Chapter 880. To authorize the city of Nashville, Tennessee, to construct a free public bridge across the Cumberland River within the corporate limits of said city
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CHAP. 880.— An Act To authorize the city of Nashville, Tennessee, to construct a free public bridge across the Cumberland River within the corporate limits of said city. March 3, 1901. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the mayor and city councilNashville, Tenn., may bridge Cumberland River. of Nashville, a municipal corporation located in Davidson County, State of Tennessee, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a free public bridge across the Cumberland River at the foot of Broad street, within the corporate limits of said citv, provided such location is, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, suitable to the interests of navigation.
Sec. 2. That the said bridge shall be located and built subject toSecretary of War to approve plans. such regulations for the security of navigation as the Secretary of War may prescribe; and to secure that object the said mayor and city council shall submit, for his examination, a design and drawing of the proposed bridge and a map of its location; and until the said plan and location shall be approved by him the bridge shall not be commenced or built; and should any change be made in said bridge, either before or after completion, such change shall likewise be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.
Sec. 3. That such bridge shall be so kept and managed as to offerAids to navigation. reasonable and proper means for the passage of boats and other craft through or under the same; and for the safety of vessels passing atLights. night there shall be displayed on said bridge, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the Light-House Board may prescribe And any changes in the said bridge which the Secretary of War may at any time deem necessary, and order in the interests of navigation, shall be made by the owners thereof at their own expense.
Sec. 4. That this Act shall be null and void if the actual constructionCommencement and completion. of said bridge shall not be commenced within one year and completed within three years after the date hereof. Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herebyAmendment. expressly reserved. Approved, March 3, 1901.