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 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. ’ Sess. I. CHS. 1374, 1375. 1906. 109 plan of said bridge and a map of the location showing for one mile above and one mile below the proposed location the topography of the banks of the river,the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the current, soundings showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge in that vicinity, and such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until said plan and location are approved by the Secretary of War the said bridge shall not be commenced or built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction or after completion such change shall also be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. Sec. 3. That the bridge and its accessories constructed according to ,mI;,“pb’;t‘;f)uf;’“°*“*° the provisions of this Act shall be a lawful structure, and the same is ` hereby declared to be a post route, and no higher charge shall be made for the transportation of the mails and the troops and munitions of war of the United States over the same than the rate per mile paid for . their transportation over the railroads leading to said bridge; and the r,*;;°g*¤P*>· 0*0-· United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its g ` approaches for postal, telegraph, and telephone purposes, and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies. Sec. 4. That all railroad companies desiring to use said bridge shall US° by °°h“ ’°“d“· have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passage of railroad trains over the same and the approaches thereto, under and upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of WSI`, upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties in case they shall not agree. · ‘ _ Sec. 5. That the said bridge herein authorized to be constructed g,,g{,§‘f,l?“‘“‘°*°d “"" shall be kept and maintained so as to secure at all times reasonable and _ proper provisions for the passage of vessels through the same; and L‘g1“’·°°°· there shall be maintained on said bridge by the company aforesaid from sunset to sunrise during the season of navigation such lights as the Light—House Board shall prescribe; and such changes shall be made Chaugesfrom time to time in said brid e, and at the expense of the company aforesaid, as the Secretary of €Var may direct in order to preserve the _ free navigation of said river; and in case of any litigation arising by L‘“¥““°"· reason of the construction and maintenance of said bridge the same may be tried in the circuit or district courts of the United States for the districts of Washington in whose jurisdiction said bridge is located: I ’;-mu':/ec/, That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to repeal Qggjggk laws not or modify any of the provisions of the law now existing in reference named. to the protection of the navigation of rivers or to exempt this bridge from the operations of the same. Snr:. 6. That this Act shall be null and void if the actual construction WEMB of ¤<>¤¤*¤¤·‘· of the bridge herein authorized shall not be commenced within one' ` year and completed within three years from the date this Act takes cffcct. Sec. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. Approvcd, April U, i904s. CHAP. 1375. -—An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Celum- April 9, 1906. bla River between Douglas and Kittitas counties, in the State of Washingmn, iv [S- 5183-] [Public, No. 92. Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of°R€]}T€8¢N{d¢iZ’€8 of the United _ _] Sfales ofilmerzra in (/hngress assembled, That the Chicago, Milwaukee w§_ “m*”*’· *’~*“*’· and Saint Paul Railway Company, of Washington, its successors and ciiicagaiisiwauree _ ·· · · · and Saint Paul R,a1l~ assigns, be, and are hel‘€lJy, 8¤EhOl‘1Z€d to construct and maintain a ,,,,1, 0,,,,,,;,,,,. may railroad bridge. and approaches thereto, across the Columbia River, btigégymmp from some convenient and practicable point to be selected on the east