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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 626, 627. 1888. 303 the passage of railway trains 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 upon the sum or sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the S°°¤**°*'-Y 0* W¤‘¤> allegations and proofs of the parties. · » d°°i°° mms' Sec. 5. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this ,,S°,.‘§`,$,§“'E,j’sf_l,‘,Qg'°° act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations pp P ` 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 War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a ma of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mil; 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 sonmdings, 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 pla; and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of ar the bridge shall not be built; and $0Uld any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the approva of the Secretary of War; and if said bridge is not commenced within two years, and completed <3‘<>¤{·¤g<=¤¤¤¤¤<=¤¤¤¤<¥ within four years from the passage of this act, the rights and privi- °°mP ° l°°‘ leges hereby granted shall be null and void. Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved, and the right to require an changes in said structure or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever the Secretary of War shall decide that the .public interest requires it, is also expressly reserved. Approved, July 16, 1888. · CHAP. 627.-—An act to authorize the construction of a ra.ilr0ad,wag0n, and foot- July 16. 1888. passenger bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Clinton, Iowa. _`_""`_’ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemble, That the Clinton Bygggoyd ¤¤:_¤i¤ and Illinois Bud e Company, a corporation organized and existing mage misgixnpg under the laws of the State of Iowa, its successors and assigns, be, *`“'°"'°'““*°"·*°"*- and they are hereby, authorized to construct and maintain, if in the opinion of the Secretary of War the same be a public necessity, a railroad, w on, and foot-passenger bridge across the Miss1ss1ppi River, at a Blgace suitable to the interests of navigation, at a point at or near the city of Clinton, Iowa, and to lay on or over said bridge a track or tracks for the more perfect connection of any railroad or railroads that are or shall be constructed to said river, on either or both sides thereof, at or opposite said point, under the limitations and conditions hereinafter provided; that said bridge shall not interfere with the free navigation of said river, and in case of any l1t1gation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free Free nnvization. navigation of said river, the cause may be tried before the c1rcuit court of the United States in and for any district in whose jurisdiction any portion of said brid e or obstruction may be. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railroad trains, and _ for the safe and convenient passage of wagons and vehicles of all, f°°€°“·“d kinds, animals, and foot-passengers. for such reasonable rates of toll _ as may be fixed from time to time by the Secretary of War: Provided, P"°‘"·’°· That the proviso regarding wagons, animals, foot-passengers, and so