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 34 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 49, 51. 1882. corner of township ono hundred and uiuc north, yango fifty-uiuc west; thence north to tho northeast corner of townshxp ono hunorcd and twelve north, range fiftyuiuc west; thence west along tho thnrd stung1- ard parallel north to the eighth guido-meridian; thonce north along sand guidomcridian to the northwest corner of townslup one hundred and twenty-eight; north, mugs fifty-uiuc west; thence west along the seventh standard parallel north to tho southeast corner of townshxp one hundred and twenty-uiuc north, range fiftymiuc west; thence north to the southeast corner of township one hundred and thpty north, range fifty-l11D0 west; thence east to tho eastern boundary-kno of the Tcrr1tory of pakota; thence southerly on said boundary-1111o to tho plsgco of bogmmng, shall constitute tho limits of tho Watertown land district. Approved, March 23, 1882. ‘ CHAP. - bljshamilwa bri acmssthe Mississi ikivoroxtondiu B from agogntgxxt zgzbasha and Ro€•d’s L:ndi¤g, in   to a point bclcg the mouth of the Chippewa River in Wisconsin. Ba it enacted by the Senate and House of Representives of the United Chippewa vu- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Chippewa Valley and iw_ md 8¤v•¤¤·i<>r Superior Railway Company, its successors and assigns, are hereby uu- B"g"?L§°$Pc{;Y thorizcd and empowered to orcct,csta.blish, and maintain a railway bridge mu 1. a i I W 3 SZ across the Mississippi River, extending from a point to be by them selected bridge across Mm in the State of Minnesota, between Road’s Landing and a point in tho ¤i¤¤iPPi Rim'- State of Minnesota opposite the foot of Grams Island, about two miles below Wabasha, across the said river to a point in the State of Wisconsin to be by them selected, below tho mouth of tho Chippewa River; that said bridge shall not interfere with the froo navigation of said river beyond what is necessary in order to carry into ciact the rights and privileges hereby granted; and in casa of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to tho imo navigation of said river the cause maybe tried before tho District Court of tho Uuitod States of any state in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge touches. Fung .,5 1,1-gage, Sec. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this act may, at tho option of tho Company building tho same, be built as a drawbridge, with :1 pivot or other form of draw, or with unbroken or continuous spans or as a pile or pontoon bridge, similar to John Lawlofs homo. railway pontoon bridge at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin: Provided, That if the said bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans, Elevation. it shall not be of less elevation in any casa than fifty feet above extreme high water mark, as understood at tho point of location, to tho bottom chord of the bridge, nor shall tho spans of said bridge be less than two hundred and fifty feet in length, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of said river, "aud tho main span shall bc over tho main channel of the river, and not less than three hundred mM_ feet in length: And provided also, That if any bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a dmwbridge, tho same shall be constructed Draw. as a pivot dmwbridgc, with sa draw over the main channel of tho ri vcr at: an accessible and navigable point, and with spans of not less than ono hundred and sixty feet in length in the clear on oach side of tho central or pivot pier of the draw, and tho 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 foot above low water ID8·1‘k,&Dd not less than ten feet above extreme high water mark, measuring to the bottom chord of the bridge, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel h i with the current of tho rivor wbcro said bridge may be erected: And · pro/vededfuytker, That 1f said company shall elect to construct a pile or pmt,,, b,mg, pontoon bridge the Secretary of War may, if be deem it advisable and not mconsxstemt with the free navigation of said river, authorize said company to construct such bridge as a pile or pontoon brid subject . . _  ge) to the mstnctxons and reqmrcments rehting to the coustrnctionwthoroof