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 630 FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 296. 1905. the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops and munitions of war of the United States than the rate paid for the transmission over the public highways leading to the said bridge, and shall enjoy l_i’!`h·;°¤’¤Pl*· °*°·» the rights and privileges of other dp0st—roads in the United States; and Kequal privile es in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all tele- ‘ graph and teliphone companies; and the United States shall have the 'right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postaltelegraph P""`i”°· ·_ u ses: Hovided That the bridge erein authorized to be con- Unobstructed navn P Tpo 7. . . union. structed shall be so kept and managed by the said city or corporation owning or operating it as to atford lproper ways and means for the ge throughor under it of vesse s, barges, or rafts at all times, 0*‘°“i“g “""'· bgth by day and by ni ht; and if said bridge be constructed as a drawbridge, the draw shalgbe opened promptly upon reasonable signal for mg““’* °‘°· the sa e of boats; and upon w atever ind of bridge is built there shallmlie chsplayed from sunset to sunrise, at the expense of said corporatiopé such lights and signals as the Light-House Board shall » rescn. °l>¤¤¤°¤· P Sec. 3. That if said bridge, erected and maintained under the authority of this Act, shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said river, or shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of Ylfar, obstruct such navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge to be made as _ will efectually obviate such obstruction; and such alteration shall be _ made and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of the l·mg“‘*"“· owners or operators of said bridge; and in case of any litigation arising from the obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation _ of said river, the case may be brought in the district court of the {g';;}?;;; 1,,,,, not United States for the western district of Louisiana: Provided, That ¤¤¢cr<¤<1- nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of tl;e navigation of rivers, or to exempt said bridge from the operation 0 same. » ,p*`;§°Q,‘Q‘?,§“,§'f,§,’§_'(g{’c{ ‘° Sec. 4. That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this Act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, and to secure that object the said municipal corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of said bridge and a map of the location, prepared with reference to known datum plane upon prescribed scales urnished by the engineer onicer having supervision of said river. and giving, for the space of two miles above and two miles below the proposed location of the bridge, the topography of the banks of the river, with shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all sta es, and the soundings accurately showing the bed of the stream, the Io;-ation of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject. And until said plans and location of the bridge are a proved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and slibuld any change he made in the plan of the said bridge during the process of construction, or after compleippn, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of ar. ,,Qf“° °’ °°“’“'“°‘ Sec. 5. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year End cpmpleted within three years from the date of the approval ereo. A¤°¤°¤¤°¤*·Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend. or repeal this Act is herebv expressly reserged. ` Approved, February 3. 1905.