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 FIFTY-SEVEN TH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 1121, 1122. 1902. 391 space above and below the proposed location as the Secretary of lllar s all require the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the current at all stages, and the soundings accurately showing the bed of the stream, an shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full understanding of the subject; and until said ian and location are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and Cl‘°“g“S~ s ould any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction or after completion such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Vllar; and the said company shall at its own expense make such changes in said bridge as the Secretary of lVar may at any time direct in the interest of navigation. ` Sec. 3. That said bridge shall be a lawful structure, and shall be mT;,¤W{¤1 €¢r¤¤¢¤r<-= recognized and known as a post route, and shall enjoy the rights and POS mu G' privileges of other post roads in the United States; and no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, troops, and munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroad or railroads leading to said bridge. Equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be ,,gh‘Qlf‘g’°¥’l’· °°°·· anted to all telegraph and telephone companies, and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal telegraph purposes. Sec. 4. That said bridge shall be constructed either as a drawbridge §,§‘§,‘{,§{Q§f,*§l‘(l"f,‘},¥v§; or as a high bridge with fixed spans, so that a free and unobstructed g¤¤<>¤- passagewa may be secured to all water craft navigating said river; and if saidy bridge be constructed as a drawbridge, the draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signals for the passage of boats or _ vessels; and upon whatever kind of bridge is built said company shall L‘gl"“· °"· maintain at its own elztyuense from sunset to sunrise such lights or other _ signals as the Light- ouse Board shall prescribe. Sec. 5. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge ,,,§,§§S_l’*' °“‘€" °°"" shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the <?<>¤¤i><>¤¤¤¤¢i<>¤· passage of railway trains over the same and over the approaches thereto upon the payment of reasonable 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 u n the sum or sums to be paid and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters in issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon the hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties. Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly ’““°“"'“°“‘· reserved; and this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of nQQf“° "‘ °°“*“'“°‘ the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within two years from the approval of this Act. Approved, June 18, 1902. CHAP. 1122.-An Act To authorize the county commissioners of Crow Wing ·l““° “· lm Countv, in the State of Minnesota, to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River [Public, Nc. 163.] at a pdint between Pine River and Dean Brook, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repv·esmtat2`ves of t/w Gifted _ _ p _ States ofrlmemica in (]0ng7·ea9 assembled, That permission and authority §§'§""§“Q}Q §,‘;§’·by is hereby granted, and consent is hereby given, to the building of a Crgyiiiggco-ivmm. bridge across the Mississip i River by the county commissioners of °°;,.>g.liiO,,j Crow Win County, in the State of Minnesota, at a oint between the _ mouths of Tina River and Dean Brook: }’7w·2`¢Zed, 'Iliat the plans for j`{,';§,£§’Q;a, Ofpmm such bridge shall first be submitted to and approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of lVar.