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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 239, 240. 1889. 695 CHAP. 239:-An act to enable the President to protect the interests of the F*>b!’¤¤1‘Y 25-1839- United States in Panama. · i; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ajnerica in Congress assembled, That there be and Panama _ isohereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not other- p,‘§§,’f,{,°§f,`f,,‘#j,{’u“,fjf wise appropriated the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ¤¤¤‘¤S*·S· to enab e the President to protect the interests of the United States, U. and to provide for the security of the persons and property of citizens of the United States at the Isthmus of Panama, in such manner as he may deem expedient. Approved, February 25, 1889. CHAP. 240.-An act to amend an act approved March third, eighteen hundred F¤b¤‘¤¤-PY 25.1889. and eighty-five, to authorize the construction of bridges across the Cumberland and M? Caney Fork Rivers, in Tennessee. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hou-se of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section one BridgesacrossOum— of an act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-tive, "§‘f,§1,°Q‘}§,.*.§§f‘ °"“°’ entitled "An act to give the assent of Congress to the construction of a railroad bridge y the East and Middle Tennessee Railroad Com- Former aa amendpargy ovcg the Cumberland and Caney Fork Rivers," be amended so °dv0l_2, P 445 as o rea : ’` " That the Middle and East Tennessee Central Railroad Company mmaieaua EastTenand the Nashville and Knoxville Railroad Company, or either of }‘.,,°S§°€Cf,‘§,“If’,Q°},yR,f{,if{ said companies, or any company with which either may consolidate, Nsjs¤vi11e_=wd Knoxbe, and are hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge gilt; Eqaéltmgrfigg and approaches thereto over the Cumberland River at the most ac- CaQ,'jjLgf;*”,{.*cl{*ljV°' at cessib e point in or near the limits of Carthage, county of Smith, and ’ ` State of Tennessee. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railroad trains across said river, and, in the discretion of said company or companies, wagons, horses, and foot-passengers. And Congress shall have the right to regulate the tolls and charges in respect of the use of said bridge." Sec. 2. That section six be amended so as to read: " Said company or companies, or either of them, is hereby also anthorized to construct a railroad bridge over the Caney Fork River FBrlj<%§¢·_ vver Cuncy at such point as may be necessary in the building of their road, sub- ($01. $$.6; 440. ject to the provisions and limitations contained in the preceding sections of this and the act it is intended to ame11d." Sec. 3. That said act is hereby so amended as to empower the rms subjecttc ms. Secretary of War to use his discretion, in the approval of the plans Q-QY§‘Qf"‘°”°°"°““**`°’ of the bridges therein provided for, as to the height they shall be placed above high water, and the length of span that shal be given the main channel span whether the bridges be of continuous spans or with a draw span : Providerl, the bridges or either of them shall names. not be so constructed as to limit or obstruct the navigation of said a%¤<>*>St¤¤¤¢<*<i we river or rivers; Prom`:/ert also, That all railroad compa.nies desiring g °°' to use the bridges aforesaid, for the passage of their trains or cars p,gf;_"Y °°’*°" °°’"· over the same, shall have that privilege upon such just and reasonable terms as may be agreed upon by the parties, and in the event T°¤¤S- of their failure to agree, the matter shall be finally determined by the Se~¢·retary of War whose determination shall be final. Equal rights and privileges shall also be granted all telegraph and tele- ~ phone companies in the lplacing wires upon said bridges. And if the construction of said brit ges shall not be commenced in two years and mggrgggilcennentmd completed within two years from the approval of this act, all the I ` provisions of the same shall be void. _ Sec. 4, The right to amend or repeal this act whenever Congress A¤¤€¤d¤¤¤¤¤· shall deem that the public good requires it, is hereby reserved. Approved, February 25, 1889. -