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444 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sms . II. C11. 356, 357. 1885. water to a permanent channel and for the guiding of rafts, stoambonts. and other watercraft safely through the draw and raft spans, as the Secretary ofW;u· shall prescribe and ordgr, to constructed and mom tained at the exyicnsqof tho company owning sand bndgc: And provided Pmuw. funller, Than said bridge shall, as nearly as may be, be oonistruoted at T" b° ?·* "'8h° right angles with said river or the current thereof: And provulcrl jurther,

fl°'° wmh °"` Than any change in tho mode of construction; of said bridge shall be

p},,;,,, first snbmittcyl to the said Secretary for his approval, and when up- Chnpges in com proved the said company may then proceed with the construction uo-

  • ‘**';,*f:;?:;; oorlliug to said chnhge: Ami yirovidgd further, That if $1lIl bnclgvbojlnen

Pm, mwigmlm construc·teel, ¤~lmll, in tho opinion 0t tho Seorctury of .11, be :1 su imn- .,.. i.., ,,.».,.,,,,·\-,,d_ tml obstruction to the navigation ot said river, tho said Secretary >lnill require will coulpaiuy to change the construction thereof so as lo ayoid any serious uml substantial obstruction to the navigation of said river, an the expense of the owners of said bridge. . Pm-romquuda S122c. 3. That. tho bridge hereby authorized shall be p. lawiul structure, l¤*’$¤l =•¤'¤°*'*'°· and shall be an postjronitc, upon which no Higher charge shall be made tor the transportation of the mails of the United btntes, and tho troops and munitions of war, or for passengers or freight passing over s.•id bridge, than tho rate por mile paid to railroads and transportation coup panics leading to said bridge. A11n»ilm•d¤¤m— Sec. 4. That all railroad companies desiring the uso of said bridge 1****:0 ';°°'d°" shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to tho °q°‘ np passage of railway trains or oars over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of reasonable compensation for such use; and

s•¤r¤t¤-ptwu in mso the owner or owners of said bridge and tho mgm! railroad comll CE °° ° · •r •
  • 6* ponies or any one of them desiring such use shall I to .¤,.,1ec upon

g °; tho sum or sums to be pgniel, ahd upon rules and conditions ho which Pd.; each shall conform in using san] bridge, all matters at issuq wotween

 them   ho decided by tho Secretary of War, upon a. hoarnig of the

Pf•·=·•¤· allegations and proofs of the parties: Promdod, That tho provisions of section three in regard to charges for passengers and freight across _ said bridge shall not govern tho Secretary of War in determining any question arising as to the sum or sums to be paid to tho owners of said bridge by said oom=p•nics~for tho uso ofssid bridge. Qubjoot. to limi- S20 o. ffhqc this acm sholl ho subject, except as above mentioned, rations of act tv to the limitations and provisions of an act eutxtlod “Au act to author-

   izo the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or nom:

18,2 Wg l, cb tho town of Clinton, in the State of Iowa, and other bridges across said 12,;,.44. rivoxg angéo osgablioh them as post·r0wls.” approved April first, nightoon un an sovcntytwo. Spcofficd rgihu Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby of the Um ¤¢\ expressly reserved ; andthe right to require any changes ui such strncr· S‘°‘°“ ""’"°"· ure, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners tlmmof, whenever Congress shégl decide that the public interest requires it, is also expressly roserv . Approved, March 3, 1885. gmk 3, 155, CRAP. 351.-Au not to incrouo thogflpry of the clerk of the Court of Alabama ——-—-—-;-— BID)!

 Be it enacted by tho Senate, and Home of Representative: of the United

C1orhofCoun or States of America in Congress aamnloled, That; the salary of aha clerk 0¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤<¤;¤5¤ 0 f of tho Court of Commissioners, of Alabama Claims shall hereafter be “;:;:"l_:Qg:::·d at the rate of four thousand four hundred dollars por ummm, `Approved, March 3d, 1885.