Excerpt from Bridge Across the Hudson River at New York City: March 21, 1890; Report Sec. 8. That the said North River Bridge Company shall maintain on the bridge, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or signals as the United States light-house Board shall prescribe. Sec. 9. Tha nothing in this act shall be held or construed to in any manner in volve the United States Government in any pecuniary obligations whatever, other than the payment of tolls over said bridge and approaches for troops and munitions of war, for which no higher charge per mile shall be made than the rate paid to rail roads connecting with said bridge; but Congress hereby reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act as the contingencies of commerce or the public good may re quire, and said company shall further be subject to the provisions of the interstate commerce laws, and any amendments and supplements thereof. The bill is by this substitute amended so as to embrace substantially the recommendations of the Secretary of War. The committee have further provided by the new section, incorporated in the substitute as section 7, that the real and personal property of said company shall be subject to taxation in the States of New York and New Jersey the same as other real and personal property therein. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.