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 48 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ons. 71, 72. 1890. above the bridge location, and for the guiding of rafts, steam-boats, and other craft safely through the draw and raft spars as the Secretary of War shall prescribe and order to be constructed and maintained, at the expense of the company owningi said bridlge; and the _ said structure shall be at all times so kept an manag; as to offer rages: van reasonable and proper means for the passage of vesse through or - under said structure; and for the safety of vessels passing at night · there shall be displayed on said brid e,-from the hours 0 sunset to Debts- sunrise, such lights as may be prescriled by the Light-House Board; _ and the said structure shall be changed or removed at the cost and expense of the owners thereof as the Secretary of War may direct, F¤¤¤·**z¤*¤¤· so as to preserve the free and convenient navigation of said river; and the authority to erect and continue said bridge shall be subject mf*’l°°‘ *° ""°°°‘ to revocation an modification by law, when the public good shall, in the judgment of the Secretarg of War, so require, without any expense or charge to the United tates. ?¤=¢¤·=¤*¤*¤•:¤· EC. 6. That said company or its successors may construct and maintain defensive and corrective works in or along said river above and below said bridglp, for the protection of the same, and the approach thereto, or e improvement, correction, or control of the 0m“’“,h‘“‘, R°“,.’,’m“¤P¤°m“ chSmwl7O€I'Sli%itl'riv€r. th st d f 'd b `d hall b t Ec. . a mcase ewe ernen o said riges au u n mu-. ’ the Omaha Indian Reservationin the State of Nebraska the night to construct the same thereon and the approaches thereto, toget er with {dl stiéuctiérgs properhforbthe constlructéon, 1paint§na;;ce,z;.en;i aww. o raiono said rigeis ere grante an conerre: ov' , ,u2E,,,;’°“Q,"§"Q,;,°{°I“` That compemation therefor shall first be made to the Indians holding in severalty or by allotment the lands upon or over which said approaches, tracks, or structures are erected, built, and maintained, to their satisfaction, or to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior, or by proceedings for condemnation in the usual manner under the laws of the State of Nebraska. ‘ Amwnmaa. Sec. 8. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is ex- · pressly reserved. Approved, April 9, 1890. AM g_;gg0_ CHAP. 'l2.—An act to authorize the building of a bridge across White River, -—-—;————- Arkansas, by the Mississippi and Little Rock Railway Company. Be it enacted by lhe Senaie and House of Represenfafives of the éfmfm United States tfé Amereica in- Congress assembled, That it shall be my may bridge lawful for the ississippi and Little Rock Railway Company, a cor- ,,,, ‘° *“"°'· A""“‘ poration created and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the tate of Arkansas, its successors and assigns, to erect, construct, and ¤>¤•¤¤¤· maintain a bridge over the Wliite River in sections sixteen and twenty- one, in township one south, range three west. Said bridge shall lie f£Q’*;,;{;;W¤8°¤·¤d constructed to provide for the passage of the railway trains and, at ` the opigion of the corporation, or its assigns, by which it maybe built, may used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all inds, for the transit of animals, foot-passengers, and of all kinds of commerce, travel or communication. · p{f;'lf•}“u{*•f_“¤°°‘**'*°‘ _ SEO. 2. That any bridge built under the act and subject to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post-route, upon which also no other charges shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, or for passengers or freight passing over said bridge than the rate per mile paid for the trans r- tation over the railroad or public highways leading to said bridoe, and it shall enjoy the rights and privi eges of other post-roads in 516