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 396 FIETIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 821, 822. 1888. the case may be brought in the circuit court of the United States within whose jurisdiction said bridge or any part thereof is located. L¤W*¤lS*m¤*¤¤¤¤¤d Sec. 4. That the said bridge and accessory works, when built and p°S°r°°t°` constructed under this act and according to the terms and limitations thereof, shall be lawful structures; and said bridge shall be recognized and known as a post-route, upon whrch 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, or for passenrs and freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per m1 e paid gr the transportation over the railroa s or public highways lea ing tc; Sai? bridge, and saiclhbritdgetsgaéls etnjoy die rights and privileges o other st-routes in e ni e a es. P<>¤¢¤¤¤¤1¤z¤vh- Sec. 5.p('.l‘hat the United States shall have the right of way for such postal-telegraph lines across said bridge as the Government may conitruct or contrqh apd equlal privileges in the use of said bridge shall e nted to a te egra com anies. ` Use by •>¤¤¢r <=<>¤¤· Sire? 6. That all railroad c0mp)anies desiring the use of said bridge °“”`°S" shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or cars over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad complanies, or any of them, desirinlg such use, shall Terms- fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, an 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 a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties: Provided that the provisions of section four in regard to charges for D°°'°"'g°°""”` passengers and freight across said bridge shall not govern the Secretary of War in determining any question arising as to the sum or sums to be paid to the owners of said bridge by said companies for the use of said brid e. Alwmuvm- Sec. 7. That the §ecretary of War may at any time cause the owners of said bridge to alter the same so as to prevent or remove all material and su stantial obstructions to the navigation of said river by the construction of said bridge and its accessory works; and the expense of altering said bridge or removing such obstruction, shall be borne by the owners of or persons controlling such bridge. ufugérigergsemwtwd Sec. 8. 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 9, 1888. August 0. 1868- CHAP. 822.-An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri '”""""'“—` River, at or near the city of Plattsmouth, Nebraska. and for other purposes. Be it enacted by lhe Senafe and House of Rleipresenfatives of the mlm:  Unifecl States of America. in Congress assemble, That the Iowa and nnufar- Mmmm mm- Nebraska Bud? Company, a. corporation organized under the laws “ "*"""‘°“"‘· N°"'· of the State of 1 ebras a, its successors or assigns, is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River, at or near the city of Plattsmouth, in the county of Cass and State of Nebraska, and at such point as may be hereafter selected by said corporation, its successors or assigns, and at least one—third of a umm. mile from anyfother bridge, as shall best promote the public convenience and we are, and the necessities of business and commerce, and also to construct and maintain the accessory works necessary to secure the best practicable channel—way for navigation and to confine the flow of water to a permanent channel at such point ;' and said corporation, its successors or assigns, shall construct and maintain ways