Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 32 Part 1.djvu/171

 F IFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cus. 505, 506. 1902. 105 deviated from or added to, either during the construction or after the completion of the bridge, until the proposed change shall have been submitted to the Secretary of War and received his approval; and the g,l§,'gQ,b’°m°‘°d ‘““'*‘ said bridge shall be at all times so kept and mana ed as to offer reason- " able and proper means for the passage of vessels Sirou h or under said _ bridge, and if said bridge be built with a draw said draw shall be opened promptly, upon reasonable signal, for the passage of boats or other crafts; and whatever kind of bridge is built the said company or i·is1¤¤¤»¤w· corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, suc lights or other signals thereon as the Light-House Board shall prescribe; and if at any time the navi tion of said river shall in any Chances manner be obstructed or impaired by th; brid e authorized by this Act to be constructed, the Secretary of War shad have authority, and it shall be his duty, to require said company to alter and change said bridge at its own expense in such manner as may be proper to secure free and complete navigation without impediment. · Sec. 3. That the bridge constructed, maintained, and operated under m,E·,“p'gj,“,{,u§Q’“°*“” this Act and according to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transportation over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for transportation of said mails, troops and munitions over the railroads and public highways leading to said { bridge; and the United States shall have the right of way for postal, dg`h$;°¥'*Ph· °°°· telegraph, and telephone pu ses over said bridge; and all telephone ` and telegraph companies shdllo be granted equal rights and privileges in the construction and o ration of their lines across said bridge. _ Sec. 4. That this Act sliiill be null and void if actual construction of ti£}“° °f °°““""°” the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within two years and completed within four years of the date hereof. Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby "“"""‘""°“‘· expressly reserved. Approved, April 15, 1902. CHAP. 506.-An Act Confirming title to the State of Nebraska of certain selected APW l5· *9**% - indemnity school lands. p `?;},j§m., yQ,]3if" Be it enacted by the Senate and I{0u8e§fRe;z>resentative.¢ eif the United States ofAmewIca in Congress assemble, That title be, an is hereby, §‘;°Q{°,l§{Q§“·,_.hm, confirmed to the State of Nebraska to all those certain tracts of land {,¤:1f8({¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤*¢>‘ ·¢<>·¤- in the O’Neill, Nebraska, land district, aggregatin two thousand two ` hundred and twenty-eight acres and nine hundredilis of an acre, heretofore selected by the State as indemnity for granted school lands, which selections were approved by the Secretary of the Interior May twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, in list numbered one, and duly certified to the State of Nebraska by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, but which certification was on May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, declared by the Secretary of the Interior to be null and void and ineffectual to convey to the State any right or title: Provided, That the State of N ebraska shall not hereafter ,{,’{)°*f;°mm umu_ be entitled to further indemnity for the specific losses accruing to said uicy. State in lieu of which said selections were made. Approved, April 15, 1902.