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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ons. 148, 149. 1890. 59 ·of the banks of the river, the shore·lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War no work u nthe bridge shall be commenced; and should any change be mad;) in the plan of said g}¤°¤I¤5¤| ¤f plan bridge during the progress of construction such change shall be W ‘ subject to the a prova of the Secretary of War. Sec. 3. That Iéongress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal Amendment. this act at any time; and that if at any time navigation of the said ¤£,_b°""°°°d °°"“°' river shall in any manner be obstructed or impaired by the said · bridge, the Secretary of War shall have authority, and it s all be his duty, to require the said bridge company to alter and change the said Subsequentcliangu, bri ge at its own expense, in such manner asmay be proper to secure “°‘ free and complete navigation without impedimen ; and if upon reasonable notice to said bridge company to make such chanmqor improvements the said company fails to do so, the Secretary of ar shall have authority to ma e the same at the expense of said company, and all the r1ghts conferred by this act shall_be forfeited; and Fvrfeitureof rights. ongress shall have power to do any and all things necessary to secure the free navigation of the river. *"°°¤*'*¤**°¤· Sec. 4. That said company shall be permitted to charge and take rom. such rates of toll for crossin said bridge as may be reasonable, subject to therlalpproval of the Sgecretarty of War. Sec. 5. at the draw provided or the bridge herein authorized Ovwinccfdraw. to be constructed shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passing of boats; and said company or corporation s all _ maintain, at its own expense, from sunset till sunrise, such lights mgmsew. or olther signals on said ridge as the Light-House Board shall pre- - scribe. Sec. 6. That all telephone and teleglraph companies shall be migewbywlephonewd granted equal rights an privileges in the construction and opera~ mph °°"`°°""”‘ tion of their lines across said bridge; and if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized shal not be commenced within one oommemmsucmu year from the passage of this act, and be completed within three °°“‘l"°“°"· years from the same date, the rights and privileges hereby granted shall cease and be determined. Approved, April 22, 1890. CHAP. 149.-An act to amend an act to authorize the construction of a bridge Avril @,1890- across Trail Creek, in the city of Michigan City, Indiana. ""'1“`—'— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representattves of the United States of America. in Congress assembled, That_an act to Cggiseagcrgnghggjli authorize the construction of a bridge across Trail Creek, in the city  im. of Michigan City, Indiana, approved June twenty-ninth, eighteen mgjd0d_”- P- m- hundred and eighty-eight, be ereby amended by subst1tuting for section two of the aforesaid act the following: " Sec. 2. That if the construction of the bridge hereby authorized c°‘}.‘};'j‘,{,“,gi§',f“ shall not be commenced within two years from the time this act takes effect and be completed within four years after its commencement, then this act shall be void, and all rights hereby conferred shall cease and determine." _ _ Sec. 2. That all acts or parts of acts mconsistent herewith are R¤1¤¤•1i¤z<=k¤¤¤ hereby repealed. Approved, April 22, 1890.