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 PRIVATE LAWS.

BRIDGES

CHAPTER LII.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING FELIX LEBLANC AND GONZAQUE BOURET TO BUILD AND KEEP A TOLL BRIDGE.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota:

Section 1. That Felix LeBlanc and Gonzaque Bouret, their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, be and are hereby authorized, and shall have the exclusive right and privilege, for the period of ten years from and after the approval of this act, to build a toll bridge over the Dakota river, within the limits hereinafter mentioned, and to keep the same to pass, for pay, persons and property across said river.

Sec. 2. Said bridge shall be built at or near a point on said river, eighty rods below the place where the south line of section six, in township ninety-three, range fifty-four, strikes said river, in the county of Yankton; and the exclusive franchise granted by this act, shall extend from the said point, one and one half miles up, and three miles down said river. And it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, corporation or corporations, to build a bridge over said river for the purpose of crossing persons and property, thereon, for pay, within the