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 F ORTY-SECON D CONGRESS. Sxcss. II. Ch. 73. 1872. 45 person o1-persons, company or corporation, to build a bridge across the the Mlssissip i Missmssrppx rxver, at such point on said river, within fifteen miles of the River nw ‘Jl)i¤· mwu of Clinton, in the State of Iowa, as may accommodate the Chicago, ;gg;i;;"°&:_°` Burlington, and Quincy railroad and its connections OKI the west side of ’ said river, and to lay on or over said bridge railway tracks for the more perfect connection of any railroads that are, or shall bc, constructed to the said river at or opposite said poiut, under the limitations and conditions l1ereinefter provided; that said bridge shall not interfere with the Bridge uotto free navigation of said river beyond what is necessary in order to carry l““!"`*’"? “'i*h into eflect the rights and privileges hereby granted; and in case of any mmg°'¤°°’ &°'l litigation arising from any obstruction, or alleged obstruction, to the free 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: Provided, That said bridge shall not be so located nm-with present or constructed as to interfere in any manner with the approaches to the '”"'°“d b’id·S'°· railroad bridge now erected at Clinton, or with the piers of the same, or sw'; so as to obstruct in any manner the passage of said bridge by boats, veseels, or rafts, or to render such passage more ditlicult or dangerous: Pravided, however, 'l`hat this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the crossing of the approaches to said bridge, if such crossing shall be found necessary. Src. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this act may, at my be drewthe option of the company building the same, be built as a. draw-bridge, :{Q'3F°:;n°J1_€1;'£ with a. pivot or other form of draw, or with unbroken or continuous spans: spam;. Provided, That if the said bridge shall be made with unbroken and 0011- thmous spans, it shall not be of less elevation, in any case, than fifty feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the bottom chord of the bridge; nor shall the spans of said bridge be Spauszmd piers. less than two hundred and fifty feet in length, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river, and the 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 built under this act Dmw-bridge; shall be constructed as a draw-bridge, the same shall be constructed as s, pivot draw—bridge, with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point, and with spans of not less than one hundred zmd 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 10w—water mark, and not less then 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 of the river, where said bridge may be erected: And provided aZ.s0, That said draw to be opened shall be opened promptly, upon reasonable signal, for the passage of P’°"‘P*lY· boats. Sec. 3. That any bridge constructed. under this act, aud according to] Mtbcn its limitations, shall be a lawful structure, and shall be known and recog- aid; SOQQFNEFE uized as u post—route, upon which, also, no higher charge shall be made for the tmnsmission over the same of the malls, the troops, and the Qhgrggg fgr munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for their ¤¤·¤Sp<>¤=~1¤¤¤· transportation over the railroads public highways leading to the saxd bridge, and the United States shall have the mght of way for postaltelegraph purposes across said bridge.      $1-:0. 4. That all railway companies desiring to use the sand budge shall All rsgwg have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passage of the Egfgzgtlgl rights same. and in the use of the machinery and fixuues thereof, and of all the in ghs pm,,§· € of approaches thereto, under and upon such terms aud coudmons as shall be the l>¤dg<>, "G- prescribed hy the Secretary of War. upon hearing the allegsmons and proofs of the parties in case they shall not agree. SBC. 5. That the structure herein authorized shall be bmlt and located Reguiutwrw fw