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 180 FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 1254,1255. 1904. Secretar of War ma re uire at any time in the said structure shall Y Y Q _ _ _ be prompt? made by_the said company at its own expense. _ '*“ by °“‘°’ ’°““s· Sec. 3. hat all railroad companies desiring the use of the bridge authorized by this Act shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or cars over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon the payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of the 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 using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearingxof the allegations and proofs of the r,ghj;f*8’*Ph· °’°·· pargiesgl and egualjoriyilelges in the use of said bridge shall be granted _ toa te egrap an te ep one companies. I"ghtS’ m` Sec. 4. That on any bridge constructed under the provisions of this Act there shall be maintained at the expense of the company or cor- . poration owning or gontrollling the same such lights and other signals as may be rescribe by the Light-House Boar . uQ;,*f"° °‘ °°“‘“'“°‘ Sec. 5. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bpdg: herein zuthorized be notheommerliced within one year and comp ete within t ree years from the date ereof. ’““°“‘”“°°‘“· Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, April 13, 1904. A,1£'i{,1i}4&g4- CHAP. 1255.-—An Act To authorize the board of commissioners of Vigo County, Indiana, to construct and maintain a wagon, foot, and trolley-car bridge across the [P¤b1ic.N<>-113.] \Vabash River at the foot of \Vabash avenue, in the city of Terre Haute, in said county and State. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United {'§‘Qg“$§‘0j,‘Q,{§f·Iud_, States of America in Congress assembled, That the board of commissionggywbddse. M Terre ers of igo County, in the State of Indiana, be, and is hereby, authorized viiugbn, som, and t0_ construct, maintain, and operate a wagon, foot, and trolley-car S m { w t of abash avenue, in th; cityhof Terre 1rIaute,(£n saiddcounty and State. '*’°’° "° '*" “Sec. 2. That said bri ge s all be bui t un er an subject to such · · · . . . . ., www mm em regulations for the security of navigation as the Secretary of War may prescribe; and to secure t at object the said board of commissioners of Vigo County, Indiana, shall submit for his examination and approval a design and drawings of the bridge, and shall furnish suc other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understand · ing of the subject; and until said plans are approved by him the bridge shall not be commenced or built; and shou d any change be made in said bridge before or after completion, such change sha 1 be likewise Y _ subject to the approval of the Secretary of lrVar. ,,,,‘,,‘,j‘,}*f"*‘“*°""* “““‘ Sec.  Tha; said brplllge shgllrbphkept and mpnagedlsotlais to pltfer _ reasona e an pro r eans o e passage 0 vesse s roug or ‘·‘*‘*"”·"‘°· under the same; and`} for the safety of vessels passing at night there shall be displalyed on said bridge by the owner thereof, at its own Phan eg expense, suc ights or other signals as the Ligilht—House Board may g " prescribe. Any changes in said bridge which the Secretary of War may at any ltime order in the interest of navigation shall be made by the owner thereof at its expense. ,,,E{‘,§§§‘§,,,f§f“°‘“’“ Sec. 4. That the gridge constructed, maintained, and operated under this Act, and accor in to its limitations shall be a lawful structure and shall be recognized, as a post route, upon which no higher char e shall be made for the transportation over the same of the maiié, troops. and munitions of war of the United States than the rate per
 * "’“°’“’ "‘""’g"· brdge across the Wabash River, said bridge to be located at the foot