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 374 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHs. 750, 751. 1888. "“'””~ 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 bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War, upon hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties. ¤¢3¤¤¤¤¤<>¤ ¤f ev- Sec. 4. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed, °'°`°1‘ upon receiving any such plan and map and other information and upon being satisfied that abrid e built on such plan with such accessory works and at such locality wigll conform to the prescribed conditions of this act, to notify the company that he approves the same, and, upon receiving such notification, the said company may proceed to a11 erection of said bridge, conformingfstrictly to the approved dplan and location;but until the Secretary of ar approves the plan an location of said bridge and accessory works and shall notify the company of the same, the bridge shall not be commenced or built; and should any change be made in the plan of the bridge or said accessory works during the rogress of the work thereon, such change shall be subject ` likewise to the approval of the Secretary of War. ¥·•|"'***tf;f'**°*‘*'°”*¤*l Sec. 5. That any bridge and accessory WO1'kS, when built and constructed under this act and accordin to the terms and limitations thereof, shall be alawful structure; and said bridge shall be recognized and known as a post-route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and ` the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation overthe railroads or public highways leading to said bridge; and said bridge shall enjoy the rights and privile es of other t-routes in the United States; and equal privileges in the use of saidxldridge shall be granted to all telegraph companies; and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its 1>¤¤.me1egmpu. approaches for postal telegraph purposes; and Congress reserves the right at an time to regulate by appropriate legislation the charges for freight aud, asseugers over said ridge. Amendment Sec. 6. That the rightto alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby _ expressly reserved; and the right to require any changes in said structure, or its removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Secretary of War shall decide that the public interests require it, is also expressly reserved. °¤°'{,’l'{{.';’$,°°”‘°"‘““" Sec. 7. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction ` of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date thereof. Approved, August 6, 1888. August 6. mss. CHAP. ‘751.—An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the 00sta· ` "' `”'" naula River, at or near Rome, Georgia. Be it made:] by the Sermfe mul Ihzuse of Re ese>nfatires of the md¤¤g({;g;1¤g`§éRgggg United Slafes of America in Congress assembledlw That the Chatter mu Company may nooga, Rome and Columbus Railroad Company, a corporation organ- 'B'§',,$.“,Q°,§,f,§,',Q,“c*§,‘f'“ ized under the laws of the State of Georgia, e, and the same is hereb, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge across the Oostanaula River, and approaches to said bridge, at or near Rome in the county of Floyd, and State of Georgia, for the passage of railway trains. hggmmm Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its 1imit· ' ations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known _ as a poste-route, and it shall enjoy the rights and privile es of other ppsuroads in the United States, upon which no higher tiliarge shall 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