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 280 FIFIY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sms. I. Cns. 890,891. 1902. extent than is absolutely necessary, and such lights and buoys shall be kept on all colferdams, piles, and so forth, as may be necessary for the security of navigation. U=2¤ W °**‘°* °°¤· Sec. 9. That all railroad companies desirin the use of the bridge mmm authorized by this Act shall have and be entiued to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or cars over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon the payment of a reason- ¤<¤¤P¤¤¤•**°¤· able compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any one 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 Telczrnrb. ew-. parties; and equa (privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted dgbm to all telegra h an telephone companies. Inwfni ¤¢¤¤¢*·¤r¤ Sec. 10. Gut the bridge constructed, maintained, and operated md www under this Act and according to its limitations shall be a lawfu structure, and shall be recoglpized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher char e s all be made for the transportation over the same of the mails, tic troo, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mil); paid for the 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 telegraph and telephone purposes over said bridge. m'f,f¤° °‘ °°’“'*'¤°· Sec. 11. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within two years and completed within four years from the date of approval thereof. Amendment- Sec. 12. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby express] y reserved. Approved, May 28, 1902. · _ ' 1|•y28. IW- CHAP. 891.—An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Savannah River from the mainland of Aiken County, South Carolina, to the mainland of Richmond County, Georgia. Be it enacted by t/ae Senate and [Iowa of Rty1rc.·¢cntatim»s of the Gifted S S&'::3'g},_ R*'°'· Smale.; of Amerim in. Congress assembled, That the assent of the United 'mths?.] Au- States of America is hereby given to the Chattanooga, Augusta and Tiiilnlgaunwlbgbili: Charleston Air Line Railway Company, a corporation incorporated P•¤Y ¤•Y ******8*- by the laws of the State of South Carolina, its successors and assigns, Lennon. and such other persons as ma be associated with it, to construct and maintain a bridge over the Savannah River from the mainland of Aiken County, in the State of South Carolina, to the mainland of Richmond County, in the State of Georgia. , fggg¤*¤¤*¤d Mr- Sec. 2. That the bridge shall be so constructed, by draw s u or 8otherwise, that a free and unobstructed passage may be securedllo all vessels and other water craft navigating said river at said point; that any bridge constructed under this Act s all be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the securit of the navi tion of said river as the Chief of En ineers and the &cretary of lllzlir shall _ Srggglggg fg *0 prescribe; and to secure that cdject the said company shall submit to pp` the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War, for their examination and approval, the design and drawings of the bridge, piers, and approaches, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of at least one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high water and low water, and the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the