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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. OHS. 283, 284. 1894. 28] drawspans giving a clear width of waterway of not less than one hundred feet on each side of the pivot pier; and said draw shall be opened promptly, upon reasonable signal, for the passage of boats: Provided further, That whatever kind of bridge is constructed the LieM¤.¤w- owners thereof shall maintain thereon, at their own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as may be prescribed by the Light-House Board. . Sec. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this Act shall {—,¤W*`¤* ¤¤¤·=¤¤¤¤ be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post an Pm mm` route, upon which no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, troops, and munitions of war of the United States passing over said bridge than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the public highways leading to said bridge, and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies; and the United States shall have the Pom! wlvzravbright of way across said bridge and approaches for postal-telegraph purposes; and said bridge shall be so constructed and operated as not Frea navigationto interfere with the navigation of said river. " Sec. 3. That said bridge company shall have the right to charge and T<>¤· collect a reasonable rate of toll, to be approved by the Secretary of War, not exceeding the rate limited by the law of Alabama. · Sec. 4. That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this Act a S°r*f$;·°'{ °§ ft‘;*'*° shall be located and built under and subject to such regulations for the pp P M ’ ` security of the navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the proposed bridge and a map of the location, giving for the space of one—half mile above and one half mile below the proposed location the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, and shall f1u·nish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding oi' the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War no work upon the bridge shall be commenced, and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of con- ¤¤¤¤=z¤¤· struction such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. Sec. 5. That this Act shall be null Hlld void if actual construction °°g¤T£<;g¤m°¤° ·¤° of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year a11d P ` completed within three years from the date of approval hereof Sm:. 6. That Congress hereby expressly reserves the right to alter, *‘—'“°°**'¤°°‘~ °*°· amend, or repeal this Act. Approved, August 13, 1894. CHAP. 284.-Au Act Relating to lights on fishing vessels. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That article ten of the Act vegggw <$mg¤¤i¤: approved Marcin third, eighteen hundred and eightyive, entitled “An VOI.23rF|(i.439.- Act to adopt the revised international regulations for preventing collisions at sea," so far as said article relates to lights for fishing vessels, is hereby re-enacted and continued in force, anything in the Act approved May twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled ·*""*P·“· “An Act to amend an Act approved August nineteenth, eighteen hun- V°‘· 2°· P- M- dred and ninety, entitled ‘An act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea,’ " to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, August 13, 1894.