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 FIFTY·FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 1260, 1261. 1890. 649 Department of the United States, whether employed by the month, day or otherwise, be allowed leaves of absence, with full ay, for not exceeding fifteen days in any one nscal year: Provided, That no mma. clerk nor employee be granted a leave under the provisions of this b§§,$, {,’$}§‘,d“°"*°°· bill until he as performed service for one year., ` Approved, October 1, 1890. · CHAP. 1261.-An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Alta- October 1, 1890. maba River. ——— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the assent of Bnmsvick. Athens the United States of America is hereby given to the Brunswick, gvlgagrtgxgghzsgg Athens and Northwestern Railroad Company, a corporation incor- gQ>glP*'j_*{8¤OA{? porated by the laws of the State of Georgia, its successors and mungea 8 °r°° assigns, and such other persons as may be associated with it, to construct and maintain a ridge over the Altamaha River at a point by it to be selected at or near Oglethorpe Bluff. ` Sec. 2. That the bridge shal be so constructed by draw-span or (bnstruction. otherwise that a free and unobstructed passage may be secured to all vessels and other water craft navigating said river; that any bridge constructed under this act shall e built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that Semtngglfwnw object the said company shall submit to the Secretary of War, for °m"`°'° ’°°°‘ hi~ examination and approval, the design and drawings of the bridge, piers, and approaches, and a map of the location, giving, for the ° space of at east one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high water and at low water, and the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, and the location of any other bri ge or bridges, wharves, landings, or ferries, and shall furnish such other information as shall be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of ar the bridge shall not be built; and after such approval by the Secretary of War the approved dplans and designs for the bridge shall not be eviated from or adde to either during the construction or after the completion of the bridge until the proposed change shall have been submitted to the Secretary of Chances. War and received his approval; and the said bridge shall be at all times so kept and managed as to offer reasonable and proper means for the assage of vessels through or under said bridge; and if said P¤¤¤¤s¤ <>f v¤¤¤¤¤¤· bridge he built with a draw said draw shall be opened promptly opemugamw. upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats or other craft; and the said c-ompan or corporation shall maintain at its own ex ense, from sunset until sunrise, such lights or other signals on said Sridge Lights, ew. as the Light House Board shall prescribe; and if at any time the navigation of said river shall in any manner be obstructed or im- oben-news mugs aired by the brid e authorized by this act to be constructed, the “°“· Secretary of War shall have authority, and it shall be his duty, to require said company to alter and change said bridge at its own ex- semcmu changes. pense, in such manner as may be proper to secure free and complete navigation without impediment ; and if upon reasonable notice to said company, 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 make the same, and all the rights conferred by this act shall be forfeited upon said failure, and gongress shall F<>¤·f¤i¢¤~· have the power to do any and a l things necessary to secure the free navigation of said river: PTO17d6d, GZ80, That nothing in this act Prcvico.