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 FIFTY-SECON D CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 106, 107. 1893. 447 in reference to the protection of navigation of rivers, or to exempt this bridge hom the operations of the same. That all railroad companies Us by <>¤><->r ¤<>¤¤- desiring the use of any bridge constructed under this act shall have p°m°°' and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or cars over the same and over the approaches thereto upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case Compensation. the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any one of them, desiring such use shall 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 matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties. SEO. 3. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act Swmwry of Www shall be located and built under and subject to such regulations for the °m”°v° ’l“"°‘°°°‘ security of said canal as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said corporation shall, at least two months previous to the commencement of the construction of said bridge, submit to the Secretary of War for his examination and approval a design and drawing of the bridge and a map of the location, giving such information as may be necessary to enable the Secretary of War to judge of the proper location of said bridge, and shall furnish such information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until such plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and should any change be °l¤¤¤z¤¤- made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. Sec. 4. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby Amendment, m. expressly reserved, and the right to require any changes in said structure, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress shall decide that the public interest requires it, is also expressly reserved. Sec. 5. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of the mg°{gg,g¤;¤9¤¤¤¤ wi bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and com- p ' pleted within three years from the passage of this act. Approved, February 14, 1893. CHAP. 107.-An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Saint I"°l¤'¤¤1 I4- 1899- Marys River, between the States of Florida and Georgia. `—*"_; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Florida Central and Pgimgylfmmm Peninsular Railroad Company, a corporation existing under the laws Company and mm-uu of the State of Florida, and the Florida Northern Railroad Company, g,;'}; °"'* mgm of Georgia, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Siiinimhiuwn River, Georgia, or their successors or assigns, be, and herebyare, authorized G°°"*"· “" “°"““· to construct and maintain a bridge for railroad and other pruposes over and across the Saint Marys River, between the States of Georgia and Florida, on the line of their railroad from Harts Road, in the State of Florida, to Savannah, in the State of Georgia, and at such precise %int on said river as may be iixed or approved by the Secretary of ar. Sec. 2. That said bridge shall be constructed for the passage of rail- ,0§‘§,‘nYj‘ga"€“°·“‘ road trains, and, at the option of the corporation by which it may be built, for the transit of foot passengers, animals, wagons, and vehicles of all kinds, for suclrreasonable rates of toll as may be approved from T°“" time to time by the Secretary of War. Sec. 3. That said bridge, when built and constructed under this act “§“,Y,Q‘{’,°u,j,*f“°*“” and according to the terms and limitations thereof, shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which no higher charge shall be made ior the transmission of mails,