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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 1070, 1090. 1888. 549 or forks. Said bridge or bridges shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains, and, at the option of the company by “R¤i1w¤y.w¤g<>¤.a¤d which it or they may be built, may be used for the passage of wagons fw b“dg°s‘ and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for footpassengers. Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act, and subject to its Lawfui ¤f¤<=¢¤¤·¤>S limitations, shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and and p°SH°mS‘ known as a post-route, a11d it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads in the United States, and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph com anies; 3.11Cl the United States shall have the right of way across said) bridge 8111Cl its approaches for postal telegraph purposes. P°“°“ **¤*€g”Ph· Sec. 3. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this Secmwjyvf Warm act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations appmmp ”S’ °°°‘ for 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 drawing of the bridge, and a map of the location thereof; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War, the bridge shall not be commenc or built; and should any change be made in the lan of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the approva of the Secretary of War. And any changes re- changes. quired by the Secretary of War, or the entire removal of said bridge or bridges after completion if re uired by him, shall be at the expense of the com any owning said bridge. Sec. 4. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge Use by other com or bridges shall have, and be entitled to, equal rights and privileges °"°°S` relative to the passage of railway trains over the same, an over the approaches thereto, upon the payment of reasonable compensation t erefor; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge or bridges and the railroad company or companies desiring to use same shall fail to agree upon the terms with reference to the use of same, all mat- Terms. ters of issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of \Var upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties. And if said bridge or bridges shall be built for the passage over the same of vehicles, and the transit of animals, and for toot passengers, the rates of toll therefor shall be approved by the Secretary of War, before mus. any tolls can be collected. Sec. 5. That this act shall be 11ull and void if actual construction Cnmmencemeutnud of the bridge or bridges herein authorized be not commenced within °°“'*’“’"°“· two years and completed within nve years from the date thereof. Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. Approved, October 9, 1888. CHAP. 1090.-—-An act to Prevent the manufacture or sale of adulterated food or October 12. IPSS. drugs in the District of Columbia. é"“"" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no person u¥g{;¤fa¢;·5retprgt;¤& within the District of Columbia shall nix, color, stain, or powder, Zmiciesld {Q`.-,d, aC_, or order or permit any other person to mix, color, stain, or powder P"°*”"“°d· any article of food or drugs with any ingredient or material so as to render the article injurious to health, or manufacture any article of food which shall be composed in whole or in part of diseased, decomposed, odensive, or unclean animal or vegetable substance with the intent that the same may be sold in the said District, and no person shall sell in the District of Columbia any such article so mixed, colored, stained, owdered or manufactured. Any person violating this section shallpbe guilty of a misdemeanor, and for each offense Penalty.