PUBLIC ACTS CF THE FlFTY·N IN TH CONGRESS OF THE UNI'1"ED STATES Passed at thejrst session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District 0 Cblumbia, on Monday, the fourth day of December, 1.905, and was aemourned without dag on Saturday, the thirtieth day of Jane, 1.906.* THEODORE ROOSEVELT, President; CHAnLI·:s W. FAmBANxs, Vice-President; WILLIAM P. F RYE, President of the Senate pro tempore; Jomv KEAN, Acting President of the Senate pro tempore, June fifteenth and sixteenth, 1906; Josmru G. CANNON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHAP. 1.—An Act To authorize the Rock Island, Arkansas arid Louisiana Rail- D¢<>¢1¤b¢¤‘ 15. 1905- road Company to construct bridges across Ouachita River and other navigable rivers lS· '°°·l in the State of Arkanms. [Public, No. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Rock island, erQ¤;;£*'·¤· °¤‘-· fir Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad Company, a consolidated corpora- nicer iSlBIld,A!hI¤· tion created and existing by virtue of the laws of the States of §€ju,§,{’,f Ié‘Z,‘,§§$,'{§ Arkansas and Louisiana, its successors and assigns be, and is hereby, MY ******8*- authorized to construct and maintain bridges across the Ouachita River and such other navigable rivers in the State of Arkansas as may be necessary for the crossing of said rivers with its railroad line, at such points as may be selected by said railroad company and approved by the Secretary of War. Said bridges shall be constructed to provide n»i1ma¤,w»g¤¤- for the passage of railroad trains, and, at the option of said railroad ‘"°'°°"’"°“" company by which they may be built, may be used for the passage of wagons an vehicles o all kinds, for the transit of anima s and for foot passengers, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be fixed by said railroa company and approved by the Secretary of WaI·. Sec. 2. That the bridges constructed, maintained, and operated under Ié¤Wt¤__}) :¢¤¤¤¤¤¤= this Act and according to its limitations shall be lawful structures, and mi Pm u °` shall be recognized and known as post routes, upon which also no higher char e shall be made for the transportation over the same of the mails, the troops. and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation of said- mails, troops, · and munitions over the railroads and public highways leading to said bridges, and the United States shall have the right of way for postal r,ghj;<*¤*¤Ph· ¤°°·» telegraph and telephone purposes over said bridges. ' Sec. 3. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridges VW by °“*" ******1*- 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 the payment of a I·easonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridges and the several railroad companies, or any of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree u n the sum or sums to be paid and upon the rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridges, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegation and proofs of the parties. von xxxiv, rr I--1 1
