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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 736, 796, 797. 1890. 315 agree upon the sum or sums to be paid and 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, upon a hearing of the allegations and proo s of the parties. Sec. 5. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations mmmm wm-to for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War ""*"`°"°’ ·°°°· shall prescribe; and to secure that objlept the said company or corpora- ‘t’on s all submit to the Secretary of ar, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, iving, for the space of one mile above an one mile be ow the proposed _ ication, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore-lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, an'd the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be re uired for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said xpdan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of ar the bridge shall not be built. And) if any change is required, by the Secretary of 01=¤¤s¤<>fpl¤¤,etc. War in the plan of said bridge, whilst the same is in process of construction, or after its completion, or if the entire removal of said bridge is reqluired by him at any time, the cost of such change or iemloval sha 1 be paid by the company owning or controlling said r1 . . Sz? 6. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within two years and c0‘{.°H’,“,,'{g§,;°°m°¤°¤* completed within three years from the date of the a proval of this act. ' Sec. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal his act is hereby Ameudmeutee expressly reserved. ` Approved, August 15, 1890. 'l$6f}—An act to amgid an act aiégrovcid    ¢§h1Stebe6n hgndrueg Aucust 18, 1800. .e ,authorn§ eco no ri o n,en "‘_*···—,  Northernway Company. gas y Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemble, That the Act ap- srsagszt across proved August sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight entitled fgg’°‘{,uwm{‘j_*°gg_‘{ ‘An Act authorizing the Houston. Central Arkansas and Northern uma. and sum Railwa Oompan to construct and maintain bridges across Bayou m'°"‘I"" Bartholbmew andy across Ouachita, Red, Little and Sabine Rivers in von. ss. p. am, Louisiana,” be and is hereby amended so that the time within which ‘““°""°"· the actual construction of said bridges may be commenced is hereby Oommencement ex. extended for the period of one year from the date of the approval °*¤°°d· of this Act. Approved, August 18, 1890. _ CHAP. 797.-An act making a propriations for fornication and other works of August 18,1%. defense, for the armament thereog for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial HH and service, and for other purposes. Be it enacted 5; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of merica in Congress assembled, That the sums of Fmmmmnmm mone herein provided for be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, passions. out og any mono s in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be available until, expended, namely_:, gugeble until cr- Pxusmnvnrroiv AND BE1=AIR—oF oR’rn•*1cA*rIONs: For the protec- mrmuvsumuam tion, preservation, and repair of fortifications for which there may P"'- be no special appropriations available. eighty thousand dollars.