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FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 504. 1902. 103 therewith a wagon and foot-passenger bridge, may charge and receive reasonable compensation or tolls, to be a proved by the Secretary of \Var, for the transit over said bridge of all)wagons, carriages, vehicles, animals, and foot passengers: Provided, That said railway compan r, ;.,'Q,"*f,'{;,dg€ its successors or assigns, may, at its option, operate said bridge with- ` out charge, compensation, or tolls to wagons, carriages, vehicles, animals, and foot passengers. ‘ Sec. 5. That any bridge built under the provisions of this Act may, °°“”"“°“°“ at the option of said railwa company, its successors or assigns, be built as a drawbridge or with unbroken and continuous spans: Pro- P'°"*’°“· vided, That if the same shall be made of unbroken and continuous Hlgh b"dg°· spans it shall not be in any case of less elevation than fifty feet above high-water mark, as registered since the year eighteen hundred and seventy, as understood at the point of location, to the lowest point of the superstructure, with straight girders; nor shall the main channel span of said bridge be less than four hundred feet in the clear at lowwater mark, and all other s ns over the waterway shall be not less than three hundred feet in til); clear; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river, and the bridge itself at right , angles thereto as near as may be, and the main span shall be over the _ main channel of the river: Ami Md also, hat if a bridge shall D"“"’b"°” be built under this Act as a draw ridge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot drawbridge with one or more draws, as the Secretary of War may prescribe, and with spans of such clear length on each side of the central or pivot piers of the draws as he may prescribe; and the next adjoining s ans over the river to the draws shall also be of such clear length as he may plrescribe; and said spans shall not be less than ten feet above extreme igh-water mark, as registered since the year eighteen hundred and seventy, measuring to the lowest part of the superstructure of the bridge; and the piers of the said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river, and the bridge itself at right angles thereto as near as may be: And prom`ded also, That said draw- °l’"l’“*' ‘“’“‘"· bridge shall be opened prom tl upon reasonable signal and without _ unnecessary delay: PI‘0Q)?;d0J: That said company, its successors and L‘gh“·°‘°· assigns, shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset until sunrise, such lights or other si nals on said bridge as the Light—House Board shall prescribe, and gall build and maintain such sheer booms or other structures as may be necessary to safely guide vessels, rafts, or other water craft through said channel spans, and as shall receive the approval of the Secretary of Wai·: And jwovideal further, That the Md"" "“"°"‘"""‘ company, person, or corporation building said bridge may, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, enter upon the banks of said river, either above or below the point of location of said bridge, and confine the flow of the water to a permanent channel, and to do whatever may be necessary to accomplish said object, but shall not impede or obstruct the navigation or flood discharge of said river. and shall 8g‘é;°'°*“*>’ M dmbe liable for all injuries to or appropriation of private property; and secretary or warm all plans for such works or erections upon or within the banks of the ‘“"”°"° "l"“*‘°°"‘ river shall be submitted to the Secretary of War for his approval before any of such work shall have been commenced. Sec. 6. That no bridge shall be erected or maintained under the g,,§,';’,l""**°‘°d ““*‘ authority of this Act which shall substantially or materially obstruct the free navi tion of said river, and no bridge shall be commenced or built under tgils Act until the location thereo and the plans and specifications for its construction, with such maps as shall be necessary for- ”**P*· a full understanding of the regimen of the river for a distance of one mile above and one-half mile below the proposed site of the bridge shall have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of \Var; and "“**°¥°*· any change in the plan of such construction or any alteration in the bridge after its construction shall be subject to the like approval: and