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 790 _ FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II, Ons. 357, 358. 1889. pom; mbgmm and the United States shall have the right of way for postal—telegraph purposes across said bridge. _ _ use by com- com- Sec. 5. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge the passage of railway trains or cars over the same, and over the ap- ·proaches thereto, upon ayment of a reasonable compensation for Terms- such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any of them, desiring such use, shall fail to agree u on the sum or sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to wihich each shall conform in using said bridge, all mat- ‘sqmt¤y¤1w¤rw ters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of Wa1· “f.‘j*,§’,,,,,,_ upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties: Provided, T at the provisions of section four, in regard to charges for passengers and freight across said bridge, shall not govern the Secretary of newmining com- War in determining anty question arising as to the sum or sums to !’°""‘"°“ be paid to the owners o said bridge by said railroad companies for . the use of said bridge. provisions Sec. 6. That this act shall be subject, except as above mentioned, "P$,,§_ ,·;_°i,“_ to the limitations and provisions of an act entitled "An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the town of Clinton, in the State of Iowa, and other bridges across said river, and to establish them as post-roads," approved April iirst, eighteen hundred and seventy-two. . y Amundmenqetc. Sec. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved; and the right to require any change in suc structure, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress shall decide that the public interests require it, 1S also expressly reserved. Aidsw navézsticn. Sec. 8. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War, on satisfactory proof that a necessity exists therefor, to require the corporation or persons owning said bridge to cause such aids to the passage of said bridge to be constructed, plgced, and maintained at their own cost and expense in the form of ms, dikes, piers, or other suitable or proper structures for the  of rafts, steam-boats, and other water-craft safely through the passageway as shall be specified in his order in that behalf; and on failure of the corporation or persons romemummuy aforesaid to make and establish such additional structures within a S£§“°',§,,°T"’ °f W" °“ reasonable time, the said Secretary shall roceed to cause the same to be built or made at the expense of the Uliiited States, and shall refer the matter without delay to the Attorney-General of the United · States, whose duty it shall be to institute, in the name of the United Suits cm- rms. States, proceedings in anfy of the circuit courts of the United States, within the jurisdiction o which such bridge, or any fpart thereof is or may be located, for the recovery of the cost thereo ; and all moneys accruing from such proceedings shall be covered into the Treasurg of the nited States. commeucementand EC. 9. That this act shall be null and void, if actual construction ¤°¤¤P'¤°*°¤· of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within two years, and completed within four years, from the date thereof. Approved, March 2, 1889. Mm-cn 2. ism. CHAP. 358.-—An act to extend the limits of the port of Memphis, Tennessee. “ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repa·esenfaiices of the usmpzhrm. United States ofAm zrica in Congress assembled, That the limits of P°"" °"°"‘*°°· the present port of Memphis, Tennessee, be extended from Beale street southward to Jackson street, and that the east line of the present port be extended southward until it intersects said Jackson street. Approved, March 2, 1889.
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