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 740 FIFTY·THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 171,172. 1895. information as shall be required for the 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 cmp;. built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to m‘;°P,•:,$:°m°¤* “d approval of the Secretary of War; and if said bridge is not commenced ` within one year and completed within three years from the passage of this Act the rights and privileges hereby granted shall be null and void. ' mg*"'j,}uf“°*‘“° Sec. 3. That any bridge constructed under this Act and according P""` to its limitations shall be a lawful structure and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which, also, no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rates established and paid by the general public for like service; and the United States rum ais;.-rpt. shall have the right of way for postal telegraph and telephone purposes Hmm across said bridge. Thatin case of any litigation concerning any alleged ' obstruction to the free navigation of said river on account of said _ bridge, the cause may be tried before the circuit court of the United States in whom jurisdiction said obstruction or bridge is located. That opening mw. if the said bridge shaH be constructed as a drawbridge the draw shall - be opened promptly, upon reasonable signal, for the.passage of boats, and whatever kind of bridge is constructed the said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such Lishu. ew- lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe. xusuimssr, sw. Sec. 4. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved, and the right to require any change in the structure, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congrems decides that the public interest requires it, is also expressly reserved. Approved, March 2, 1895. March 2, INS. CHAP. 172.-An Act To establish harbor regulations for the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _m¤mc¤ of comm- States of America in Congress assembled, That every vessel coming to warm, nga1w0n_ anchor in the Potomac River between the junction of the Washington xmumgs. and Georgetown channels of said river and the extension of the south line of P street southwest, in the city of Washington, shall anchor as near the flats in said river as possible, so that the channel of said river will not be obstructed; and if such vessel is to remain over twelve hours it shall be moored with both anchors, so as to give room for passing vessels and so as not to swing and obstruct said channel. No vessel shall be permitted to anchor in the Washington channel of the Potomac River between the extended lines of P or K streets south. Vessels coming to anchor above the line of K street south, aforesaid, shall come to anchor as near the ilats as possible and so that the channel will not be obstructed; and all vessels coming to anchor shall be so moored by the use of both anchors as to prevent obstruction of the channel within four hundred ieet of the nearest wharf, the said anchorage to continue only twenty-four hours, unless otherwise ordered or directed by the owupying mm. harbor master. No vessel shall be permitted to lie in Seventeenth Street Canal, New Jersey Avenue Canal, or James Creek Canal, or at the _ entrance thereof, so as to obstruct the passage of any vessel going into or out of the same or moving from one place to another therein, unless such obstructing vessel is actually engaged in loading or unloading, and shall then, if deemed expedient by the harbor master, be removed to such place as shall be necessary to give room to passing vessels. Any captain or owner oi, or anyone in charge of, any barge, sand scow,