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 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 241, 242. 1872. 193 udice or change, until the offices in the new districts shall be duly opened be done without by public announcement under the direction of the Secretary of the In- §;‘c““g*" “"“I¤ terior. ` Sec. 2. That all sales or disposals of the public lands heretofore regu- Cem,;,, Sales larly made at any land office after the said lands have been made part of heretofore made another district by any act of Congress, or by any act of the President, °°“H”m°d‘ are hereby confirmed, provided the same are free from conflict with prior valid rights. Approved, May 31, 1872. CHAP. CCXL1I.—An Act authorizing the Constructz`on of a Bridge across the Arlcccn- May 31, 1872. sas River, at Little Rock, Arkansas. ——————-————· Be it enacted by the Senate and House ¢y" Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled That it shall be lawful for the th?X€§;,;;°SS Little Rock Bridge Company, a corporation having authority from the river, near Little State of Arkansas, to build a railroad, transit, and wagon-bridge across Regs fg mil` the Arkansas river, at or near the city of Little Rock, in Arkansas; and ma S' that, when constructed, all trains of all railroads terminating at the Ar- m’:;l5;;;“E)r kansas river, at or near the location of said bridge shall be allowed to &o. ° cross said bridge for a reasonable compensation, to be paid to the owners _ _ _ thereof; and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or L‘°‘g““°“· &'”‘ alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river, the cause may be tried before the district court of the United States in and for the eastern district of said State of Arkansas. _ Sec. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this act may, at bu§;‘€§:h“$:K;° the option of the company building the same, be built as a drawbridge, or u,,bmk,,,, with a pivot, or with unbroken or continuous spans: Provided, That if S1i·¤¤S; the said bridge shall be made with unbroken or continuous spans, it shall Might wd not be in any case of a less elevation than fifty feet above extreme high- spans` water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the bottom chord of the bridge, nor shall the span over the main channel of the river at low water be less than two hundred and fifty feet, nor shall there be a greater number of spans than four crossing the remaining width of said river, and the piers of said bridge shall all be parallel with the current of said river: And provided also, That if any bridge shall be constructed D b .d _ under this act as a drawbridge, the same shall be a pivot·draw over the mw rl g°’ main channel at low water, with spans of not less than one hundred and Spam fifty feet in the clear on each side of the centre or pivot pier of said bridge, and that there shall not be a greater number of fixed spans than four crossing the remaining width of said river ; and said bridge shall not be less than thirty-six feet above the low-water mark as understood at the Haight or location of said bridge, measuring to the bottom chord of said bridge, and bridge md i>l€¤‘¤· all the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of said river: And provided also, That said draw shall be opened promptly, upon reason- Dm;' *0 b°d able signal, for the passage of boats whose construction shall not be such Opwe pmmp y` as to admit of their passage under said bridge, except when a railroad train is passing over the same; but in no case shall any unnecessary delay occur in opening said draw after the passage of such train. Sr:0. 3. That any bridge constructed under this act and according to Bridge to be a - its provisions shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and ;*:;gf“;;€f;:$$‘* known as a post-route, upon which no higher charge shall be made for the (B,,g,,S_ ` transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and munitions of war of the United States than the rate paid for their transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge ; and the United States shall have the right of way for postal telegraph purposes across Right ofway. said bridge. Size. 4. That said bridge shall not be built or commenced until the Pians,_&c.,tc bridge company aforesaid shall submit to the Secretary of Wrar, for his be s“bm‘“**d'“’ von. xvii. Pos.-13