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 ‘ FIFTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 891. 1902. 281 soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, and the location of other bridge or bridges, wharves, landings, or ferries, and shall furnish such other information as shall be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until said plan and location of the brid e are approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War tire bridge shall not be commence or built, and after such approval by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of VVar the approved lans and designs for the bridge shall not be deviated from or added to, either during the construction or after the cofplegpln of lilre lgiiggekulgtil the proppseld cggnge shall we bees su mit to the C ie o n `neers an the cretary of ar an received their approval; and tlid said bridge shall be at all times so Aid¤°<>¤¤vi8¤¤<>¤- kept and managed as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels navigiating said river at said point through or under said brid e; 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 craft; and whatever kind of bridge is built, the said company ¤¤¤*¤· M- or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise such lights or other signals thereon as the Light—House Board shall prescribe; and if at any time the navigation of said river shall °““”“· in any manner be obstructed or impaired bgvthe bridge authorized by this Act to be construed, the Secretary of ar shall have authority, and it shall be his duty, to require sard company to alter and change said brig-gg at dits owp expense in such pianner api may be proper to secure an com ete navigation wit out impe iment. Sec. 3. That anypbridge built under this Act and subject to its m§i¤p';:t“rLu:;¤°*“’° 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 transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and munitions of war of the United States or passengers or freight over said bridge than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other ppstmoads of the United States; and d'P;=:§¤¤r>¤· <>*<=·- equal privileges in the use of said ridge shall be granted to all tele· 8 ` gralph and te ephone companies, and the United States shall have the rig t of hway across said bridge and its approaches for said postal— te egrap urposes. Sec. 4. Plhat all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge Nggg¤_b¥ °°'**=* °°¤· and its approaches shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of trains over the same upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or ccmpewucn. owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any of them, desiring suc use shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, or upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform rn usin said bridge and zggproacbes, all matters at issue between them shallqbe depided py tpe 1; cretary of War upon a hearing of the alletions an roo s o the rties. gaSec. 5. Thlat this Act sliiill be null and void if actual construction m}}{¤<= of <><>¤¤¤·¤<=~ of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof. _ Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act rs hereby ·““°“°’”°“’· expressly reserved. Approved, May 28, 1902.