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 394 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. S20. 1888. August 9, 1888- C§iAP. 120.-An grit to emtherize the construction of a bridge across the Tennes- - see ver a or near oxw e, ennessee. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represeniatires of fhe g0S;‘gQ;’; United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Knoxville mayb:-idge Tennessee Southern Railroad Companv, a corporation organized under the laws QQ'; °° KY‘°"u°’ of the State of Tennessee, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge, and approaches thereto, over the Tennessee givcprt, iii; or  two miles oftthe cityl oi Knplxville, Tennessemi. ai ri ge s a e constructed o provide 'or the passage of rai - mum wsgmud Lvaiyttrainshband, as ghe oprion of the ccigrporation bydwhiph it mafy lic; I., - _ u, may e use or e passage o wagons an ve 1C es o a {mb age kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot-passengers, for reasonable rates of toll, to be fixed by said company; and the Secretary of ggar shall have lfhetrightzcfppm time to time, to revise, prescribe, an etermine suc ra es or o s. ` pigtvpfouiaguctmwd Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its ' limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post-route, and it shall enjoiy the rights and privileges of other post roads in the United States, an the same is hereb declared po bp atpost-route, upon wlliich alsofm;1 highep charge shaillrbe made or e ransmission over esame o the mai, troo s, an munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile for their transmission over the railroad leadinggo said bridge, and equal privileges in the P°m*'*'°¤‘**P**· use of said bridge shall granted to all telegraph com anies, and the United States shall have the right of way across said) bridge for postal telegraph purposes; that the said bridge shall be so conpléggmmmd Mn- structed, either by draw-span or otherwise, that a free and unob- `_ structed passage-way may be secured to all water-craft navigating D““"- draw·bridge, the draws shall be opened promptly upon the reasonable signa s for the passage of boats or vessels; and said corporation U€“°*· °*°· shall maintain at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or olther signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescm e. m§`u?gs_'>Y °°’*°’ °°m‘ Sec. 3. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and rivileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon the payment of a reasonable com nsation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridgge and the several T-·--~ ‘§§Zl£§?f1,§£3'2iF3·Eli$S’Jihilillit tl§°’2{.¤d?§Etg 0T5E1Q8E53E?]}??] t2 · i V ·, 11 1 xonto which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue lietween thelm sliall gm decidpd byftlxe Spcretary of War upon the iearing o e a ega ions am >roo s of e artxes. w%q;m¤y¤¤ Sec. 4. That any bridge autliorized to bepconstructed under this ' act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of Wa1· shall prescribe; and to secure tl1at object the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the brid e, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile below and one mile plbovpl the propostetltlolclatiopi the topography; of the ban]? of the river, e s ore- mes a- lg ans ow water, the c irection an stren h of the current at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showiigiig the bod of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and sl_all furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the sub 'ect; and until the said lan and location o the bridge are approveei. by the Secretary of EVM the construction of said bridge shall not be commenced; and should any change be made in the lian of said bridge during the progress
 * """"’°· said river at the point aforesaid: Provided, That if said bridge, authorized to be constructed under this act, shall be constructed as a