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 244 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I.' Ch. 245, 246. 1866. ceed, on the second Tuesday after the commencement and organization of its session, to elect a person to fill such vacancy, in the manner hereinbefore provided for the election of a senator for a full term; and if a vacancy shall happen during the session of the legislature, then on the second Tuesday after the legislature shall have been organized and shall have notice of such vacanc. Cefm-i¤¤*¤ of Sec. 3. And be it furtlier enacted, That it shall be the duty of the ajc,:;?,`; g:,:?;:,] g0V€l‘n01‘ of the State from which any senator shall have been chosen as to the president aforesaid to certify his election, under the seal of the State, to the Presi- °fb° S°““°· dent of the senate of the United States, which certificate shall be countersigned by the secretary of state of the State. Approved, July 25, 1866. July 25, 1866. CHAP. CCXLVI. —An Act tz; aelftltalorize tl1;C’on‘.;§r;£o»n of certain Bridges, and to estabzs em as ost. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ty" the United buli:i2§:0;¤5£¢ States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for any Blississippilsivcr person or persons, company or corporation, having authority from the at_Quincy,_llli- States of Illinois and Missouri for such purpose, to build a bridge across 2f:;i;;"g{3‘l'°“d the Mississippi River at Quincy, Illinois, and to lay on and over said ,i,,m,{,,,_ bridge railway tracks, for the more perfect connection of any railroads that are or shall be constructed to the said river at or opposite said point, and that when constructed all trains of all roads terminating at said river, Trains may at or opposite said point, shall be allowed to cross said bridge for reason- Questia, of limitations and conditions hereinafter provided. And in case of any litiobsvtructionw gation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free QQ22E;:,"?,,??;? navigation of said river, the cause may be tried before the district court of the United States of any State in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge touches. bridge maybe Sec. 2. And be itfurt/ter enacted, That any bridge built under the pro- 2f5E1yr2E8g'"" visions of this act may, at the option of the company building the same, ,.p,,ns_ be built as a drawbridge, with a pivot or other form of draw, or with un- Height, if broken or continuous spans: Provided, That if the said bridge shall be L';';;?;:;;;;'?' ngaglreyuggheutplgxxlggp zndtcogitinuoug spanséithshall not be lpf less cgevatigg 1 s y ee a ove ex reme 1 -wa er mar, as un ersto at the point of location, to the bottom choéfd of the bridge, nor shall the Length of spans of said bridge be less than two hundred and fifty feet in length, and “l"‘“°· tpe piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river, and t e main span shall be over the main channel of the river and not less than three hundred feet in length: And provided also, That if any bridge Pivot draw- built under this act shall be constructed as a drawbridge, the same shall b’l‘l€°· with, be constructed as a pivot drawbridve with a. draw over the main channel dI'H.`N OVBT Iflfllll. . 5 • · s ch,,,,,,,,i_ and of the river at an accessible and navigable po1nt, and with spans of not spans, &c. less than one hundred and sixty feet in length in the clear on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw, and the next adjoining spans to the draw shall not be less than two hundred and fifty feet; and said spans shall not be less than thirty feet above low-water mark, and not less than ten above extreme high-water mark, measuring to the bottom chord of the bridge, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current Draw to be of the river: And provided also, That said draw shall be 0 ened rom t- 0 ened rom t- - P P U? excel; &l;_ ly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats, whose construction ’ ’ shall not be such as to admit of their passage under the permanent spans of said bridge, except when trains are passing over the same; but in no case shall unnecessary delay occur in opening the said draw during or after the passage of trains. Bridges con- Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That any bridge constructed under iizugofgigcéqfgg this act, and according to its limitations, shall be a lawful structure, and
 * ‘fja';f;,f°‘“' able compensation, to be made to the owners of said bridge, under the