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 814 FIFTY·SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. . Ch. 613. 1901, erected under such authority shall, ia the opinion of the Secretary of War, materially obstruct such navigation, e is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge to be made as will _ obviate such obstruction; and all such alterations and changes shall be made and all obstructions removed at the expense of the persons own- Li¢is¤¤¤¤- ing or controlling such bridge; andsin case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the navigation of sai river, caused or alleged to be caused by said bridge, the case shall be brought and tried in the circuit court of the Un1ted States for the southern district of Illinois.” apSl$g§g*lf,{,,g’§_W” *° Sec. 7. That section seven of said Act shall be so amended as to read as follows: “That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this Act shall be built under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of W'ar shall prescribe; and the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge and a map of the location, giving for a sufficient distance above and below the bridge the topographg of the banks of the river, the shore lines, at high and low water, the irection and strength of the current at low, medium, and high water stages, and the soundmgs accurately showing the bed of the stream, the ocation of anyother bridge or bridges, an shall furnish such other information as may be req_uired for a fu 1 and satisfactory understandin of the subject, and unt1l the said plan of the bridge is approved by tge Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and shoulld any changes be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of the construction of the same such changes shal be subkect to the approval of the Secretary of War. " c¤mme¤csme¤u.¤a_ Sec. 8. That section eight of said Act shall be amended to read as `§,’§,'Q“f§“°“* °““° °x' follows: "That in case the construction of the bridge, authorized by this amendatory Act shall not be commenced within one year and com-‘ pleted within three years from the date of the apsroval of this amendator'; Act, then Congress may declare the same n land void." m§;fgg;ggf,°* ¤¤*h°*· Sec. 9. hat section nine of said- Act `shall be amended to read as ' follows: "That the principal reason for giving authority to build the bridge herein contemplated is declared to be to secure reasonable rates and tolls to that class of traffic described in section one of this Act for _ ll the passage over the same, and to facilitate the transaction of business . across the Mississippi River at the city of Saint Louis." ' T¤*¤¤P°f*¤*·i°¤· · Sec. 10. That section ten of saidaAct shall be amended to read as follows: “That said corporation may transport on {said bridge and apgroaches thereto persons and property of the class (prescribed erein, an may allow others so to do; and said bridge an approaches may be used for the transportation of all that class of plersons and groperty described in this Act, under such regulations as the board of irectors ·or board of managers of said corporation or the parties owning the mis. said bridge may prescribe. The corporation owning the said bridge ° may take, receive, and collect such rates and tolls for travel, passage, or transportation over said bridge and ap roaches` as the directors of ' the corporation owning or controlling said) bridge may from time to gggtambw time 'iix and establish: _ Pmvided, That the rates charged for such ` travel, Iiiissage or transportation shall not exceed the following, to wit: For eac freight car, loaded or unloaded, three dollars; for each passenger car, exclusive of the passengers riding therein, three dollars; for each passenger over five years of age crossing in any passenger car, fifteen cents; for each foot passenger over five years of age, three cents; for every person on horseback, including horse, seven cents; for every gig, buggy, carriage, cart, or wagon rawn by one animal, ten cents; for every buggy, carriage, cart, or wagon drawn b two animals, twenty cents; for every buggy, carriage, cart, or-wagon drawn