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 494 FIFIY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1314. 1902. cause madv be tried before_the circuit court of the United States in aud for any istrict in whose ]ur1sd1ction any portion of said obstruction to mM_ or bridges may be: Promded _That nothing in this Act shall be so gaucnicm construed as to repeal or modify any of the proyisions of law now · existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers or to exempt the bridges from the operation of the same: Hmded furasnma, wages, ther, That said bridges shall be constructed to provide for the passage ““" *°°""‘“‘°· of railroad trains, and at the option of sa1d comgny may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kin, for the trans1t of Toll- animals, and for foot passengers for such reasonable rates of toll as ma be fixed by said com ny and approved by the_Secretary of _War. D¤W¤¤d¢°-  2. That if the bridges authorized shall be built as drawbridgles, the draws shall be operated by steam or other reliable power, and s all be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats, except when trains are passing over saig mus; bfnzt nghno case shal; unnecessary delay occur in opening said ws a er e passage o rams. Pi¢¤·¤· etc- t Sec. 3. Thsgt sill piers   lziilt asf nearéy as lmaly   paratllpl witlh thecurrento the rivera s ge o wa rw 10 is mos mpotant for navigation, and the bridges themselves shall be built as nearly as may be at right angles thereto; and the riprapping or other protection for imperfect foundations which will lessen_ the required waterway shall not be permitted; and also that piers which will produce cross currents or b8l‘S dangerous to navigation shall not be constructed; and if after construction any piers or accessory works are found to produce the above-mentioned effects, or if any riprapping or other protection prohibited by this section is found to exist, the nuisance shall be abated or corrected under the direction of the Secretary of War at the expense of the company or persons owning, controlling, or operating said brid es. cunem. Srila. 4. That the approaches to said bridges shall be so designed and constructed as not to interfere with the free discharge of said l'lV€1' in seasons of liood; and any encroachment on the high-water cross sections by piers, solid embankments, or otherwise which will result in unduly acceleiiatiug the high-water current at the site of the bridges shall not be al owe. B<¤>¤¤•· ew- Sec. 5. That any corporation, company, or persons owning, controlling. or operating the bridges buit under the authority of this Act shall build and maintain at all times as accessory work to such l;¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ •=¤¤¤· bridges such booms, piers, dikes, guard fences, and similar- devices as °°` may be necessary to insure at all times a permanent channel for· a sufficient distance above and below the bridge sites, and for the guiding of rafts, steamboats, and other craft safely under or through sai bridges; and if at any time after lthe coéistruction of the] bridges and their accessor · works the a roac es to raw o nin s, c anne s ns, or raft passages in said bridges are found to bepdanézrous or digdult of access bv river traffic, the Secretary of \Var may, upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, llnited States _Army, order the corzpomtion, company, or persons owmngncontrolling, or operating M¤1¤w¤¤vis¤¤¤¤· said bridges to construct, under his direction, and to maintain such additional sheer booms, dikes, and other devices as will obviate the diilicultv mentioned, which additional sheer booms, dikes, and other devicesvshall be built and maintained at their own expense by said company or persons; and that said company or persons shall maintain. at their own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lighlfts and other signals on said bridges as may be required by the Light- ouse Board for the securi of navi tion. Bmw <>fW¤¤¤ Srzcfyti. That file brid es authorized t0_ be constructed by this Act °"”°°° °1°°s’°`°' shall be located and buihz under and subiect to such regu ations for the security of navigation on said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to'secure that object said corporation s all submit for