58 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 126,127. 1892. nmw. Sec. 2. That said bridge shall be constructed with a suitable pontoon draw giving not less than four hundred feet clear channel way for each navigable channel of the river, and such other openings for the passage of rafts and logs as in the opinion of the Secretary of War inay be necprumo. essary: Provided, That said draws shall be opened promptly upon rea- 01>¢¤i¤z mw- sonable signal to allow the passage of boats. Sccwrurgg Wvw Sec. 3. That said bridge shall be built and located under and sub- °”'°°° P ’°t°` ject to such regulations for the security of the navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said parties shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at low and high water, the direction and strength of the currents 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 ¤-¤=¤¤z¤¤- not be commenced or built, and should any changes be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction or after completion, such changes shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; xm to nvagsmu. and the said bridges shall be constructed with such aids to the passage of said bridge, in the form of booms, dikes, piers, or other suitable and proper structures for confining the flow of water to a permanent and easily navigated channel, for a distance of not less than one mile above the bridge location, and for the guiding of rafts, steamboats, and other water craft safely through the draw and raft spans, as the Secretary of War shall prescribe and order to be constructed and maintained at the expense of the company owning said bridge; and the said structure shall be at aH times so kept and managed as to oder reasonable and ` proper means for the passage of vessels through said structure. Lights M- Sec. 4. That the said parties shall maintain at their own expense, from sunset till sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light—House Board shall prescribe. Amendment, m. Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act, or any part thereof, at any time, by the Congress of the United States, is hereby expressly reserved; and any change in the construction or any alteration of said bridge that may be directed at any time by Congress or the Secretary of War, shall be at the expense of the owners of said bridge or the parties operating and controlling the same. wgcgzgwwtm Sec. 6. That if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized P shall not be commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of the approval of this act the rights and privileges hereby granted shall cease and be determined. Approved, June 22, 1892. . June 22, 1892. CHAP. Zl.2'7.—A.n act to include lot numbered fifty-three in block eightymine, ·‘~···‘*‘·_·""‘ at Hot Springs, Arkansas, in the public reservation at that place. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Hoe Springs. Ark. States of America in Congress assembled, That lot numbered fifty-three in block eighty-nine, of the town of Hot Springs, in the State of Arkansas, as surveyed and laid out according to an act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, under the direction and supervision of the Hot Springs commission, be, and the &R§;»:c¤·{£¤¤ of loc same is hereby, reserved from sale, and the same is hereby declared to g I 19 be a_ part of the permanent public reservation at Hot Springs, and °· *P· · that it shall be subject to the same laws, rules, and regulations that apply to said permanent reservation as now defined. Approved, June 22, 1892.
