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 522 FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 203. 1875. CHAP. 203.-Au not to authorize the construction of a pontou wagon-bridge across March 3, 1876. the Mississippi River, at or near the city of Dubuque, in the State of Iowa. —————;—~-— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for any l’ontou wagon. person or persons, company or corporation, authorized by the laws of l{¤<lS¤_¤¤1‘¤¤¤ Mis- Iowa, Illinois, or Wisconsin, to construct a pile and pouton wagon·bridge f;§;,{’§‘i0::_ D “ ‘ across the Mississippi River at or near the city of Dubuque, in the State ’ · of Iowa, so as to connect with the opposite shore of the said river, in either of the States of Wisconsin or Illinois; said bridge to be built subject, except as herein modified, to all the terms, requirements, and limitations contained in the act entitled “An act to legalize and establish 1874 c 224 { a pontou railway bridge across the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien, 6g_ ’’°" °' and to authorize the construction of a similar bridge at or near Clinton, Iowa," approved June sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, so far as they may be applicable thereto. Sec. 2. That the bridge shall be constructed with a suitable ponton- construction or draw of not less than ilve hundred feet in width, located over the main bridgechannel of the river: Provided, That said bridge shall not be built or commenced until the plan and specifications for its construction have Plan to be subbeeu submitted to the Secretary of War for his approval, nor until he minedshall approve the plan and location of said bridge; and if any change cmgés in pm, be made in the plan of construction of said bridge at any time, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and any change in the construction, or any alteration of said bridge that may be directed at any time by Congress or the Secretary of War, shall be made at the cost and expense of the owners thereotl Sec. 3. That Congress may at any time alter, amend or repeal this Rishi of ¤¤1¢¤d· act. , ment, &c. Approved, March 3, 1875.