180 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ons. 384, 385. 1888. roposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shorelines at high and low water, the irection and strength of the current at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not ¤¤¤¤:¤· be built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge ' during the progress of construction, so as to prevent or remove all substantial obstruction to the navigation of said river such change _ shall subject to the approval of Secretary of War; and if any 1·¤=Fc•¤¤¤· litigation shall be had in regard to said bridge, the same shall be in the:1 citfcgit court of the Ulplited in territorial jurisdiction sai ri ,oran ereo,1s ocae. A¤¤¤¤1m¤¤¤— Sec. 5. gThat therlmz to alter, amend, or repeal this act, is hereby expressly reserved; and any alterations or changes that may be required by Congress in the ridge constructed under this act, or its entire removal, shall bemade by the corporation owning or controlling 00 tm thedsgméa, at litsilowp Egzpense. gleuarthpimope, if tfpe conptrbgptiophof ¤¤*¤°¤°°m°¤ sa1 r1 ges a no commen wi in wo an comp e wi in www four years afterthe of this act, all privileges conferred hereby, and this act, shall me null and void. . Approved, June 9, 1888. ·¥¤¤¢ 9. NHL _ CH3?. 385.-éAn act auth the co l<`:n of a bridge over the Tennesee nvsr or near umaersvme, ·ma, an or er purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate cmd Hmzse of Representatives 0{ the
f£m? United States elf America in C’0ngress_u.ssembled, That it sha1 be
- •;i lawful for_the ennessee and Coosa Railroad Company of Alabama,
M, a corporahon duly and legally incorporated imder the laws of the . State of Alabama, its successors or assigns, to construct and maintam a budge over the Tennessee River at or near Guntersville, Alabama. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage ‘01'§=yg$1>g6j*¤s¤¤»¤¤¤ of railway trams, and, at the option of the persons by whom it may be built, may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot-passengers, for such xéeasopable xéapps of toll as may be approved from time to time by the ecre ary o ar. _ _
_ Sec. _2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its
limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post·route, upon which also no hi her charge shall be l made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops and the munitions of war of the United States, or assengers oi freight passing over said bridge, than the rate lper milg paid for the transportation: over the railroad or public hig ways leading to the said ridge; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other mm companies ppp;-pggg;;nS;11;p1l{)1$1md Sztlei. rhnd equal privileges mhthe use of an o a com mes u n suc s °"°°°' may be agreed upon by the parties, andlili they daon not agzreerdrlhdl as the same shall be determined by the Secretary of War · and the United Stat? shall lpavai the right of way across said bridge and its ap row es or posta -te egra h ur ses. mn. Sec. 3. Thatthe said bridgg sblall hg constructed as a draw~bridge ; the draw or pivot pier sh be at_such point in the channel of the riveras the Secretary of War may direct, and the openin or passageway of said draw-pier shall be so protected and arranged that watercraft can be worked through_it at any and all times; and the drawspan shall not be of less w1dth,_nor shall the lowest part of the same be of less elevation above h1 h water, than are the widest and highest of those authorized by (ingress for any bridge over the
