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 F IFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 502, 503. 1906. 19 same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for transportation of said mails, troops, and munitions over the railroads and public highways leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the right of way for afpostal telegraph across said bridge; and equal privileges in the use r,gh‘;;“g ’**Ph· 9***-- 0 said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone com- ` panics; and said structure shall be so kept and managed at all times as to alford reasonable and roper means for the passage of vessels through or under said bridge; and for the safety of vessels passing at Ll€h“· 6***- night there shall be displayed on said brid e, from sunset to sunrise, at the expense of the owners thereof, suchllights and other signals as may be prescribed by the Light-House Board; and the said bridge shall be changed or altered at the cost and expense of the owners thereof from time to time, as the Secretary of W'ar may direct, so as to preserve the free and convenient navigation of said ri ver. Sec. 4. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge "° b?' °“‘°' '°'*“· shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same, and the approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use, or, in case <><>m1>¤¤¤•¤¢i¤¤- o disagreement, upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties in interest. Sec. 5. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction uTi¤=<= of ¢¤¤¤¤’¤<=· of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and °n' completed within three years from the approval of this Act. Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby A“‘?""“‘°"** expressly reserved. Approved, February 23, 1906. ` CHAP. 503.-An Act To anthorizethe Camcpbell Lumber Company to construct a F¤['rese:etatives (Katha (Ended _ _ States ofrimeréeza in Lbngress assembled, That the Camp ll Lumber A§,';'“" "“"°"’“'°’· Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Mis_— C ggmgbvg Lglpdigr souri, its successors and assigns, be, and it is hereby, authorized and ° °° Y "Y ’ empowered to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge and _ approaches thereto over and across the Saint Francis River, at or ¥~<¤¤•>¤- near the point where the section line between sections twenty-one and twenty-eight, township nineteen north, range nine east, touches said river. Sec. 2. That any bridge constructed under the authority of this Act a,;`,§`$,f“,ff,Qf§’l;,§ '” shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of the navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, and to secure such object said corporation or its assigns shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of the bridge and a map of the location, and until the said plan and location are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be commenced or built, and should any change be made C****¤¥°*· in the plan of said bridge during construction or after completion such change shall be likewise subject to the approval of the Secretary of \Var, and any changes in said bridge required by the Secretary of \Var at any time shall be made prom t y by the said corporation or its assignsat its expense: 1’r0vwZed, {That if the bridge herein authorized mk dum be built as a drawbridge, the draw shall be opened promptly, on reasonable si al, for the passage of boats, and whatever kind of bridge is L‘¤"’·*‘· °*°· built th; said corporation or its assigns shall maintain thereon, rom