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 I FIFTIETH oorrennss. sm. 11. ou. ses. 1889. 881 freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to the said ridge; and it shall enjoy the rights and rivileges of other post-roads in the United States; and eqpal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all te egraph companies. and the United States shall have right of way over said bridge for postal resunwlegmpn. telegraph pprposes. _ Sec. 4. at the draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable Opening mw. signal for the_ passage of boats, and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset t l sunrise, such lights or mgm, ac. other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe. No bridge shall be erected or maintained under the authority of this act which shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said river, and if any bridge erected under such authority shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, obstruct such navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or·altera- clmnsesetc. tion of said bridge to be made as will effectually obviate such obstruction, and all such obstructions shall be removed, and alterations made, at the exppnse of the owner or owners of said bridge; Pro- PM·¤¢>- mded, That not `ng in this act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of .the provisions of law now existing in reference to the Ervin: inn protection of the navigation ofrivers, or to exempt the bridge erected under this act from the operation of the same. Sec. 5. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge Use by other comshall have, and be entitled to, equal rights and privilegles relative to *’"°°°‘ the passage of railway trains or cars over the same, an over the approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for ¤·>¤¤p¤¤·¤¤¤¤¤· such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge 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,an upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War Dwigixgp of seen- 1 upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties. °"’ ° "‘ · Sec. 6. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this semraryorwum act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations "'”'°'° ph", °‘°· for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, and to secure that object, said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War a design and drawings of said bridge to be erected, for his examination an approval and a map of its location, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject, and in all things shall be subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretarv of War, and until said plan and location of said bridge are approved by the Secretary of War, said bridge shall not be commenced or built; and should any change be made in the plan of any bridge authorized to be constructed by this act during the progress of the work of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. _ _ Sec. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby 4¤¤¢¤<¤¤·>¤¤· expressly reserved, and the right to require any changes in said structure, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress or the Secretary of War shall decide that the public interest requires it, is also expressly reserved. Sec. 8. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction commpmmmuia of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year °°"‘*"°"°“· and completed within three years from the date thereof. Approved, March 2, 1889. _ STAT L--VOL xxv——--56