132 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. L CHS. 224, 225. 1896. recognized as a post route, and the same is hereby declared to be a post route, and it shall enjoy the same rights and privileges as other post roads in the United States, 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 than the rate per_m1le paid for their transportation over the railroads leading to said bridge; and rummsgnpn. the United States shall have the right of way for a postal telegraph across said bridge. _ _¤¤¤ by Mer ¤<>¤¤1¤¤- Sec. 4. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge '“°" shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railroad trains over the same and the approaches thereto, and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof, upon payment of 0¤¤i>¤¤¤¤¤¤¤· a reasonable compensation for such use, and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the railroad companies, or any of them, desiring such use, shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid as such compensation, and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, or either of said matters, then all matters in dispute or at issue between them or any of them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties. mmumwsr to Suc. 5. That the structure herein authorized shall be built and located 'PP""°P °*°· under and subiect to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War for his examination and approval a design and drawings of said 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 high and low water, the direction 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, 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 cimga. War the bridge shall not be commenced or built, and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the process of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of \Var; and the said bridge shall be at all times so managed and kept as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels through or ams w ¤mg¤¤¤¤- under said structure; and such aidsto the passage of the draw, in the form of pile or crib guides, as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, shall be constructed by the said company; and to secure the sate passage of vessels at night there shall be maintained on said bridge. at the expense of the owners thereof, from the hour of sunset to that mgms. m. of sunrise, such lights as may be prescribed by the Light-House Board, and the said structure shall be changed, at the cost and expense of the owners thereof, from time to time, as the Secretary of War may direct. so as to preserve the tree and convenient navigation of said river. comm-upemsnr and Sec. 6. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction °°"‘*"°"°"‘ of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and Ammlmm M completed within three years from the date hereotl ’ ‘ ‘ Sec. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, May 21, 1896. __ Mfifii lf; CHAP. 225.-An Act Donating condemned cannon and cannon balls. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United gg;j*;_$,"°3)°*g;*:d States of Apzerica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy in-my pcm. spqna. be, and he IS hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to Grand Army §_}};;d_”‘(j’,ff,,‘f· N,j§,",;; of the Republic post of Sparta, Illinois, one condemned cannon and tive vine, nlm. cannon balls for the purpose of decorating the soldiers’ monument in said place, and two condemned cannon and five cannon balls for the
