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 FIFTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Srzss. I. Cris. 1313, 1314. 1902. 493 Sec. 3. That said brid e shall be built and located under and sub`ect S°°'°*’"Y °f “"" *° to such regulations for die security of navigation of such river aslthe appwve plum` em Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the company building the said bridge shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of the bridge and a · map of the location thereof, and until the said plan and location are approved by the Secretary of War the said bridge shall not be com— menced or built, and no changes shall be made in said bridge during the rogress of construction, or after completion, unless approved by the Secretary ofVVar; and the said company shall, at its own expense, Chwzesmake from time to time such changes in said bridge as the Secretary of War may order in the interests of navigation: Provided, That if f,)§.‘,f{,,'*",j’,idg8_` said bridge shall be built as a drawbridge the draw shall be opened _ promptly upon reasonable signal for the passa e of all water craft; and upon whatever kind of bridge is constructed tie said company shall Lighw °w· maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the Light-House Board may prescribe. Sec. 4. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge p,,‘;;§s"Y °"’°' °°’”‘ ` shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passage Uomrérisaricn. of railroad trains over the same and the approaches thereto upon pay- ment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner F“““"’ ‘° “¥’°°· 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 the rules and conditions to which each shall conform in the use of said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be . Aecided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and proof of the parties. Sec. 5. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of _Ti¤w of c<>¤s¤·¤c— the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and mr" completed within two years from the date of the approval of this Act. Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby A¤¤¢¤d¤¤¤¤¤- expressly reserved. Approved, June 28, 1902 CZHAP. 1314.-An Act To authorize the Charleston, Suburban and Summerville June 28. 1902. gmtlawgy gpiggnstruct and maintain two bridges across Ashley River, in the `*T§m{g}j)fi§g;, “ Be it enacted by the Senate cmd Ilouse ofltepreseiztatiezes of the United ` States of America in Cbn reas assembler], That the Charleston, Subur- gamer fjmésifban and Summerville Raifway Company, a corporation existing under mn ihibuiiimeiivxiié the laws of South Carolina, its successors and assigns, be, and is §,§‘{‘”‘§,,,,s,,Ef,‘f,’{"*’{‘,'_§({ hereby, authorized to construct and maintain two bridges and all bqiggigimsapproaches thereto across Ashley River, in the counties o Charleston ' and Dorchester, South Carolina, at points suitable to the interests of navigation, and in accordance with such plans as may be approved by the Secretar * of War, and to lay on or over said bridges a track or tracks for the more perfect connection of any railroad or railroads that are or shall be constructed to said river, on either or both sides thereof, at or opposite such point, under the limitations and conditions hereinafter provided. Said company, or its successors and assigns, are hereby authorized to build, construct, and maintain any and all trestles, roadbeds, tracks, appurtenances, and things that may be necessary for proper approaches to said bridges and for the use of the same as railroad bridges. That said bridges shall not interfere with lgggbsrmcrei unvthe free navigation of said river. and in case of any litigation arising ganingmrm. from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river by reason of the construction of the said bridges the said