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 280 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Gus. 274, 275. 1892. case the provisions herein in relation to the use for railroad purposes _ shall not apply. _ _ _ _ _ _ U; l>>*¤¤*¤>•·•*°°¤¤· Sec. 4. That all railroad compames desiring the use of said bridge, ' shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railroad trains or cars over the same, and over the ap- °°¤P°”°'·*°¤· proaches to the same, upon the payment of a reasonable compensation for 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 fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and upon the rules and conditions to which each shallconform 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 proofs of the parties. mmm]-iigwnw Sec. 5. That any bridge authorized to be constructed imder this act, ‘""°"° P °"' shall be 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 object the aid company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his approval and examination, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving for the space of one-half mile above and one-half mile below the proposed location 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, and the soundmgs, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be commenced Ghnsw or built; and should any change be made in the plans of said bridge during the progress of its construction, such changes shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. cimmeneume mu Sm:. 6. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of °°“"‘°°‘°"‘ the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and mma. completed within three years from the time this act takes eifect: Prosumma vided, That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act whenever it may think the public interests so require. Approved, July 27, 1892. July sr. 1892. CHAP. 275.- An act to provide for the improvement of the outer bar of Bruus~ -·——-·—*·‘ wick, Georgia, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United nmnaeu, c.. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be G§:{‘;{{.‘f,’,,_,",{ f;,};; authorized to pag to C. P. Goodyear, his heirs or assigns, upon the proi¤; Jvwv-w¤w£_:¤n· curement by said C. P. Goodyear, his heirs or assigns, of a practicable '"' °'°" °“’°'channel over the outer bar of Brunswick, Georgia, at least one hun- P~r.r»¤¤¤- dred feet in width, and of a minimum depth of twenty-two ieet at ordinary mean high tide, on or before November first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, the sum of ten thousand dollars; upon the procurement as aforesaid on or before January iirst, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, of a depth of water in said channel over said outer bar of a minimum depth at ordinary mean high tide of twenty-three feet, ten thousand dollars more, to be paid in manner aforesaid; upon the procurement as aforesaid on or before March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, of a depth of water in said channel over said outer bar at a minimum depth at ordinary mean high tide of twenty-four feet, ten thousand dollars more, to be paid in manner aforesaid; upon the procurement as aforesaid on or before May first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, of a. depth of water in ·said channel over said outer bar of a minimum depthat ordinary mean high tide of twenty-five feet, ten thousand dollars more, to be paid in manner aforesaid; upon procurement on or before October first, eighteen hundred and ninety three, of a minimum depth in said channel over said outer bar of twenty-six