84 FIBTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 550, 714. 1904. meridian be, and the same is hereby, created into a separate land dis- L""] °m°°· trict, to be known as the Dickinson district, and the land oislice for said district shall be located at the town of Dickinson until such time as the President may, in his discretion, remove the site of said land office from said town. cell-'§§i"°' ‘"‘° ’°` Sec. 2. That the President be, and is hereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or during the recess thereof and until the next session after such appointment, a register and a receiver for said district; and they shall be subject to the same laws and be entitled to the same compensation as is or may hereafter be provided by law in relation to the existing land offices and officers in said State. Approved, March 16,_ 1904. N¤¤=h17·1904~ CHAP. 714.-An Act To authorize the Chicago, Saint Louis and New Orleans . [$4387*] Railroad Company to construct a bridge across the Tennessee River near Gilberts- [Public, No. 55.] ville, Kentucky. . Be it enacted by the Senate and H0#u.ae ofRq>·resentativea of the United €§;"".,,‘§°'5f°°gI€_"j°{;u;, States of America in Congress assembled, That the Chicago, Saint Louis $NQ,';},’,'p*:•um¥;_S; and New Orleans Railroad Compan , a corporation created and organ- ¤r1dge,near ehbem- ized under the laws of the States ofy Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, vm°’ Ky' and Louisiana, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain, ‘ for the passage of railway trains, a bridge with single or double track, and approaches thereto, over the Tennessee River, between the counties of Marshall and Livingston, in the State of Kentucky, at a point about Promo one-half a mile ulpstream from the present bridge of the said company Removal or om near Gilhertsvil e: Provided, That upon completion of the bridge b"d““· herein authorized the said company shall promptly remove the present Secre ot War to bridge' . . . •ppmv»ii>iys¤s,m. Sec. 2. That the sand bridge shall be located and built under and subject to such re lations for the security of navigation as shall be prescribed by thi; Secretary of War, an the aid company shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of the bridge and a map of the location, giving for the space of a mile above and a mile below the proposed location the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, e direction and strength of the current at all stages, the soundings accurately showing the bed of the stream, and the location of the former bridge of the said com any; and u n such plan having been approved by the Secretary of \I’ar, the saidxizornpany is authorized to construct the said bridge upon the plan and location so approved. The Secretary of War shall have power to require such other information as he may deem necessary for a full understanding of the subject. C"““¥°'· Any change made in the plan of said bridge durin the progress of construction or after completion shall be subject to tde approval of the Secretary of War; and the said com an ‘ shall, at its own expense, make such changes in said bridge as the Secretary of War may at any time direct in the interest of navigation. ,,,,'g“,},f,§‘}},,,§,§f“°*“'° Sec. 3. That any bridge built under this Act and subject to its limitations shall be a awful structure, and shall be reco ized and known as a post route, upon which no higher charge shadnbe made for the transmission of mails and the troops and munitions of war of the United States over the same than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroad or approaches leading to the said brid e; ,,,g,,fé_°¤*•P*¤· °*°—· and it shall enjoy the rjghts and privileges of other post·roads in die United States, and eqn privileges in the use of said bridgle shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies, and the United tates shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal, telegraph, and telephone purposes.
