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FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 629, 630. 1888. 309 to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in ref- Existing inns. erence to the protection of the navigation of rivers, or to exempt said bridge from the operation of the same. Sec. 5. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge Other companies shall have and be entitled to equal rights and rivileges relative to may use` the passage of railway trains over the same, and) over the approaches V thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use. €¤mpensa¤<>¤. And 1f the rate of compensation can not be agreed upon by the parties, the same shall be fixed by the Secretary of War. Sec. 6. That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this Secretary <>f Warm act shall be built a11d located under and subject to such regulations appmw plans' °°°‘ for the security of navigation of said bayou 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 bavou, the shore lines at high and low 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 a proved 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 a proval of the Secretary of War, changes. and said structure shall be changed? at the cost and expense of the owners thereof, from time to time, as Congress may direct, so as to preserve the free and convenient navigation of said bayou; and the authority to erect and continue said bridge shall be subject to revocation by law whenever the public good shall, in the judgment of Congress, so require. Sec. 7. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction Commencement and of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year °°“‘pl°"°”· and completed within three years from the date of this act being approved. §EC. 8. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. Approved, July 16, 1888. CHAP. 630.-An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri July T6, 1838- River at or near the city of Nebraska City, Nebraska, and for other purposes. """`“""“`““" Be it enacted by the Senate and H0#z1se of Rzaresentatives of the United States of America. in Congress assemble ·, That the city of Y¤*g*>b¤‘¤¤k¤b City. Nebraska City, Nebraska, a city and municipal corporation organized i»;i},s`[;{,,.°°;Zi},·_ mls? under the laws of the State of Nebraska, its successors or assigns, is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River at Nebraska City, in the county of Otoe and State D¤<>¤¤i¤¤· of Nebraska, and at such point as may be hereafter selected by said city, its successors or assigns, and at least one—third of a mile from any other bridge, as shall best promote the public convenience and welfare and the necessities of business and commerce, and also to construct and maintain the accessory works necessary to secure the best practicable channel-way for navigation and to confine the How of the water to a permanent channel at such point, and also, if the said corporation, its successors or assigns, shall deem it for the best interests of the public so to do, to lay on and over said bridge a railway track for the more per- Rai1wjay,wagon,and fect connection of any railroads that are or shall be constructed to said f°°° b"dg"‘ river at or o osite to said point; and said corporation, its successors or assigns, sh5lpconstruct and maintain ways for carriages, wagons, and