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 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 253, 254. 1896. 187 Sec. 3. That the said bridge shall at all times be so kept and man- Q¤°b¤*¤¤¤*°d ¤=¤’i· aged as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels ga mn' and other craft through or under said structure; and if said bridge be built as a drawbridge the draw shall be opened promptly upon reason- nmwnmags. able signal for the passage of boats or other craft, and whatever kind of bridge is constructed the said company shall maintain at its own expense, from_sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said Lis¤t¤·<+*¤· bridge as the Light- House Board shall prescribe. Sec. 4. That any bridge built under this Act and subject to its limi- uuI&“£,;;f';ju$;'“°*“° tations 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 munitions of war of the United States, or passengers or freight over said bridge, than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads of the United States. 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 right of way across said bridge and its approaches for said postal-telegraph ********1 *¤¤l¤s¤1>1¤· purposes. Sec. 5. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge ,,,g{‘°"Y°"’°’°°'°P** and its approaches shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of trains over the same upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners C¤¤¤v¤¤¤¤¤i<>¤· of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, or upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge and approaches, 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 Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. Sec. 7. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of C<·¤;¤¤;1¢¤¤¤r¤¤¤¤ and the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and °°mp° M" completed within three years from the date hereof. Approved, May 28, 1896. CHAP. 254.-A.n Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Capital M¤y29.1896· Railway Company/’ approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-tive. `_`"”“`“”""_‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act Ig¤*fi:>t¤fg<>¤gmbi¤· to incorporate the Capital Railway Coinpany/’ approved March second, C°.,’:}{’,{,f,_ ’" w" eighteen hundred and ninety-tive, be, and the sameis hereby, amended "°·2B·P·”l· by striking out in the first section all after the words “have a common i seal/’ to the end of the section, and inserting the following: *‘Said cor- 01·¤¤z¤ <>fr<>¤*¤· poration is hereby authorized to construct and lay down and complete a single or double track street railway in the District of Columbia, and run cars thereon for carrying passengers by and along the tollowing route: Beginning at a point on the District line near the Potomac River southeast of Shepherd’s Ferry, thence by such route as shall be approved by the Commissioners of the l)istrict of Columbia to the south side of the Eastern Branch or Anacostia River at the Navy—Yard bridge; thence May gens Navy- across said bridge to Eleventh street east; thence north on Eleventh YM b'" g°‘ street east to M street south; thence west on M street to a point to be located by the District Commissioners near Eighth street east, connecting with the lines of the Capital Traction Company, also continuing from said Eleventh and M streets north on Eleventh street to the south building line of East Capitol street, and returning over the same route to the point of beginning. Also, beginning at the eastern end of the Navy- Yard bridge, easterly along Monroe and Harrison streets and Good Hope road. and from Good Hope road to the District line, over such route as