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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ons. 211, 212. 1899.905 the door of the sluices of the reservoir dam built by the Government at Pokegama Falls on the Mississippi River, in section thirteen, township fifty-five, range twenty-six west of the fourth principal meridian, Minnesota: Provided further, That said dam shall be so constructed as P¤¤••a¤¤f••v1¤¢• to provide for the tree passage of saw logs without tolls or charges; and the said company shall construct and maintain, at its own expense, ranwnys suitable fishways, to be approved by the United States Fish Commissioner; and the said company, its successors and assigns, shall make cmu such change and modilieationin said dam, canal, and works incident thereto, and said bridge, as the Secretary of War may from time to time deem necessary in the interests of navigation, at its own cost and expense: Prooidedfurther, That in case any liti ation arises from the UWM obstruction of the channel by said dam, canai, and works incident thereto, or such bridge, the case may be tried in the proper court of the· United States in the district in which said works are situated. Sec. 2. That the right to amend, alter, or repeal this Act is hereby -**¤¤¤*l¤*°¤*~ ' · expreuly reserved. Sec. 3. That this Act shall be null and void unless said dam herein €•>¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¢ ¤¤¤ authorized be commenced within one year and completed within three WDM"' years from the date hereotl Approved, February 27, 1899. CHAP. 212.-An Act Granting the right and authority to the Pensacola and F¤l¤’¤•¤' WJUL Northwestern Railroad Company to build ridges over certain rivers in the State of ""_`—;—‘ Alabama. _ Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State; ofklmerica in Congress assembled, That the Pensacola and North- Nf_3¤·•g$· {gsi western Railroad Comlppny, a railroad corporation organized under the md J.? mags 21; ‘ laws of the States of orida and Alabama, be, and is hereby, author- {QQ': °*°-·'*"°’°·—“*· ized and empowered to construct, maintain, and operate one bridge ` across each of the following-named rivers, all in the State of Alabama: · The Alabama River at a point in Monroe and Clarke counties, or in Wilcox County, Alabama; the Warrior River, at a point in Hale and Greene counties, Alabama, or at a point in Marengo and Greene counties, Alabama; the Tennessee River, at a point in the counties of Colbert and Lauderdale, Alabama; the Sipsey River, at a point in Pickens or Tuscaloosa County, Alabama; and to lay railroad tracks on the said “‘“'°°" *"*""”· bridges to run trains on same. Sec. 2. That any bridges built under this Act and subject to its lim- tu}`; ':ym¤”*gl_;$·:j itations shall be lawful structures, and shall be recognized and known W ' as post routes; and they shall enjoy the same rights and privileges as other post-roads in the United States; and equal privileges in the use 'relegrnph. ew., of said bridges shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone compa- °°""’"“°“‘ nies; and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridges and their approaches for postal telegraph purposes. Sec. 3. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridges t New of r¤¤r¤·•¤¤ shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the ° “°°' passage of railway trains over the same and over the approaches thereto, upon the payment of a reasonable compensation for such use ; and in ;}*··s*g,¤:g·* with case the owner or owners of said bridges and the several railroad com- °°!° g°' panics, or any of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid and upon the rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridges, 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. 4. That all bridges authorized to be constructed under this Act _P***;°°’§f;g’f_ ff',;' '° shall be built under and subject to such regulations for the security of P ` the navigation of said rivers 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, maps of