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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 473, 474. 1901. 805 rivers and bodies of water, all in the State of Florida: The Manatee River from a point at or near Palmetto, in the county of Manatee, to a point at or near Braidentown, in said county, and also over and across Gasparilla Sound from a point on the mainland, in the county of De Soto, to a point near or opposite thereto at or near the head of north end of Gasparilla Island, 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 m1&¤p*gs£c¤gu¤;;_§¤*¤¤¤ limitations shall be lawful structures and shall be recognized and “ known as post routes, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transportation over the same of the mail, the troops, and munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid fo1· transportation over railroads or public highways leading to the said bridge, and they shall enjoy the same rig ts and privileges as other post roads in the United States, and equal privilegps in the use of said c0'1;$!5;:r>¤· <*¢¢·· bridges shall be granted to all telegraph and telep one companies, and ' the United States shall have the right of way across the said bridges and their a preaches for postal-telegraph purposes. _, Sec. 3. 'F at all railroad companies esiring the use of said bridges wRu*;,'*° °* mumads 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 case the owner or owners of said bridges and the several rail- road companies, or any of them desiring suc use, shall fail to agree ` in on 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 party. . Sec. 4. That all bridges authorized to be constructed under this aswrggefgggg Vgtzfw Act shall be built under and subject to such regulations for the secu- mm P`V rity of the navigation of said river and sound as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, and to secure that object the said company or corpo- ' ration shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, maps of location and designs and drawinlgs of each of the bridges; and until plans and locations are a prove by the Secretary of War the bridges shall not be commencedp or built; and should any _¤h¤¤¤¢¤~ ‘ changes be made in the plans of said bridges or any one of them during the progress of the construction or after completion, such changes shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, and all changes · in said bridges, or any one of them, required b the Secretary of War, at any time or until their entire removal, shallibe made promptly by the corporations or persons owning or operating said bridges at theire use. And the said persons or corporations shall maintain on Lishw said brjiggcs, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the Li ht-House Board may prescribe. Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Am<·=¤<i¤¤¢¤*~ e ressly reserved. · . X§EG. 6. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of ¤¤r¤jJ¤=a¤¤¤¤m¤=¤¢¤¤¤ the bridges herein authorized is not commenced within one year and °°mP ° °°` completed within three years from the date hereof. Approved, February 25, 1901. CHAP. 474--*.AII Act For the relief of the Medawakanton band of»Sioux Indians, F ¢bf¤¤·1‘Y 25. 1901- residing in Redwood County, Minnesota. · Y 1`"`“`”__i Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 f Rfgresentatives of the United _ States ofA·m.erzea in Congress assembled; at the Secretar of the ,,,*;§§§§‘§§$,d‘;{,,§f,}§ Interior be, and hereby i.s, authorized to sell, dispose of, and, convey gin bnugigf gjgux Inthe north fractional half of the northeast quarter and the southeast ty?;§s€¤¤?,§l¤h0§Z`$Ej