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 134 FIFIY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 1862, 1863. 1906. “°“'”· For rents, New York, four thousand five hundred dollars; Wash— ilnglton, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand o ars. » e,§“‘“°“°”· “¥"'“· hFor ssasigpery, fue], lights, and other necessary expenses, thirty thousand dollars. I*;°g{;_“°¤· °°°-· of For examination and ins tion of pension agencies, as provided by Qiim.2, p. sn. the final provision of the fg of August eighth, eighteen hundred and R‘S"°°°‘"°°‘ pj"' eighty-two, amending section forty-seven hundred and sixty-six, Revised Statutes, one thousand five hundred dollars. Approved, April 24, 1906. Agri! $4. 1906. 0KLP._ 18Q8.-—An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Cum- [ · R· m’°l·l berland River ID or near the city of Clarksville, State of Tennessee. [Public, No. 124.] _ Be it enacted by t/ae Senate and House of Representatives of the United §‘§_f‘§$_§L°f%",,‘;(,{j,{.‘$",, States ojcztmeriea in Ooqyress assembled, That the county of Mont-
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’an em were o U1 an main `n a i wa ri across e Cumbeiiliind River in or near the city of Clark§ville.?7State€>(f Tennessee, Freebrldse · for the useof the publicas a highway, free of any tolls, and said brid e 18 hereby declared_a post route, upon which no charge shall be made for the transportation over the same of the mails, troolps, and muni- T I tions of war of the United States; and said bridge shal enjoy all the ,,g,j,,°g’“P*’· "°°-· Elghltjs {mg pazgeggzlpfhothephpmt {outps in the UnitedlStatps; ang _ e D1 s ave e ri t o wa across said bri ge an its approaches for W, telegraph, and tele hone pur oses; and l equa privileges in the use of said bridggfhalllbe grantedp to all tele- Hqw. hm not graph and telephone compames: Hm _, That nothing in this Act meme. sha be s0_ construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing 1D reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers or to exempt said bridge from the operation of the same. °¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤· Sec. _2. That said bridge shall be built with unbroken and continuous spans, in no case less than ninety feet above low-water pool level in said r1ver, nor shall any of the spans be less than three hundred feet 111 the clear between the piers, or the piers and the abutments, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of said river. g8'é¤£*j¤**¤°°*d MW- Sec. 3. That said_ bridge s all be constructed without any unreason- Sec w able interference with the security and convenience of navigation of nm"'; {Lg;";?,;? =¤ said river; and to secure that object the sand county shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, designs and · drawings of the proposed bridge, including a map of its proposed location, giving for the space of one mile above and below the proposed site the topography of the banks of said river, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the current at high and low water stages, with the soundings accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other infomnation as may be required for the full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said lan and location of said bridge are aptprovedby the Secretary of lllar, said in sand bridge, before or atter completion, unless approved by the Secretary of Vl ar, and any changes which the Secretary of lVar~n1ay mgm em at any time deem necessary and order in the interest of navigation shall · · be made by the owners of the bridge at their own expense; and there shall be displayed on said bridge by the owners thereof, at their own ringpggsgoéggnéozggsgato sunrisie such lights or other signals as the . O _ V, · I _ y prescribe. ,,g,{j"° °i ° “"""‘“ Sec. 4, [hat this Act shall  null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized is not commenced within one vcar and completed within three years from the passage of this Act. `
 * 3****8** bridge shall not be commence or built; and no changes shall be made