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 474 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 459, 460, 463. 1898. road pier at Gulf Port, Mi sissippi, and from Ship Island Harbor to Biloxi, Mississippi, and also for an anchorage basin at both places, with a view to ascertaining the cost of same and its advisability. _ He shall also report a place for making and maintaining said channels and basins by necessary dredging and improvements, together with an estimate of the cost of same. He shall further cause to be made · a survey for a channel twenty-six feet deep at mean low water through Ship Island Pass, Mississippi, and report the cost and advisability of making same by dredging. ‘ Approved, June 16, 1898. June 16.1898- CHAP. 460.-An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across Saint Fran- ""—""-‘ cis Lake, at or near Lake City, State of Arkansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United c,·[;;*:,{;?,::,:;_I;k:,,‘$ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Jonesboro, Lake City me may tmp me and Eastern Railroad Company, a corporation incorporated under the °.:,"‘ F"“°*'*·“"“‘“' laws of the State of Arkansas, its successors or assigns, are hereby ` authorized to construct, operate, and maintain a drawbridgc across Lake Saint Francis,_at or near Lake City, in the State of Arkansas. Said bridge shall be constructed in accordance with such plans as the Secretary of War may decide to be necessary, and approved by him: Mw:. fw to Provided, That before the construction of any bridge herein authorized ,:,';f,',f’,]",,',*’,,{’,,,,,,°{” is commenced the said company shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of such bridge, and map of the location, giving sufficient information to enable the Secretary of War to fully and satisfactorily understand the subject; and unless the plan and location of such bridge are approved by the Secresmmrmgmon. tary of War the structure shall not be built: Provtdedfarther, That any bridge constructed under authority of this Act shall at all times be so kept and managed as to offer proper and reasonable means for the passage of vessels and other water craft through or under said strucrumen Osprm-¤,•s¤. ture; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with, and the bridge Light., itself at right angles to, the current of the lake; and for the safety of vessels passing atnight there shall be displayed on said bridge, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as may be prescribed by the Light-House Board. imu-¤•a». Sec. 2. That all railroad companies de iring the use of said bridge -¤rsh¤ w ·¤·• ¤>ri<¤z•· shall have equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same and over the approaches thereto, upon payment -di¤•gmm¤¤¢ with of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner of °"‘°" said bridge and any railroad company desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sums to be paid or upon the conditions to be observed, all matters at issue shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon hearing the allegations and proof of the parties. Gcaprnwmvnt md Sec. 3. 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 two years from the approval of this Act. Am¤¤<1¤¤¤¢- Sec. 4. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, June 16, 1898. June 17,18B8. CHAP. 463.—An Act To or nize a h s‘ e n' my States; to define its duties and gggulate itz? {Ky? corps of the Navy of tb U lmd Naw Stlltigt ;n1aeted_by the0Senate and Ho;)¢iselo_fT1;epreseil;tativeslof the Ugnittlid f a q meroeam ongressassem e, ata ositacorpso e ,.a$"?.·p.. ° M United States Navy is hereby established, and shall cgnsist of pharmacists hospital stewards, hospital apprentices (first class), and hospital