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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 27, 28. 1900., 35 tection of the navigation of rivers, or to exempt this bridge from the operations of the same. . ` Sec. 4. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this Secretersr ¤f far w Act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations 2x~l°al°,§$°§§¤.p ws' for the security lof navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said city or council shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the said bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one—half mile above and one-half mile below the proposed location, the high and low water lines upon the banks of the river, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, with the sounding? accurately showing the bed of the stream, andthe location of any other bridge or bridges, such map to be sufficiently in detail to enable the Secretary of War to judge of the proper location of said bridge, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a_full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until such plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secre- _ tary of War the bridge shall not be built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction orafter completion, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. SEC; 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. _ - Ec. 6. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction oommeucemeileaua of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year °°mP1"`°u` and completed within three years from the date of the approval of this Act. V Approved, February 28, 1900. CHAP. 28.-An Act Granting additional right of way to the Allegheny Valley February 28,1900. Railway Company through the arsenal grounds at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. t""""""°—"'. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Regzwesentatbves of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Allegheny Valley R${$§¤¤¤r Hxlsjgg Railway Company be, and it is hereby, authorized to extend its tracks ugm Oliva? through over and occupy all that portion of the Allegheny Arsenal property in §‘,‘§§gf“{},§'°““ds#“"* the city of Pittsburg`, Pennsylvania, which adjoins the present right of way of said Alleg eny Railway, bounded and described as follows, to wit: Beginning at a point on the south building line of Fortieth I·<>¢¤**¤¤· street, at a distance of ten and fifty-eight one—hundre ths feet from the center line of the `north-bound track of the Allegheny Valley Railway; thence along the western wall of the United States arsenal south twelve degrees thirty-five minutes west five hundred and seventy-six and seventy one-hundredths feet to a point on the north building line of Thirty-ninth street, said point being distant thirteen and twenty-seven one—hundredths feet (measured alon the north building line of Thirty- ninth street) from the center of Sie said north-bound track of the Allegheny Valley Railway; thence south fifty-three de rees fifty-two minutes west eleven and twenty-two one-hundredths feet along the north building line of Thirty-ninth street to a point; thence north twelve degrees twenty-one minutes east five hundred and seventy-five and sixty-two one hundredths feet to a point on the south building line of Fortieth street; thence north fifty-three degrees fifty-two minutes west thirteen and nine-tenths feet to the place of beginning, containing seven thousand six- hundred and fifty-five square feet: Provided, That $;*{g§g;éu the value of said property shall be fixed by a comgetent board of ofli- ` cers to be appointed by the Secretary of War, w ich value shall be paidinto the %reasury of the United States before the occupation by