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 312 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. -726, 727. 189u. able notice to said companp its successors or assigns, to make such _ change or improvements, the said company fails to do so, the Secretary of War shall have authority to ma e the same, and all the mu-mam. rights conferred by this act shall e forfeited upon said failure, and Congressshall have power to do any and all things necessary to Fmmvlndom secure the free navigation of said river: Provided, a so, That noth- °`°"°°‘ ing in this act shall be so constructed as to repeal or modify any of the mmm naviga- provisions of law now existing in refereiice to the protection of the “°"· nlavigation of rivers, or to exempt this bridge from the operations of t e same. Sec. 3. That any bridge built under thi act and subject to its mI&”;,:fs{r‘;lu:°é”°““° limitations shall be a lawful structure and shall be recognized and ` known as a post-route, upon which also no hi her charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and munitions of war of the United States, or passengers or freight over said bridge than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads or public highways leadin to said bridge, and they shall enjoy the rights and privileges of ogier post-roads of the mfnw by www United States. And equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall In I"` be granted to all telegraph companies, and the United States shall havtgjzhglright of way across said bridge and its approaches for said Pbsulnhsravh. pos e p purposes. ·¤¤°¤d¤¤¤¤*·· °*¢- Sec. 4. Tliht the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby ¤¤·¤¤¢¤¤-al chances expressly reserved an the right to uire any chan es in said structure, or its removal, at the expenseldil the owners thereof, whenever the Sglcretary of Far shalilddecide that the public interest requires 1, is so ex ross reserv . Sec. 5. Tllat thh act shall be null and void if actual construction commencsmentnnd of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within two years °°“"'°°°"‘ and completed within four years from the date hereof. _ Approved, August 7, 1890. August 8. 1890- CHAP. 'l2'l.—An act to provide an American register for the steamer Marmion. ,.B°wdw,, Be it enacted by the Senate cmd House of Representatives eg the _ Ammca;1 mmm_ United States of Americct in Congress assembled, That the omgranted m eqyqgu. missioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause m‘§‘§“¥?°*;'{,‘$,' ,_,Q,§‘; the foreign-built steamer Marmion, purchased and wholly owned by changed w. American citizens, and repaired by them, to be registered as a vessel of the United States under the name of Bowden. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is, au- ‘”°¤°°°*°¤· °°°· thorized and directed to authorize and direct the inspection of said vessel, steam-boiler, steam pipes, and the appurtenances of said boiler, and cause to be granted the proper and usual certincate issued to steam-vessels 0 the merchant marine, without'reference to the fact that said steam-boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances were not constructed pursuant to the laws o the Unite States and were not constructed of iron stamped pursuant to said laws; and the tests to be applied in the inspection o said boiler, steam-pipes and aptpurtenances will be the same in all respects as to strength and sa ety as are required in the inspection of boilers construct in the United States for marine purposes, save the fact that said boiler, stam-pipes, and ap urtenances not being constructed (pursuant to the requirements ofp the laws of the United States. an are of unstamtped iron, shall not be an obstacle to the granting of the usual certi cate of said boiler, steam- ipes, and appurtenances are found to be of sufficient strength and satldty. Approved, August 8, 1890.