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 382 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cus. 756, 757, 772. 1888. been received the bridges shall not be commenced or built, and should any material changes be made in the plan of the bridge or said accessory works, during the progress of the work thereon, such change shall be likewise subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. lawful s¤r¤<=¢¤r¢¤ Sec. 4. That any bridge and accessory works when built and con- 'md p°S°r°“°°* structed under this act and according to the terms and limitations thereof, shall be a lawful 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 c troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile aid for the transportation over the railroads or public highwav leadling to said bridge; and said bridge shall enjoy the rights and rivileges of other post—routes in the United States; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph _ companies; and the United States shall have the right of way for P<>s•¤a1¢e1egr¤i>1¤· ostal telegraph purposes across said bridge and its approaches; and Uongress reserves the right at any time to regulate by aplpropriate legislation the charges for freight and passengers over said bridges. c(f]Q¤}g;g;f°m°¤* md Sec. 5. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction pof the bridges herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date thereof. A’“°“‘*”‘°°"· Y Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is expressly; reserved. Approved, August 6, 1888. August 6,18% CHAP. 75 7.—An act granting to the corporate authorities of the city of Tuska- W loosa, in the State of Alabama, all the right, title, and interest of the United States to fractional sections twenty-two and nfteen, lying south of the Black Warrior River, in township twenty-one, and range ten west. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatizes of the of United States of America in Congress assembled, That all of the Uquwli Stinws ix} cer- interest or claim of the United States in and to fractional sections °“”l""‘°S ""°"‘°°d m" twenty-two and fifteen, lying south of the Black Warrior River, in township twenty-one, of range ten west, in the State of Alabama, be. and the same is hereby, relinquished to and vested in the city of ` Tuskaloosa for the following purposes: T° T““"1°°S“‘ First. The part and parts of said fractional sections constitutin the localities known as the " river marg\in," the " streets of said pityi" the "pond," and the " common ", s all vest in said city absoute y. '*`° °°°“P°”‘“- Second. The residue of said fractional sections shall be vested in the said city in trust, for the use of each of the occupants of the lots. or parts of cts thereof, who are owners in good faith, according to the title which is now vested in each; the intent of this act being not to give any right to said occupants except what arises from the relinquishment of the right or claim of the United States thereto. Approved, August 6, 1888. August 7. 1888- CHAP. 772.-An act supplementary to the act of July first, eighteen hundred and ""“‘“"“`""“" sixty-two, entitled *‘An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean. and to secure to the Government: the use of the same for postal, military, and other urposes." and also of the act of ilipsxly secopéi, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and) other acts amendatory of said mam ac . Be it enacted by the &nate and Hoizise of Representatives of the migrbsggvtg United States of America in Congress assembled, That all railroad ,,,;.,g’I‘;,,,h`m,.,S_ and tele a h companies to which the United States has nted an V, . sr Y . em Y ,,3}; *;  subsidy in ands or bonds or loan of credit for the construction of ’ either railroad or telegraph lines, which, by the acts incorporating