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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 72. 1890. 49 United States; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall Use py telegraph be granted to all telegraph com anies; and the United States shall °°"“’°“'°S· have the right of way across said) bridge and its approaches for postal rem telegraph. telegraph purposes. ’ SEO. 3. That said bridge may be constructed as a draw·bridge, with Drew. an opening over the center of the channel of such width as the Secretary of War shall determine, and which shall be at least one hundred and twenty feet in the clear: Provided, also, That said draw Pmezee. shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of opemeg mw. boats, vessels, or other water-craft, and in no case shall unnecessary delay occur; and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other si als on ¤8¤*·¤»¤¤=· said bridge as the Light—House Board shall prescribe, and sug sheerbooms or other structures as may be necessary to safely guide vessels, Aids to uavigmom boats, rafts, or other water-craft safely through said draw openings as shall be designated and required by the Secretary of Wa.r. Sec. 4. That said bridge shall be built and located under and sub- a  muw ject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river pp P ’ ’ 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 and one mile below the proposed location the topography of the banks of the river, the shore- ines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the current at all stages, and the sounding accuraltregy showing the bed of the stream, and shall furnish such otherormation a may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location ‘ are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built, and s ould any changes be made in the plan of said bridge during Clvmzcsof pimthe progress of construction, such change shall be submitted to the approval of the Secretary of War. Sho. 5. That all railroad companies desirin the use of said bridge Usebymnmaeemshall have and be entitled to equal rights and privile es relative to *’““'°* the passage of railwa trains, engines, or cars over 510 same, and - over the approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compen- Terms. sation 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, fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to w ich each shall conform in usm said bri ge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by *510 Secretary of War, upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties: Provided, That the revisions of section two, in regard to charges aevsee. for passengers and fieight across said bridge, shall not govern the Secretary of War in determining any question arising as to the sum nsepmea ee:-ms. or sums to be aid to the owners `of said bridge by such railroad companies for the use of said bridge. Size. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act or to Amendment. require any changes in such structure, or its entire removal at the Changes in struct expense of the owners thereof, whenever the Secretary of War shall “"’· °“°· decide that the public interest requires it, and the rig t to prescribe such rules and regulations in regard to toll and otherwise, as may be Tous, em. deemed reasonable, are expressly reserved. Sec. 7. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction %<>m¤¤•¤¤p¤m¤¤¢ of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within two years °° °°mp1°°°°‘ and completed within hve years from the date hereof. Approved, April 9, 1890. srar L——VOL xxv1——-4