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548 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 367, 368. 1887. upon the sum or sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions which each shall perform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between $<>¤¤‘9t¤1‘y¤i'WM‘ them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon hearing of the

  • ° d°°“*° *°"““· allegations and proofs of the parties.

Sec. 5. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act shall be built and located under and subject to the regulations for the secmaryotvvar security of said river as the Secretary of \Var shallprescribe; and to

  • ° ‘*PP"°'° Ph": secure that object the owner or owners thereof shall submit to the Sec-

°t°` retary of War for his examination and approval :1. 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 line at high or low water, the direction and strength of the current at all stages, and the soundings actually showing the bed of the stream, the location of any- other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may he required for the full and satisfactory understanding of the subject, and until such plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War, the bridge shall not be commenced or built, and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.

 T<>b¤¤<>¤¤m¤¤¤¢d Sec. 6. That if the construction of the bridge herein authorized shall

m "'° V""- not be commenced within two years from the passage of this act, and be completed in four years from thesame date, the rights and privileges hereby granted shall cease and be determined. Right to amend, Sec. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this acl: is hereby °*°·· "°“"’°‘]· expressly reserved, andthe right to require any changes in said structure, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever the Congress shall decide that the public interest requires it, is also expressly reserved. Approved. March 3, 1887. Mar. 3, 1887. CHAP. 368.-An not granting the Utah Midland Railway Cunipany the right of --————-—-————-· way through the Uncompahgro and Uintah Reservations, in the erritory of Utah, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

Ugg5F5f '§#gi1° States of America in Congress asacvnblccl, Tha:. the right of way is hereby W;. éofsumubj granted, as hereinafter set forth, to the Utah Midland Railway Comthrough Uncom- pany, n corporation created and existing under and by virtue of the pahgm and Hin- laws of the Territory of Utah, and it is hereby authorized and empow-

  • ?*;hR°°°"*m°¤¤, ered, to locate, construct, own, equip, operate, use, and maintain an rail-

M ‘ way, telegraph, and telephone line through the Indian reservations situated in the Territory of Utah and known as the Uncompohgro Reservation and the Uintah Reservation, occupied by the Tabequuchc Utes, Uintah Utes, White River Utes, and other tribes of Indians. Said rail- L<>¤¤*i·>¤· way shall enter said Uncompohgre Reservation at o point on tho east boundary-line of Utah Territory nt: or near the place where the White River crosses said boundary-line, running thence by the most feasible route in as general westerly direction across said Uncompnhgro Reservation and across said Uintah Reservation to the western boundary of said Uintah Reservation, crossing such western boundary ut the most

   feasible point to reach Salt Lake City.

D“'*°°*“°¤¤- Sec. 2, That the right of way hereby gmuted to said company shall be seventyii ve feet in width on each side of the central line of said railroad as aforesaid; und said com pony shall also have the right to take from said lands adjacent to the line of said road material, stone, earth, and timber necessary for tho construction of said railroad; also ground suciom, ow. adjacent to such right; of waxy for station-buildings, depots, machineshops, side-trucks, turnouts, and water-stations, not to exceed in amount three hundred feet: in width and three thousand feet in length for each