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 224 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 292, 293. 1872. · rid e nor shall the spans of said bridge be to the bottom chnrdlreglf aud?] liift gfseet in length; and the piers of said less than two hu Y. . - bridge shall be parallel with the current of said rwer, and the mam span shall be over the main channel of the river and not Icss than three hun- If bridgeis dred feet in length: And providedcko, That 1f said bridge, bu11t undelblim °° °‘ draw` this act, be constructed as 9. drawbmdgc B16 Sam0 Shall be constructed as budge` a ivot drawbridge, with a draw over the H131D channel of the mver at an acgessible and navigable point, and with spans of not lesa than twckhundred feet in length, m the clear, on each side of the centia or pivo pier of the draw, and the next a.d_]o1mng spans to the draw shall mit be less Spans and than two hundred and fifty feet; and said spans shall 110% be esi than pim- thirty feet above low-water mark and not less than ten act ahove ex 56129 bigh—water mark,measuring to the bottom chord of said bri ge: an the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river: And Dmwto be provided also, That said draw shall be 0pened promptly, upon reasonafile opened promptly. signal, for the passage of boats; and m no case shall unnecessary ce ay occur in opening the said draw during or after the passage of trams. Bridge to be a S100. 3. That said bridge constructed under this act, and according to l¤’"°“I ¤*'“°°“‘° its limitations, shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and md p°sH°um` known as a post-route, upon which, also, no higher charge shall be inade for the transmission over the same of the mails, troops, and the rnumtions Chu-gen. of war of the United States, than th; xgate per mile pa1d ?r tii<31%trSns— ti n over the railroads or ub ic i wa s ea mg o e said r1 ge. All railway Poggc?4. That all railway congpanies dgsiringto use the said bridge shall §:Q}$:“:f;l*;"Y)& have and be entitled to equal rights and pF1V1I8g8S in the passage of the to use he bdige, same, and in the use of the machmery and fixtures thereof, and of all the 'f¤¤¤¤» &¤·» vf approaches theretdémder and :;%;.1 such temiis and cond1t1<E1s as shall bg ““‘ rescribed b the ecretary o ax-, upon earing e a ega IODS an groofis of theyparties in case they shall not agree. sw-emry of Sec. 5. That the structure herein authorized shall be bmlt under and W“'l“[. p‘”:’}°"’b° subject to such regulations for the security of the navigation of said river Iliixgildilniggndor and lake as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, andthe said structure m*?“¤€l¤S *h° shall be at all times so kept and managed as to offer reasonable and proper bndg°' means for the passage of vessels through and under said structure; and Ch*¤S“· the said structure shall be changed at the cost and expense of the owners thereog from time to time, as Congress may direct, so as to preserve the free and convenient navigation of said river; and the authority to erect and continue said bridge shall be subjedt to revocation by law whenever the public ood shall, in thejud ment of ongress, so require. Mi 1M)' b¤ Siic. 6. %`hat the right to aiter or amend this act so as to prevent or "1°‘°"d' remove all material obstructions to the navigation of said river by the construction of said bridge is hereby expressly reserved. Appxaovnp, June 4, 1872. J11M 4, 1872- CHAP. CCXCIII.—-An Act granting the Right of Way through the public Lands jbf """"'_"_ the Construction of a Radroad and Telegraph in Florida. Be it enacted by the Senate and House <y" Representatives of the United mg:?? Ofyggv States of America in Congress assembled, That the right of way through {2 \ pll 10. _ imma m icyorma, the public lands be, and the same IB hereby, granted to the Great Southegxfggggég ern Railway Company, a corporation created under the laws of the Shaw Rm,,,, G0_ M of Florida, its successors and assigns, for the construction of a railroad railroadraud me- and telegraph from the Saint Mary’s river, in the State of Florida, to Key €"“Ph· West, in said Stage, to¥ther with a branch road from the most eligibié point on said roa to ampa Bay and Caloosa Entrance, in said State; and the right, power, and authority are hereby given to said corporation to take, from the public lands adjacent to the line of said road, materials EX*°¤*°*`8¤‘¤¤¢- for the construction thereof Said way is granted to said railroad to thé extent of one hundred feet in width on each side of the central line of