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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 751, 752. 1888. 375 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 postal-telegraph purposes; that the said bridge shall 1*05***-* ¤·>l¢g¤’¤vhbe constructed, either by draw. span, or otherwise, that a free and unobstructed passage-way may be secured to all water-craft navigating said river at the point aforesaid z Provided, That if said bridge PWM0- authorized to be constructed under this act shall be constructed as a draw-bridge, the draw shall be opened promptly u on the reasonable Draw. signals for the passage of boats or vessels; and said corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or mgm, em. other signals on said bridge as the Light House Board shall prescribe. Sec.  That all railroad companies desirin the use of said bridge Use by other com- ·shall have and be entitled to equal rights and rivileges relative to p”"°s‘ the passage of railway trains over the same, ami) over the approaches thereto, upon the payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; rams. 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 u on 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 the hearing of the alle ations and proofs of the parties. Sec. 4. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act mm Www shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for °m”°v° ’°t°' 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 map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile below and one mile above the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore- `nes at hi h and low water, the direction and strength of the current at all sta is, and the soundings, accuratel 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 subect; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are a proved by the Secretary of War the construction of said bridge shallpnot be commenced; an should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the Secretary of War. Sec. 5. That the right to alter. amend, or repeal this act, is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved; and anyvalterations or changes that maybe required by the Secretary of ar in the bridge constructed under this act, or its entire removal shall be made by t ie corporation owning or controlling the same, at its own expense. Furthermore, if the con- <*<·¤··¤¤;—m»-¤m·¤¤¤mm Struction of said bridge shall not be commenced within two and com- °°"‘*"""°"‘ pleted within four years after the passage of this act, all dprivileges conferred hereby, and this act, sha 1 become null and voi . Approved. August 6, 1888. CHAP. 752 —An act authorizing the Houston, Central Arkansas and Northern August es. ism. Railway Company to construct and maintain bridges across Bayou Bartholomew ""_***Y*‘— and across Ouachita, Red, Little, and Sabine Rivers in Louisiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repv·escm'ah'z·e.s· of the U nifed States of America. in Congress assembled, That the Houston, A{1(¤¤¤srq¤· Clegrral Central Arkansas and Northern Railroad Company, a corporation .,,2 f{§€§`{€,§'f§.,.;,$;,,l,C Created and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the .. tates of ’;;*;’[§l*j{;#rf§j}>é’;}{ Louisiana and Arkansas. be, and is hereby, authorized to construct o¤¤qns¤a.rige1e.eé<1. and maintain bridges across Bayou Bartholomew, Ouachita River, “““*“"“‘““"°‘“L"· Little River. Red River. and Sabine River. in the State of Louisiana. at such points as may hereafter be selected by said railway company