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 F IFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Cris. 345-347. 1900. 167 any changes in said bridge which the Secretary of War may at any time deem necessary and order in the interests of navigation shall be made by the owners thereof at their own ex ense. Sec. 5. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of ,,,,°f,°g§,;’§p§;}§O$,m°“* the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and ' completed within three years from the date of approval hereof. Sec. 6. That Congress hereby expressly reserves the right to alter, Am°¤dm°¤¥· amend, or repeal. this Act. ‘ Approved, May 4, 1900. CHAP. 346.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act permitting the build- M¤Y4, 1900. ing of a dam across Rainy Lake River." ;° ”“ Be it enacted by the Senate and }I0use of Representatives cfthe United States of America in Oengress assembled, That section three of an Act hTim,g mgeded, w entitled "An Act permitting the building of a dam across Rainy Lake iéofinpgii tlghalrilzg River," approved Mag fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and §’g}},’§,’f Mke. R“'°*'· granting to the Kooc iching Company, its successors and assigns, the V<>1-30.v-398- consent of Congress to construct a dam across the Rainy Lain River, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: ‘ ‘ That this Act shall be null and void unless the dam herein authorized shall be commenced within three years and completed within five years after the fourth day of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight." Approved, May 4, 1900. CHAP. 347.-An Act To authorize the New Orleans and Northwestern Railway May 4, 1900- Company, its successors and assigns, to build and maintain a bridge across Bayou """"°"""""" Bartholomewin the State of Louisiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R resentatices of the United States of America in Congress assembZed,·T`§at the New Orleans and Ng*;gWGQ{ég¤g,;§Q Northwestern Railway Complanv, a corporation created, organized, and way may amiga existing under the laws of the States of Louisiana and Mississippi be, §§Y°“ B“"h°l°m°“'* and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a railway bridge, and approaches thereto, over Bayou Bartholomew, in the State of Louisiana, at a point suitable, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, to the interests of navigation, near the north line of section twenty-five, townshi twenty-two north, range five east; said brid e Transit. shall be constructedp for the passage of railway t1‘H.lDS, and, at the option of the corporation by which it is built, may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot passengers, for reasonable rates of toll, to be fixed by the Toll. said company and approved by the Secretary of War. Sec. 2. That the said bridge, to be constructed under this Act, and mfg :jd1,*;:',;Q“}0$,‘{€‘}°‘ subject to its limitations, s all be a lawful structure, and shall· be recognized and known as a post road, and shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roa s in the United States; that no higher charges shall be ma e for the transmission over the same of the mail, troops, and munitions of war of the United States or for through railway passengers or freight passing] over said bridge than the rate per mi e for their transmission over the roads leading to said bridge.; and H,'(§§l°g”*Ph °°m¤”*· equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all tele- ` graph companies, and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge for postal tele raph services; that the said bridge Draw. shall be constructed either as a girawbridge, or otherwise, so that a free and unobstructed passage may be secured to all water crafts navigating said river at the point aforesaid: Prauided, That if the Prana. said bridge authorized to be constructed under this Act shall be con- "°p°°“°g °f‘