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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 388, 389. 1889. 867 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 re uired for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; anfd until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of ar the bridge shall not be commenced or built, and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction such changes shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and the ex ense of such change and) of an other changes at any time required by the Secretary of War in said bridge, or its entire removal after being completed, if the Secretary deems the same necessary, shall be paid by the persons or corporation owning or controlling said bridge. Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. Ec. 6. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction ¤<>¤¤¤¤:¤¤¢•¤rne¤¤¤n¤1 of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within two years °°m°l°"°°` and completed within three years from the date thereof. Approved, March 2, 1889. CHAP. $89.-An act to {ant to the Gulf and Chicago Air-Line Railway Com- March 2.1889. Eny the right to construct ridges over the Tombigbee, Warrior, and Tennessee —····;·—··· vers, and across Grand Pass to Dauphm’s Island, in the Gulf of Mexico. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives tif the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Gul and Gulf and cuieugq Chicago Air-Line Railway Company, a co oration duly organized §g,§{L";,°mY,§§,‘,fQ§“’ and legally inco rated under the laws ollpthe State of Alabama, T<>mg?sub¤¤Ri~·er,»i1.€ its successor or lggal representative, may. erect a bridge over the Tombigbee River at such point in the vicinity of Co eeville, in Clarke County, as surveys and examinations may establish to be the best and most advantageous point for crossing said river. Said COI'- poration, its successor or legal representative, may also construct ridges over the Warricir River at or near Tuscaloosa, and the Ten· wamm- mm. m. nessee River at or near Milton`s Bluff; and for purposes of reaching T‘.‘i."§,‘f},‘§§g;, mM_ at a terminal point and uninterrupted navigation at < eep water on the M11wn‘sB1nf!. Gulf of Mexico, said railway companv may construct and extend its line from its resent terminus at Cedar Point, in said State of Alabama, across grant Pass and the shoal waters intervening, to came mam mu- Dauphin7s Island, in the Gulf of Mexico; and for such purposes may *’l‘*"SI““‘“"· construct. o rate, and maintain such tramways, trac s, road·beds, bridges, andpdarminal facilities at and between said Dauphin's Island and Cedar Point, or in vicinity thereof, as are necessary for use of said railwa in the common course and conduct of its business. Sec. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this act may, Cgngtrulyticm at the option of said Railway Company, be built as a draw-bridge or with unbroken and continuous spans: .Pr0z·ided. That if any such homes. bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans, the main spans span shall be over the main channel of such navigable river or pass, and shall be of such width, and the lowest part of the superstructure shall be of such height above extreme hig —water mark, as the Secretary of War may prescribe; and such bridge shall be at right angles to and its piers lparallel with the current or channel of the river or pass over whic 1 it may be constructed; and 1f any bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a draw-bridge, the same Draws. shall be constructed with an o ning over the center of the channel of the river or pass, and shall bb of such width. character. and construction as the Secretary of War shall prescribe. and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current. and the draw of said bridge shall be over the mam or deep channel of the river or pass,