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 840 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 567, 568. 1903. authorized to construct and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto I·°°‘“i°“· over the Mononglahela River, in the State of Pennsylvania, from a int on the nort shore between Hazlewood avenue and the Glenwood highway bridge to a point on the south shore in the township of Bald- / win or the township of Lower Saint Clair, in the county of Allegheny Prvviw- and State of Pennsylvania: 1 wruided That such location is suitable to gsiiiiiiimmcm nm- the interests of navigation. i ,,,I,g'·‘p‘(‘,,,{‘§.f,,,§‘,§l"'°*“'° Sec. 2. That said bridge shall be constructed for the passage of railwa trains, and shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and] known as a post route, upon which 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 than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads leading to the said bridge, and shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads in the United ,,,g`h$_Q_°*‘°Phi °‘°·· States, and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies, and the United States shall _have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal {,`QQ"{'§·0,M, mM_ telegraph and telephone purposes: Provided, That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal _ rights and privileges in the passage of railroad trains over the same <><>¤¤P<=¤¤¤¤<>¤- and the approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and tlgelpefvefgl railroad companies or any 01::) gt thpéna dgsiringtslpphi 1};; sa a1 oa eeu n esumorsums e n u n u and condition?-to whihh each shall conform in The use ofpsiaid bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties. "’ Sec. 3. That said bridge sha be built and located under and sub- . ject to such regulations for the security of navigation of such river as the 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 bri ge shall C’”*“¥°“· not be commenced or built, and no changes shall be made in said bridge during the progress of construction, or after completion, unless approved by the Secretaryof War, and the said company shall, at its own expense, make from time to time such changes in said bridge as L‘€"‘·‘·°‘°· the Secretary of War may order in the interests of navigation; and the said com(pany, its successors and assigns, shall cause to be displayed on said bridge between the hours of sunset and sunrise, and alt otherhtimles, such lights and other signals as may be prescribed by _ the Lig t- ouse Boar . u,;{T“° °f °°"”"“°` Sec. 4. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within two years from the date of the approval of this Act. Am°“d‘"‘""· Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repea this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 18, 1903. February 18. 1903 CHAP. 568.-An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue patent to the Rochford Cemetery Association tp certain lands for cemetery purpoms, Be it enactedbg the Senate cmd House cg` R¥2resen¢atice.2 0 f the United R§‘},‘}f§f.‘("gf’§,‘;’§_‘“”· Smiles of America in Omzlgress aasemb d, hat the Secretary of the Lands é¤¤¤¤e<1 ¤>. lnterior be, and he is here y, authorized and directed to issue a patent to the Rockford Cemetery Association, Of the town of Rochford, South Dakota, for cemete purposes, to tim following-described land, to wit: ”°“""*°‘*°°· The south half of ge southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-two, and the north half of the northeast quarter of the