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 338 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 685, 690. 1888. P’°”€°°· dn the channel-ways provided for in this act: Provided, That said draw Umm; w` shall be opened by the company or fpersons owning said bridge upon reasonable signal for the passage 0 boats; and there shall be maintained, at the expense of the owners thereof, from sunset till sunugms. rise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe. _ _ _ Use by <>¤¤¤r wm- Sec. 4. That all railroad companies desiringi the use of said bridge wm"' · shall have, and be entitled to, equal rights an privileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same, and over the approaches to the same, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge, and the several railroad com anies, or any of them, desiring such use, shall fail to 'F•=¤¤¤· agree u on the sum or sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions which each shall erform in using said ridge, all matters at issue between them shah be decided by the Secretary of War upon hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties. Secretary of WM ¤> Sec. 5. That an brid e authorized to be constructed under this act °’°r°'° PMS m' shall be built and located under and Subj act to the regulations for the security of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that ob`ect the owner or owners thereof shall submit to the Secretary of Vlar, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, or the space of one mile above and one m` e below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore-hne at high or low water, the direction and strength of the current at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridgles, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for the full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until such plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War, the bridge shall not be commenced or built; and should any change be made in the lan of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. Amendment. Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved, and the riglht to require any 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. oommpncementand Sec. 7. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction °°""’l""°“‘ of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof. And if any L¤rim¤¤¤- litigation shall arise in regard to said bridge under the rovisions of this act, the same shall be ad in the circuit court of the llnited States in whose jurisdiction the bridge or any part thereof is located. Approved, July 19, 1888. July 9),1%. CHAP. 690.-An act for the relief of certain volunteer soldiers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rgpresentatives of the enifgggilggl §g6j°'di¢¤ United States of America, in Congress assemble, That the act enti- Time ilmn enimsm tled "An act in relation to bounties," approved April twenty-second, B 55_ eighteen hundred and seventy-two, be amended y striking out the words "before August sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty~one "; and said act, as hereby amended, shall have full force and effect from April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and seventy-two.  ¤> W ¤•=°¤ mo. 2. That the pxroper accounting officers of the Treasury be, and ‘ they are hereby, authorized and directed to reconsider the claims of all sol 'ers and their heirs who may have been denied the bounty of one hundred dollars granted by the act of April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, under any construction of said act which