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 596 _ FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. ll. Cris. 317, 332. 1897. {-1***:* ¤j:°¤°*¤*° Sec. 3. That any bridge built under this Act and subject to its limi- °° °°° Ntations shall be a lawful structure and shall be recognized and known as a post route, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other proviso;. post roads in the United States: Provided, That the United States may P°°"“* ‘°I°“"*"‘· construct a postal telegraph over said bridge without charge therefor: S¤\¤¤i=¤i·¤¤ ¤fr>l¤¤¤- And provided also, That the said Miiiiiu Bridge Company shall not commence the construction of its bridge, bridge piers, abutments, causeways, and other works over or in said Monongahela. River until the location and plan of same shall have been submitted to and approved b the Secretary of War. semesrypr wuts YSec. 4. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this Act °PP'°"° P‘““°·°°°· shall be located and built under and subject to such regulations for the 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 said Secretary of War for his examination and approval a design and drawing of the 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 high and low water lines upon the banks of the river, the direction and strength of the currents at high and low water, with the soundings accurately showing the =bcd of the stream and the location of any other bridge or bridges, such map to be sudiciently in detail to enable the Secretary of War to judge of the proper location of said bridge, and shall furnish such other infomation as may 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 commenced cnmgu. or built. And should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of its construction, such change shall be submitted MM- for the approval of the Secretary of War: Provided, That the channel °“‘°"°1"°"' span of said bridge shall not be less than five hundred feet in length in the clear, and the clear height of the superstructure shall not be less than ilfty-three feet above the level of the water at pool full in said river. rms to mvsgauou. Sec. 5. That said bridge herein authorized to be constructed shall be so kept and managed at all times as to aiiord proper means and ways for the passage of vessels, barges, or rafts, both by day and by night. 1,agms,m. And there shall be displayed on said bridge, by the owners thereof, from sunset to sunrise, such lights and other signals as the Light- <>¤¤¤z¤·· House Board may prescribe. And such changes shall be made from time to time in the construction of said bridge as the Secretary of War may direct, at the expense of said bridge company, in order the more effectually to preserve the free navigation of said river. _ c···¤mp¤c•m··¤u¤d Sec. 6. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction °°""""°"’“‘ of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of the approval of this Act. .rm¤a¤..m,.»w. Sec. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 25, 1897. F»~bruary 26, 1807. CHAP. 332.-An Act For the better improvement of the Government reservation ··— v"·*v·—‘- at the city of Fort Smith, in the State of Arkansas, and for other purposes. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the- United ggzfgjilhéféfféts States of America in Congress assembled, That Rogers and Parker crmmgi. reservation avenues, as the same appear on the map and plat of the reserve addi- "““‘"“""· tion of the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas, be extended in a northwesterly direction, and on a straight line, to the right of way of the Saint Louis and San Francisco Railway Company; and that Second street, as the same appears on the map and plat of the reserve addition of the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas, be extended on a straight line trom Garrison avenue in a southwesterly direction to the right of way of the