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 ` 865 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 387, 388. 1889. and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War changes. the bridge shall not be commenced or built, and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the process of construction such change shall be subject to the aplproval of the Secretary of War; and the said structure shall be at a times so managed and ke t as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passage of vesselld through or under said structure; and to secure the safe passage of vessels at night there shall be displayed on said bridge, from the Lights. ew- hour of sunset to that of sunrise, such lights as may be prescribed by the Light-House Board, and the said structure shall be changed, at the cost and expense of the owners thereof, from time to time, as the Secretary of War may direct, so as to preserve the free and con- . venient navigation of said river. commencement and Sec. 6. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of °°"“’l°"°"‘ the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date thereof. _ Amendment. Sec. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby ex ressly reserved. mea. ‘ §EC. 8. That this act shall take eifect and be in force from and after its passage. _ Approved, March 2, 1889. March 2, 1889. CHAP. 388.-An act to authorize the Montgomery and Sylacauga Railroad Com- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the monegemei-yum United States of America in Ocmgress assembled, That the Mont- §{‘;*;“,‘;y$“u*f:;{,‘;fdQ,§ gomery and Sylacauga Railroad Company, organized under the laws wnuapqosa River at of the State of Alabama, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct J“°k'“SF°""" Am and maintain a bridge, and zpproaches thereto, over the Tallapoosa Ral1vray,vragon,a¤d River at or near Judkin’s erry, in the State of Alabama. Said ‘°°‘”““g°·. bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains, and, at the option of the corporation by which it may be built, may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot-passengers. mwruisimaumana Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act and su ject to its limi- P°$’·’°°’*’· tations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post-route, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads in the United States, and equal privileges in the use of said brid e shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies; pesmitaegpaph. and the Cnited States shall have the right of way over said bridge for postal telegraph purposes. ‘ use by cth2r_ e¤m· Sec. 3. That al railroad companies desirin the use of said bridge l’“"‘°" shall have and be entitled to equal rihts and rivile es relative to the passage of railway trains over the same, and) over the approaches cempeismon. thereto, upon the payment of a reasonable com ensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and theseveral SecretaryotWarto railroad companies, or any of them, desiring such use, shall fail to °°°*°°- agree upon the sum or sums to.be paid, and upon rules and conditions to whic 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. secmtugplrwum mc. 4. That the 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 design and drawings of the bridge, and a ma of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above H»I1(l one mill; below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river. the shore—lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the
 * -1**- pany to construct a bridge across the Tallapoosa River.