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 FIFTY-SECOX D CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 125,126. 1892. 57 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 commenced or built; and should any change be 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. 5. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge use by other comshall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the P*““°“· passage of railway trains or cars over the same and over the approaches thereto, upon the payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; rennn. and in case the ow ner 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 the 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. 4 Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby Ameudmentetc. 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. 7. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War, on satis- Ami to navigationfactory proof that a necessity exists therefor, to require the company or persons owning said bridge to cause such aids to the passage of said bridge to be constructed, placed, and maintained, at their own cost and expense, in the form of booms, dikes, piers, or suitable and proper structures for the guiding of rafts, steamboats, and other water craft safely through the passageway as shall be specified in his order in that behalf; and on failure of the company or persons aforesaid to make and establish such additional structures within a reasonable time the said Secretary shall proceed to cause the same to be built or made at the expense of the United States, and shall refer the matter without delay to the Attorney—General of the United States, whose duty it shall be to institute, in the na-me of the United States, proceedings in any circuit court of the United States in which such bridge or any part thereof is located for the recovery of the cost of such additional structure; and all moneys accruing from such proceedings shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States. Sec. 8. That the consent of the authorities of the Republic of Mexi- Consent nmxico. ico for the construction of said bridge shall first have been obtained before said bridge shall be built or commenced. Siso. 9. That this act shall be in force from and after its passage. Sec. 10. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction ¤<¤;¤¤1¤¤<=¤m¢¤* wd of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within two years °°m’° °"°“' and completed within four years from the passage of this act. Sec. 11. That Congress is hereby authorized to alter, amend, or re- Amendment, ac. peal this act. Approved, June 22, 1892. CHAP. 126.-An act authorizing the Quincy Pontoon Brid e Company to con- June 22, 1892. struct and maintain a pontoon bridge across the Mississippi Igiver at the city of ——-·?·—·—·— Quincy, in the State of Illinois. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the  rnnmnn Quincy Pontoon Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to build, f,E,?§§§ M°§§’§§§,'”’Q,{ construct, and maintain a pontoon wagon and foot bridge across the rmi at Quincy, xii. Mississippi River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, in or Hear the corporate limits of the city of Quincy, in Adams County, the State of Illinois, and extending across said river to the Missouri shore opposite to said city.