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 822 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cus. 669, 670. 1901. this Act and cause no serious obstruction to the navigation of the river or injuriously affect the dow of water, to notify the said com any that he approves the same, and upon receiving such notification tli)e said company may proceed to the erection of said bridge, conforming strictly to the approved plan and location; but until the Secretary of War shall approve the plan and location of the said bridge, and notify the ’ said company of t. e same in writing, the bridge shall not be built or °*‘°“€°“· commenced;· and should any change be made in the plan of the bridge duringthe progress of·-the work thereon such change shall be subject _ likewise to the approval of the Secretary of War. . '*"°¤¤*~ Sec. 4. That said bridge, at the option of the railroad company, may be constructed so that the same can be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, and for the transit of animals and for foot passengers over the same, and may be also used for that purpose in 'f°“· addition to railroad purposes, and the company maintaining the same shall have the right to charge such reasonable rates of toll as bridge companies are authorized to collect under the laws of Penns lvan1a: ‘g1r§,•;§;¢>-of mumds Provided, That all railroad companies desiring the use of said, brid e to use shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to tge passage of railway trains over the same, and over a proaches thereto, upon payment of·a reasonable- compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties. · . iaawggguggswcwm Sec. 5. That any bridge constructed under this Act shall be a legal °° msstructure and shal beknown as a post road, over which no higher , charge shall be madefor the transportation of mails, troops and munitions of war, or other property o the United States over the· same than the rate per mile charged for their transportation over the rail- · P¤¤¤=1 wiesrarh- ways of, and public hilghways leading to, said bridge. The United States shall also have the right of way over said bridge for postal telegra h or- telephone purposes. Nc ¤}>¤¢r¤c¢i¤¤ ¢¤ Sgc. 6. That the said bridge shall be so kept and managed at all ”°`”g°'°°“‘ times as not to interfere with the passage of vessels, barges, or rafts Lights- both by day and by night; and there shall be displayed on said bridge by the owners thereof from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other C*‘““¥"°~ signals as the Light-Iilouse Board may prescribe; and such changes may be made from time to time in the structure of said bridge as the Secretary of War may direct, at the expense of said railroad company in order the more eifectually to preserve the free navigation of said river, or the. said structure shall be altogether removed, if in the judg; ment of the Secretary of War the public good may require suc removal, and without expenseor charge to the United States. c(§I:>1¤;g¤$g!$¢m°¤*¤¤d Sec. 7. That this Act s all be null and void if actual construction of ` said bridge be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of the approval of this Act. A¤¤¤¤¤=¤¢¤¢· Sec. 8. ‘ That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. ·· Approved, March 1, 1901. March1,1901. CHAP. 670.-An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the ‘j"‘; government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep¢·esentat¢Iwes { the United §§,§§§;gQg%§‘;°b“· States of America in Congress assembled, That the half of the following sums named, respectively, is hereby appropriated, out of any money