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 4 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 15,16. 1902. C*“*”¥°’ That the city of Duluth shall make any charges in the said structure and any chan as in the towers and approaches ocatcd on the sand lands 0f the Unitcg States which the Secretary of Wur may from time to time prescribe. _ _ Amendment. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal thxs Act IS hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 7, 1902. February 11, 1902. CHAP. 16.-Au Agt '1`0 authorize the Southern Missouri aud Arkansas Railroad Company to build a budge across the Current Rxvcr in Arkansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United cummmm. _ States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Southern Missouri ,,§§’“f,*}'{{',,S2,}i";§’,§‘i‘{{ and Arkansas Railroad Company, created and existing under the laws gyge°°i*:P§}{dg{¤K of the States of Missouri and Arkansas, is hereby authorized to erect coms}, Ark. P and maintain u brid e across Current River in township nineteen north, range two cast, of gm fifth principal meridian, in the county of Randolph, in the State of Arkansas, or at any point near said township selected by said railroad company for crossingvvsaid river with their railroad line and approved by the Secretary of ur. lzncbstmcred p¤vi— Sec. 2. That the said bridge shall be so constructed that a reason- ”°"°°‘ ably free and unobstructed passageway may be secured to all water Opening mw. craft navigating said river at the point aforesaid; and if said bridge shall be constructed as a drawbridga the draw shall be opened promptly, Harm, eee. upon reasonable signal, for the passage of boats and vessels; and whatever kind of bridge is constructed t a owners thereof shall maintain, at their own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals thereon as the Light—House Board shall prescribe. and recognized as u post route, and the same is hereby declared to be a post route, upon which no higher charge shall be made for the transpcrtation over the same of the mails, the troops, and munitions of war of the United States, or for through passengers or freight passing over said bridge, than the rate par mile paid for their tmnsp0rta— Telegraph, em. tion over the railroads leading to smd bridge; and equal privileges in °°m°°“ °°°` the use of said bridge shall ba granted to all telegraph and telephone companies; and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postaktele mph purposes. ¤p§_°rgQ’;*mg;_§gf'° Sec. 4. That the Kan and location of sui?] bridge, with a detailed map of the river at thee garoposcd site of the bridge, and near thereto, exhibiting the depth an currents, shall be submitted to the Secretary of War for his approval, and until he approves the plans und location 0f said bridge it s all not be built; but upon approval by the Secretary of Wm· the said corgoration may proceed to the erection of said bridge in conformity wit said approved plan, and should any change be made in the plans of said bridge during the progress of construction or after completion such change shall be subject likewise to the approval of the Secretary of Wa1·, and any changes in said bridge which the Secretary of WVar may at any time order in the interest of navigation shall be made by said company at its own expense. {xy by wher com Sec. 5. Thgt all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge; paijorixbensution. shall have emu be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage 0i railroad trains or cars over the same, and over the approaches t0 the sanxe, upon the payment of reasonable com nsation for such use: and in case the owner or owners of said brid;iw and the several railroad companies, or any of them desiring such use, shall fail to agree ugqn the sum or sums_ to bq paid and upon the rules and conditions to w rch each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue
 * ’°“‘ '°“‘°· Ssc. 3. That any bridge constructed under this Act shall be known