Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 26.djvu/791

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738 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 123, 124. 1891. R=¤“*¤¥·g;§¤*¥*¤gi Said brid e shall provide for the passage of railway trains and, at the iii-ii1§°’ ° option of She said company, may be used also for the transit of animals, vehicles of all kinds, and foot passengers, for such reasonable rates rou. _ of toll as may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War. Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its Myfulfmmmwd limitations shall be a lawful structure and shall be recognized and W mu °` known as a post route, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other ost roads in the United States, and equa privileges in the use reiegmpu, em., of said) bridge shall_be granted to all telegraph and te ephone com- °°&gg"}n*;€ut Hgh, of panics; and the United States shall have the right of way across said way. bridge for all purposes. Sec. 3. That any bridge authorized by this act shall be located and _seem-ny of mugs- built subject to such regulations for the security of navigation as the “°“· Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said company shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination naps. ew. and approval, a design and drawing of the bridge and a map of the location thereof, giving the high and low water lines upon the banks of the river, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages of the water, with soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, and the location of any other bri ge or bri ges; such map to be sufficiently in detail to enable the Secretary of War to judge of the proper location of said bridge, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactorylunderstanding of the subject, and until such plan and location of the bridge are Approval <>Hw¤i¤¤- apqroved byt e Secretary of War the bridge shall not be commenced c;,,,g,;,,,;,.,_ or uilt, and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge 3 during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to " the approval of the Secretary of War. Use by other com- Sec. 4. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge !"'”°*· shall have equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same and over the approaches thereto=·upon the menus. payment of reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the ‘ owner or owners of said bri geand the several railroad companies, `rumrewsgm. or any of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sums i to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to which each shallconform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be Decisigj by Secrc- decided by the Secretary of War· upon a hearing of 4 the allegations °“"`°' "‘ and proofs of the parties. l ' USMS- ¤*¤· Sec. 5. That the Chesapeake and Nashville Railway Company shall maintain on said bridge, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the Li ht-House Board shall prescribe. Cvmmencementand Sec. 6. That this act shall be nullgaiid void if actual construction °°"‘°*°°'°"‘ of the bridge herein authorized be not' commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof. M¤¤¤*1¤¤¢¤=· M- Sec. 7. That the right to a ter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby . expressly reserved, and the right to require any changes in said “§f“'°*“'“ °*"“$°“· structure, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress or the Secretary of War shall decide that the public interests require it, is also expressly reserved. Approved, February 9, 1891. February 9. 1891. CQAP. 124.-An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a ·*w—···—·‘ public building thereon. at Columbus in the State of Georgia, and for other pur- ‘ “Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ggyfm (¥“· ew Umfed. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary _ ° °""’ of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to Sm &C(£ll1I‘€. bygfpurchase, condemnation or otherwise, a Site, and 081188 B¤¤di¤s- to e erect thereon a suitable building, including fire-proof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for