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 420 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 854, 856. 1890. ·fg“ “°g; Second. That said town Shall have and enercise power to make emmmrk. and enforce police regulations concerning said tract, and Shall protect said eart -work rom in 'ury or defacement. tract and the right to resume possession and occupy any portion thereof whenever, in the judgment of the President, the exigency arises that should require the use and appropriation of the same for the public defense or otherwise, or for such other disposition as Con; gress may determine. without any claim for compensation to said town for improvements thereon or damages on account thereof. ' Approved, September 1, 1890. September?. 1890. CHAP. 856.-An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Little ‘l;‘;"" Tennessee River at or near Niles’ Ferry, Tennessee. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the R§{}‘}.{,"ff,° (g°§Q,‘,“;j',f§ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the noxm¤yb¤gpLit:1§l'g; ville Southern Railroad Company, a corporation organized under §~T,,°§$T§§[° the laws of the State of Tennessee, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge, and approaches thereto, over the Little Tennessee River at or within two m1les of Niles’ Ferry, Tenmhgxkgr www nessee. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage "' of railway_trains, and, at the option of the corporation by which it may be bu11t, may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles " of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot-passengers, for 'M1 reasonable rates of toll, to be iixed by said company; and the Secretary of War shall have the right, from time to time, to revise, . prescribe, and determine such rates or tolls. ‘ ·_1é•vf¤1 •¤¤¤¢¤¤= Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its ’°'°"°°°°‘ limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post-route, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other ppst-roads in the United States, and the same is hereby declared to e a post-route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mail, troops, and munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile for their transmission over the railroad leading to said bridge, and equal me by uenegmpn privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph °°'“"“""· companies, and the United States shall have the right of way across rms-umgrsvn. said bridge for postal-telegra uh purposes; that the said bridge shall gram ¤r ¤¤h»r- be so constructed, either by draw-span or otherwise, that a free and uieurmm mm. unobstructed passage-way may be secured to all water-craft navigat- 9% ing said river at the point aforesaid: Provided, That if said bridge ` authorized to be constructed under this act shall be constructed as a opening or claws. draw—bridge, the draws shall be opened promptly upon the reasonable signals for the passage of boats or vessels; and said corporation Ushtmvw- shall maintain, at its own ex use, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or oggier signals on said bridlgb as the Light-House Board shall prescri. U" "Yp.°¤*"°m' ’°” Sec. 3. That all railroad com nies desirin the use of said bridge mm wmshall have and be entitled to eqpiial rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same, and over the ap- ¤¤¤¤1¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤· preaches thereto, upon the payment of a reasonable compensation or such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any of them, desiring such use shall m¤•¤¤°°¤¤¤¤· fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matdcmwv °* W" *0 ters at issue between them shs,11 be decided by the Secretary of War ` upon the hearing of the allegations and proo s of the parties. www! ¤f ¤•viz¤ Sec. 4. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this °‘ act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations
 * `°°·°°°-’°°°"°‘· Third. That the United States reserves to itself the fee in said