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 40 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ons. 14, 15. 1888. rom tl, u n reasonable signal, except when trains are passing Ever ghcysaigcbridge, for the passage ofp the boat whose construction shall not be such as to admit of their passage under the draw of said bridge when closed; but in no case shall unnecessary delay 0c- cur in opening the said draw after the passage of trams; and the said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from Habit sunset go sungiseasucghiights orgther signals 011 said bridge as the Li ht- ouse oa s rescri. 0*m°°¤P•¤*°° Sec. 4. That all re.i1roa¥l companies desiring the use of said bridge m"shall have and be entitled to equal rights andfrivileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same, an over e approaches ¤¤mv¤¤¤i¤¤- thereto, upon payment of a reasonable comfeusation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bri ge and the several railroad companies, or any one of them desiring such use, shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and uga0n miles and conditions to which each shall conform in using said ridge, 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. ‘;; ° Sec. 5. That any bridge authorized to be constructed 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 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 desigu and drawings of the bridge, and a ma of the location, giving for the space of one mile above and one miie below the prqposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore-lmes at high and low water, the direction and strength of the ·currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be reguired for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; an until the scid wu and location of the bridge are ufuproved by the Secretary of ar the bridge shall not be built; an should any change be made m the plan 0 said bridge during the progress of construction, such , change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War- ¤·>¤¤l¤t{_·j=<=¤¤¤·¤*•¤·* and if said bridge is not commenced within one ear and completed ' within three years from the pa.ssa?e of this act, tie rights and privileges hereby granted shall be uu] and void. Am¤¤1¤¤¤¤¢~ mc. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereb expressly reserved, and the right to require an changes in structure or its entire removal, at the expense of tge owners thereof, whenever Congress shall decide that the public interest requires it,` is also expressly reserved. Approved, February 18, 1888. ' February is, im. CHAP. 15.-Au act to amend section four thousand eight hundred and eighty- ·······—···· tiiree oaf}; Revised Statutes to enable the Assistant Secretary of the Interior to ¤8¤ P¤ ¤ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rjrresentatives of the ssgngng pawsé; United States of America in Congress assemble, That section four ,.,¥f·,;,;,;,,’§g_ * *" thousand eight hundred aud eighty-three of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended by mserting after the words "Secreta.1-y of the In- ·tei·wr," vrhcre they occur therein, the following words: "or under his direction by que of the Assistant Secretaries of the Interior-," so thatéthe wdgu%m aigiegmdegi  reud£n.s fglows; mmm, “ECTION . n ss a issu in euameof the United @ nw sm States of America, unggr the seal of the Patent Office, and shall be srgued by che Secretary of the Interior or under his direction by one 0 the Assistant Secretaries of the Interior, and counter-signed by