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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 47 5, 47 6. 1901. 807 Sec. 3. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal g{',§;'},!gg§*· · this Act at any time; and that if at any time navigation of said river ` shall in any manner be obstructed or impaired by the said bridge the Secretary of War shall have authority, and it shall be his duty, to require the said bridge company to alter and change the said bridge, at 1ts own expense, in such manner as may be proper to secure free and complete navigation without impediment. Sec. 4. That the draw provided for the bridge herein authorized to Dm'- be constructed shall be opened promptly, upon reasonable signal, for the passing of boats; and said company or corporation shall maintain, Lismat its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe. Sec. 5. That a l telephone and telegraph companies shall be granted c0'§¤‘{,},‘j1§egf*Ph· °‘°··` equal rights and privi eges in the construction and ogpration of their lines across said brid e; and if actual construction of the bridge herein m‘§,§';§‘g”{§§,§fm°“‘“d authorized shall not %e commenced within one year from the passage of this Act, and be completed within three years from same date, the rights and privileges hereby granted shall cease and be determined. Approved, February 25, 1901. CHAP. 476.-An Act To authorize the Mobi1e`and West Alabama Railroad Com- Febwari 5.1901- pany to construct and maintain a bridge across the Tombigbee River between the —"'—"""*' counties of Marengo and Choctaw, below Demopolis, Alabama. · ‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rrzaresentatioes offtiae United States of America in Uongress assembled, That the Mobi e and West a£ig1lg:gQ°;Yd¤:hA1- Alabama Railroad Company, a corporation created and existing under mags rembigbgz an Act of the general assembly of the State of Alabama, be, and is mY°'·A"‘· hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a railroad bridge for the passage of railway engines and cars across the Tombigbee River at a oint suitable to the interests of navigation between Marengo and illhoctaw counties, below Demopolis, in the State of Alabama, said D¤¤w»¤¢¤- *‘ bridge to be so constructed as not to obstruct the navigation of said river andito be provided with a suitable draw: Provided, That any  tr t brid e constructed under this Act and accordiaig to its limitations shall and {lea miasiw lm be adawful structure and shall be known an recognized as a post- » route, and the same is hereby declared to be a post route, upon which, also, no higher charge shall be made for the transportation over the same of the mails, the troodps, or munitions of war of the United States than the ratgper mile pai for transportation over railroads or public highways le mg to the said bridge, and the United States shal have P°‘““ ‘°*°g’“¥’*‘·_ the right of way for a postal telegraph across Said bridge: Pmvyfded. also, That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge shall ,01§‘,§"“ °‘ ‘°‘?’°“°’ have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the pass- - age of railway trains or cars over the same, and over the app1·0aches ereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case of any disagreement between the parties in regard to the terms of such use or the sums to be aid, all matters at issue shall be determined by the Secretary of Vgar, upon hearing the allegations and proofs submitted to him. _ Sec. 2. That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this Act a $*;%*3;*%;; 2g' °9 shall be located and built under and subject to such regulations for the pp P` security of the navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall grescribe; and the said company or corporation shal submit to the ecretary of War, for ‘ his examination and approval, a design and drawing of the proposed bridge and a_map of the location, giving for the space of one-ha f mile above and onejhalf mile below the proposed location the topography of the banks of the 1‘lVB1‘, the shore linesat high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents, and the souudings accurately showing the bed of the stream, and shall