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FORTY-X IXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 361, 362. 1887. 509 of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War no work upon the bridge shall be commenced; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be snbiect to the approval of the Secretary of War. Sm:. 3. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal Right to amend, this act at any time; and that if at any time navigation of the said ‘**'1fi· ’°¤°"°d· river shall in any manner be obstructed or impaired by the said bridge, u,“,§;,£0l;’l`“”‘“°° the Secretary of War shall have authority, and it shall be his duty, ` `to require the said railroad company to alter and change the said bridge at its own expense, in such manner as may be propertosecure free and complete navigation without impediment; and if upon reasonable notice to said railroad company to make such change or improvements the said company fails to do so, the Secretary of War shall have authority to make the same at the expense of said company, and all the rights conferred by this ncl: shall be forfeited; and Congress shall have power to do any and ull things necessary to secure the free navigation of the river. S1·:c. 4. That said company shall be permitted to charge and take Tolls. such rates of toll for crossing said bridge as may be reasonable, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. Sec. 5. That the draw provided for the bridge herein authorized to Opening draw. `be constructed shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passing of boats; and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset till sunrise, such lights or other signals on Lights. said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe. Sec. 6. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge Other f¤¤¤d¤ may shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the ““°‘ passage of railway trains over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use ; and C<>¤¤P¤¤¤¤fi¤¤· in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any one of them, desiring such use, shall fail to agree SecretnryofW:nr upon the snin or sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to to d¢¤¤d¤ <i¤¤¤g¤¢¤— which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue be- '“"““· _ _ tween them shall be decided by the Secretary of War, upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties ; and if said bridge is not commenced within two years and completed within four years from the passage of this act, the rights and privileges hereby granted shall be null and void. Approved, March 3, 1887. CHAP. 6 .- n ac m kin appropristions for sund civil ex n s o b a Goviernmeni fir tl; fnscfl yegar cgdiiig, J ogne thirtieth,0igbtzn hundredouizil ei;]:;;-? eight, and for other purposes. · Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, sundry cm; up and the same are hereby, appropriated for the objects hereinafter ex- propriumms. pressed for the iiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eightyeight, namely: UNDER THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Pa£m'Y D <‘· ._ runmo mnnrmms. in§S¤*·!i<= *·¤il<l· For purchase of ground on which to erect public building in Camden, Camden, K. J. New Jersey, forty-thousand dollars. For poshoillce and court-house at Baltimore, Maryland : For contin· Ba.1tim¤re,Md. nation of building, two hundred and eightyseven thousand dollars. For cnstomdiouse at Charleston, South Carolina: For taking down Charleston, S. C. stone and brick work on east and west portieoe, restoring; broken bolustrade and other broken stone work, und rebuilding the same, including