal property as may be necessary