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484 FIFTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 943, 944. 1890. Hebrew. such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe; and if at any time the navigation o said river shall mQ_*¤¤¤¤¤¤•1 Men- in any manner be obstructed or impaired bwhe bridge authorized by _this act to be constructed the Secreta of ar shall have authority, Aim-¤¤to¤s.ew. and it shall be his duty, to require said company to alter and change the said bridge, at its own expense, in such manner as may be proper to secure free and complete navigation without impediment. _m¥é•Wf¤:_L Sec. 3. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its W"' “ limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post-route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, or passengers or freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post— do by rqiegmpb. roads of the United States, and equal privileges in the use of said ’°°""°'“°" bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies, resuirclesrnph. and the United tates shall have the right of way across said bridge mm. and its approaches for postal-telegraph plurposesz Provided, also, Un br umn- com- That other railroad companies shal have the right to run their cars over said bridge and approaches, upon such just and reasonable T¤¤¤¤· terms as may be agreed upon by them and the corporation owning or controlling said ridge, and if the parties can not agree, then the terms shall be determined by the Secretary of War.

  • m°"·’*¤¤¤*· M- Sec. 4. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

expressly reserved; and the right to reqfuire any changes in said _w_$¤‘¤·-"¤¤‘¤-I ¤¤¤¤s¤¤» structure, or its removal, at the expense 0 the owners thereof, whenever the Secretary of War shall decide that the public interest requires it, is also expressly` reserved.

°°¤** Sec. 5. That this act s all be null and void if actual construction

’ of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date thereof Approved, September 26, 1890. "sepwmbw ¤$.m0· CHAP. 944.--An act to amend section thirty-five hundred and ten of the Revised ""`"""""‘ Statutes of the United States, and to provide for new designs of authorized devices of United States coins. ~ Qurmsusmssmms. Be it enacted by the Senafe and House of Represenfafives of fhe

 United States of Amerien in Congress assembled, That section thirty-

wipe g'depwd,g§j five hundred and ten of the Revised Statutes of the United States •••,..¤.L.f$°.i,p' be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: D““°'°’ °”¢"°'°"· “Sec. 3510. The engraver shall prepare from the original dies already authorized all the workin -< ies required for use in the coinage of the several mints, and, when new coins, emblems, devices, lqgends, or designs are authorized, shall, if required by the Director o the Mint. pre are the devices, models, hubs, or original dies for ¤§wdwg¤,m.,¤: the same. The lgirector of the Mint shall have power, with the ap- ZKQ °H"d °'”u°"'°* proval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to cause new designs or models of authorized emblems or devices tobe prepared and a opted ip the splme manner das when pew poins or deylipaslpre zgthogzed. I-i¤¤*=¤¤¤e¤ ¤¤ ut no c ange in the esi or ieo anycoins em eo ener °°]°"“°*"d°°°°°’°°°‘ than once in twenty-five ygelxlrs from and including the year of the first adcyation of the design, model, die, or hub for the same coin: ‘1-mam. Provide , That no chan e be made in the diameter of any coin: com ummm. And (provided further, 'Uiat nothing in this section shall prevent hsmuum silver not the a option of new designs or models for devices or emblems already mvs.c¤m mm; authorized for the standard silver dollar and the five-cent nickel ~P'°°°- geceas soon as pfacticable after the passage of this act. But the irector of the int shall nevertheless have power, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to engage temporarily for