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 440 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 76, 77. 1893. SP*¤¤- Sec. 2. That the bridge herein named shall be so built that the ` lowest part thereof at the spans hereinafter referred to shall not be less that one hundred and fifty feet above high water and located under and subject to such regulations for security of navigation as the Secretary of War of the United States shall prescribe; with a span over the Canadian channel of five hundred feet in length unless the natural channel will admit of a shorter one; but in no case shaH abutments or piers be erected to interfere with the navigation of said channel, and a span over the channel on the American side of not less than five hundred feet; and to secure that object the said company or corporation wmmwum shall submit to the Secretary of War of the United States, for his ‘*'*’“"° "°· examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving for the space of one mile above and one 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 soimdings 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 iull and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War of the United States the bridge shall not be commenced or built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction or after completion such change shall be subject to the Use _1»y railroad approval of the Secretary of War of the United States. And all rail- °°'”"'““°" road companies desiring to use the said oridge shall have, and be entitled to, equal rights and privileges in the passage of the same and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof and all the approaches 1‘¤¤¤¤ thereto under and upon such terms as may be hom time totime agreed upon between said railway companies and the owners of said bridge; and in case they shall not agree upon the same, then, and in that case, upon such terms and conditions as shall hevprescribed by the Secretariy of War of the United States upon hearing the allegations and proo s of the parties. m,;.¤,.t,_ Sec. 3. That the said Saint Lawrence Railway Company shall maintain, at its own expense, such lights and other signals on said bridge as the United States Light- House Board shall prescribe. ctuimrueemm and Sec. 4. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of °°“*¥"““°"· the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof. Ammmrm. Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act so as to prevent or relieve all material obstructions to the navigation of said river, by the construction of said bridge, is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 9, 1893. February 0, ieee. CHAP. 77.-Au act to extend the provisions of an act to provide for the muster ·--——-———————-—- and pay of certain officers and enlisted men of the volunteer forces. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United vtiuuwm. States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of an act _ common trmmm to provide for the muster and pay of certain officers and enlisted men ·¤fg:{_g·¤{:·;*gb8_ 16 of the volunteer forces, approved June third, eighteen hundred and ass;  pm`, ze,t,:£viI eighty-four, as amended by an act approved February third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, be, and the same are hereby. revived and rim emma. extended for a period of three years from the third day of June, eight een hundred and ninety-two. Approved, February 9, 1893.