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 716 FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. HI. Ons. 575, 576. 1905. ests of navigation. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains, whether operated by steam electricity, or other motive power, and for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, street—railway cars, animals, foot passengers, and for all road travel for such reasonable rates of toll and under such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the said company when gggvgh. tm a proved from time to time byt e Secretary of War: Provided, That vmtile said company, or its successors and assigns, shall build and maintain at all times, as accessory work to said bridge, such booms, piers, dikes, guard fences, and similar devices as may be necessary, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, to insure at‘all times a permanent channel for a sufficient distance above and below the bridge site, and for the guiding of rafts, steamboats, and other water craft safely ugn¤,¢-ae. under said bridge: Provided further, That the said company, or its successors and assigns, shall maintain on said bridg, from sunset to sunrise, such Sghts and other signals as the Light- ouse Board shall use nycmermuds. prescribe: An provided {Gather, That all railway companies and all . street—railway companies esiring the use of said bridge shall have and ` be entitled to equal rightsaud privile es relative sto the passage of · railway trains, street-railway trams andg cars over the same, and over °¤¤P¤¤¤¤¤¤· approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use, and in ease of disagreement, upon such terms and conditions as shall bedprescribed by the Secretary of War upon hearing the allegations an proofs of the rties in interest. " “,}&°p‘;f‘,},}u{‘,§f“““’° "‘Smo. 5. hat any bridgz built under this Act and subject to its _ limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and ,,,f'"”‘p‘°29‘°m°°d` known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troo s, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mde paid for the transportation over the railway, street railways, or public highways leading to said bridge, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roadsin the United States; and e ual rivileges in the use of said bridgg shall be granted to all telegraph and) telephone companies, and the nited States shall have the right of way across said ridge and its approaches for lpostal-telegraph purposes. ugj¤g;w$1{,eg°¤*¤¤ " ao. 6. That this Act sha be null and voi if actual construction Aw, p. sajrmeuc. of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and °";,,,,,,,,,,m,,,_ completed within three years from April twenty-eighth, nineteen hun red and five, and the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reservcd." Approved, February 15, 1905. F°F§**h'F1gErl%°*·  576.-An Act Making an appropriation for clearing the Potomac River of icc. [mmm, sa. vi.] _ - . Be it enacted by the Semzte and House ofRq»·eaentat2}ves of the United °l’§f,2,'}§ E‘§{‘§'§bl‘{; States of AmeMIca in Congress assembled, That the sum of ten thousand yH,;e}’¤*¤¤¤¤ Rev dollars is hereby appropriated, payable from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and from the revenues of the District of Columbia, in equal parts, for clearing the Potomac River of ice within the District of (aolumbia, to be available until used. Approved, February 15, 1905.