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 638 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1250. 1890. lan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of C°“°l"“°"“"“““‘ shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans, and shall have three or more channel-spans, and shall not be of less elevation at Height. any point than fifty-five feet above high-water mark, as understood at the oint of location, to the lowest part of the superstructure; nor wma. shall the s ans of said bridge be less than four hundred feet in length, and) the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of said river, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river, and said company or corporation shall maintain at its own uzbrsew- expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe: Provided, also, . U$° bY 0**** °°¤· That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge shall Wm have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the . passage of railway trains over the same, and over the approaches Gcmvensntion- thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owners of said bridge and the several railroad com- 1>j;¤s§lm§¤¤¤ *0 panies, or any one of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon lL°.»y°Z¥`w¤,y S°°r°` the sum or sums to be paid and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in usin said bridge, all matters at issue between themlphall be deciéled bythptS1ecret;ry of War upon a hearing of t ea e aionsan rooso e ies. w·§¥’P"°"“ °* *"‘”· Sec.  That the Secretary of mr is hereby authorized and di- ` rected, upon receiving such lan and map and other mformation, and upon being satisned that a bridge built on such plan and with such accessory works and at such locality will conform to the prescribed conditions of this act, to notify the company that he approves the same; End upon recpivingfsuclé n_lpti(§icatio1$he said Siongpanymugy rocee o an erec ion o said r1 ge, co orming r1 y e ¤¤¤¤z¤ of vlan- ii proved plan and location; and should any change be made in the plan of the bridge or said accessory works during the progress of the work thereon, such chagge shall be subject li ewise to the aprmgammu. proval of the Secretary of ar, and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river, caused or alleged to be caused by said bridge, the case may be brought in the circuit court of the United States of the district of the State of Missouri, in whose gurisdiction any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be locate. . mfl*"mmug¤¤*¤¤ Sec. 4. That the said bridge and accessory works, when built and °°°°constructed under this act, and according to the terms and limitations • thereof, shall be lawful structures; and said bridge shall be recognized and known asa post-route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the tran?ortation over the railroads or_ public highways leacling to {sai hbridgeé and; said pliiidgp sliaglstengoy the rights am rivi e es o other os -rou es in e ni e a es. P°¤*¤* *·¤*¤G¤v¤~ SEE. 5. 'léliat the Unitldd States shall have the right of way across szidrbridge and approaches foié such posgal and telegraph lines as t e jovernment ma construe or con ro . ’·"’°"‘““°“°·°'°· Sec. 6. That Congess shall have power at ang time to alter, ¤¤‘¤¤¢•¤¤1 ¤¤¤¤s¤¤. amgnd, Of rgpegl this act, arid} Gllbalterationsl of tsaél bridge shagltlbe ma e an a o structions s e remove a e ex nse o e nemo. owners of or persons controlling such bridge: Pro/vidfd, further, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify Existing mws. any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the proglelction of the réavigation of rivers, or to exempt this bridge from e operation o the same. c0‘fIj*I*5¤c*g*j)*l;¤¤¤¤¤*¤¤¤ Sec. 7. That this act shall be void if actual construction of the .bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of the approval of this act. Approved, October 1, 1890.
 * 0***0-*- %Var, the bridge shall not be built: Provided, That the said bridge