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 812 F1FTY·SIXTH·CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 608 613. 1901., s shall in any manner be obstructed or impaired by the said bridge, the Secretary of War shall have authority, an it shall e his duty, to require the said bridge company to alter an · change the said bridge, at its own expense, in suqh manneggs may be proper to secure free and complete navigation wit out imp iment. ,· . nmw. Sec. 4. That the draw provided for the bridge herein authorized to be constructed shall be o ened promptly, upon— reasonable sigdal, fo1· e passm 0 oats, an said co eration s a main in a its own th fb d) `d rphl`hhll h`ta'   d nights. e ense •om sunset to sunrise suc ig ts or other si a s on sai commeneementand blfidgeazs the Light-House Board shall prescribe; and iglactual con- °°"’p'°Yi°“‘ struction of the bridgxe herein authorized shall not be commenced within one year from the passage of this Act and be completed within tgrep years frgm same date léhe rights and privileges hereby granted s a cease an be etermine . Approved, February 26, 1901. February 27, 1901. CHAP. 618.-An Act Amending an Act entitled "An Act authorizing the con- """‘*"‘; struction of a bridge over the Mississippi River to the city of Saint `Louis, in the ` State of"Missouri, from some suitable point between the north line of Saint Clair Count, Illinois, and the  outhwest line of said county/’ approved March third, anno lgomini eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. · . o Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Rqwesentatives of the United Lggisvugf S§¤¤I*im§;-5 States of America in Oongvess assemtledf That section one of said Act nnugeima cdmame- be amended to read as ollows: "That the consent of Congress is §‘;§s,§,“°‘,j’,P';§§c,f‘g$f hereby given to ·the East Saint Louis and Saint Louis Bri ge and louis. nic- Construction Company, of the city-of East Saint Louis, of the county s¤Y£.iiea29’ p' 685’ of Saint Clair and State of Illinois a corporation organized under the l laws of the Stateof Illinois, its assi ns, successors, ntees, mortagees 1eprese‘"tat' d s ce g i inte est idab ild g · n IVBS an uc ssors n r I u own operate, and maintain a, bridge and approaches thereto, as hereinaftef described, across the Mis issippi River, from some point between the north line of Saint Clair County, Illinois, and the southwest. line of §,’g,?§°*· of wm, ,0 said county to the city of Saint Louis, State of Missouri; Provided, appwvgipdlhtgs. That the plan of said bridge be approved by the Secretary of War: mm '° ‘ Provided also, That said proposed ridge shall be constructed for the purpose of (providing for the passage o wagons, vehicles, street cars, animals, an foot passengers, and_s__ all at the option of the said East Saint Louis and Saint Louis Bridge and Construction Company, be so constructed of sufficient stren h and dimensions as to" rovide for the passage er it of rail passe ger a d freight grains and th ov way n n e accommodation of a track of tracks thdrefor, but in either event the ·piers of said bridge shall be built of sufficient strength to admit of t}3hedpass%g'?1o§8r3' wayé freilght, and passenier train; ove? it, and said ri e seeme an taken as a u lic big way or the purgpyseg named onl, subject to the provigions hereinafter set forth: Use by meet mil- ovided also, That street and other railway companies desiring me w°ys' pse of sqid bridge {shhall have and be entitled to equal rights and pI'1V1· eges re ative to e assage of cars over the samegand over the approaches thereto, and in case the owner or owners of said bridge ?n_l ithe railway eorplpaniei, or any ofyighem, élesirgng suc? qlseilshall a1, o agree upon e ru es an con 1 ions o w IC eac s a conforné ig rising] saéd bridge, ag anqratters at issue betvgeenlfhem shall bs deci e y the ecretary o ar upon earing the a egations an proofs of the parties in question." auI&¤;*gs¤{lrg\?t;¤¢*¤¤¤· Sec. 2. That section two of said Act be amended so as to read as fol- ° lows: “That any·bridge built under this Act shall be a lawful_structure and shall be recognized and known as a post route; that no charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the ma1ls,‘t1‘00pS,