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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 34, 35. 1890. 21 so amended, that the time within which said bridgeis required to c0Q;I’;}g;§,*;1°*m°¤*¤¤d be commenced, shall be one year from the passage of this act, and ` the time within which it is required to be completed shall be three years from the date of the passage of this act. Approved, March 15, 1890. ’ CHAP. 35.-An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Arkansas M¤rch15, 1890. River, in the Indian Territory. '”‘_—;‘°‘* Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ` United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Kansas mm and nm and Arkansas Valley Railway, a corporation organized and existing j,?,, XQBQQ under the laws of the State of Arkansas, and being empowered by given 1¤<¤¤¤ Terriact of Congress, approved June first, eighteen hundred and eighty- ?;;;_gs,p_q$,mp,;, six, to construct its railway from a oint on the eastern boundary m°°°°d· 4 line of the Indian Territory, at or near lgort Smith, Arkansas, throug ' said Territory in a northwest direction to a point on the northern boundary line of said Territory, with the power to build a branch as therein provided, the construction and operation of which said line of railway involves the necessity of constructing a bridge across Suiégdsc at Fort the Arkansas River, in the Indian Territory, from a `point at or near ‘ Fort Smith be, and the said Kansas and Arkansas alley Railway, its successors and assigns, are hereby authorized and empowered to . construct said bridge across said river, and to maintain and operate Railway,pessengu·, the same as a railway, passenger, and wagon bridge. ““d "“g°"· Sec. 2. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this Kish ¤r draw. act, whether constructed as a high bridge or a draw bridge, shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the secu- secm·izy or navigarity of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall pre- “°"‘ scribe, and to secure that object said company or corporation s all submit to the Secretary of War a design and drawings of said bridge pr*;E‘e“d“· {’,;,°·g,°;,'§t_:g, to be erected for his examination and a proval and a map of its loca- or wu. tion, and shall furnish such other infbrmation as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject, and until saidvplan and location of said bridge are approved by the Secretary { of ar said bridge shall not be commence or built; and should any change be made in the plan of any bridge authorized to be con- C*“”8°°' P'"'- structed by this act during the pfogress of the work of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. That all railway companies desiring to use said bridge shall have and Use by <>¢¤¢>r wmbe entitled to equal rights and privile es in the passage of the same, PMR and in the use of the machinery and dxtures thereof, and of all a - pgoaches thereto, under and upon such terms and conditions as shalll éggguw (prescribed by the Secretary of War upon hearing the allegations P an proofs of the parties, in case they shall not a ree. Sec. That an bridge built under this act and subject to its lim- mI&“b"[f“s,}r$'f,’,g°*°’° itations shall be allawful structure, and shall be recognized and known ` as a post-route, upon which no higher charge shall be made for transmission over the same of the mai s, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroad or public highways leadin to the said bridge ; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads of the United States. Sec. 4. That the charges for transportation of passengers and t,R¤fg•;¤¤¤=P°*¤ freight in the cars of said company over said brid e shall be subject °irl»a.2s:¥$I4. to, and regulated by, the provisions of section four ol the above-recited act of June first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, authorizing the construction of said railroad in the Indian Territory. The rates of ·' toll which shall be charged for vehicles and foot- n ers over said '1`¤¤¤¢°**¤*¤¤»·°°· bridge shall bethe same as those now established for his service by