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 F IF TY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 877, 878. 1901. 1455 other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until said plan and location of the bridge Ch““g°“· are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not he built, and if any change be made in the plan of construction of said bridge during the pro ress of the work thereon, or after the completion of said bridge, suegi change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and the said Structure shall be so ke t and managed at Aids te ¤¤Vis¤ti¤¤- all times as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels through or under said structure; and for the safety of vessels Lightspassing at night there shall be displayed on said bridge, from sunset to sunrise, at the expense of the owners thereof, such lights and other signals as may be prescribed by the Light-House Board; and the said A“°’““°“’· structure shall be changed and altered at the cost and expense of the owners thereof from time to time as the Secretary of War may direct, so as to preserve the free and convenient navigation of said 1'lV€1‘. Sec. 3. That all railway companies desiring the use of said bridge tolfgéhts of ***1**0*95 shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the ` passage of cars over the same and the approaches thereto upon the payment of a reasonable coméaensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bri ge and several companies, or any one 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 bridge, 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. And equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be m°,Q§Q,§$,‘,§§§}‘· "*°·· granted to all telegraph and telephone companies. Sec. 4. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction c(§g¤;*§g;¤I$€m€*¤¤e¤¤¤ of the bridge herein authorized is not commenced within one year and p ' ‘ completed within three years from the date hereof. Sec. 5. That this right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby A¤¤€¤d¤¤€¤¢- expressly reserve . Approved, March 3, 1901. CHAP. 878.-An Act to authorize the Pigeon River Improvement, Slide, and March 3,1901. Boom Company, of Minnesota, to enter upon the Grand Portage Indian Reservation, _"""_“"" ang improve the Pigeon River in said State at what is known as the cascades of S3] I`lV€I`. :5 Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofltqaresentattces of the United States of America in ..@ng0·ess assembled, That the Pigeon River Pigeon River im- Improvement, Slide, and Boom Company, a corporation organized §{,‘§,‘§§’,mé’§‘,§;,§,;}g?*,§‘,‘Q§l and existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota, be, and hereby j_)*g¥gQ;§dP;¥§ggI§;${ is, authorized, under such rules and regulations and subject to such eign Reservadw, conditions and limitations as the Secretary of the Interior may pre- Mmm scribe, to enter upon and improve the Pigeon River at what is known as the cascades of said river, for the purpose of making said river at said point navigable for iioating logs, and to that end to enter upon the unallotted lands, and, with the consent of the allottees, upon any allotted lands, adjacent to said cascades, of the Grand Portage Indian Reservation, in said State, and to construct such sluice dams, wing dams, bulkheads, spill dams, and other works necessary for said purpose, and to take from said unallotted lands timber for the construe- Cogfemgf timber by tion of said improvements and works in quantity not to exceed one p " hundred and twenty-five thousand feet, board measure, for which timber said company shall pay such price as may be agreed upon between said company and the Secretary oi the Interior, but not less than Eve dollars per thousand feet, board measure, the proceeds to be placed in ;,‘,g;’,f§g}§,S§{1€(§§t,$j§Q° the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Chippewa Mimi. _'