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 474 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 337, 338. 1887. Great Kanawha River created by the construction of any bridge under this act, the cause or question arising may be tiled before the circuit ‘ or district court of the United States for the district of West Virginia. Right to amend, Sec. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act so as to pre- °*°·» '°¤°"°d· vent or remove all material obstructions to the navigation of said river by the future construction of bridges is hereby expressly reserved, without any liability of the Government for damages on account of the alteration or amendment of this act, or on account of the prevention or requiring the removal of any such obstructions; and any change in the construction or any alteration of any such bridge that may be directed at any time by Congress shall be made at the cost and expense of the owners thereof. · Approved, March 3, 1887. Mar. 3, 1887. CHAP. 338.-An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Red River -——-—-—-— of the North. B0 it enacted by the Senate and House of Represcntatibes of the United (yr.,.,;;,,,,,,, South. States of America in Congress assembled, That the assent of Congress is western R. R. co. hereby given to the Crookston Southwestern Railroad Company, a cor- 'EPY ",E*d,?°N Rig poration existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota, and to its °,;m:;,0_ successors and assigns, to construct and maintain a pivot draw-bridge, ga and Dakota, and approaches thereto, across the Bed River of the North, between ‘ the State of Minnesota and the Territory of Dakota, at such point ou said river, on the boundary-line between Polk County, in the State of Minnesota, and the Territory of Dakota, as may accom modatc the lines of railroad which said corporation may build to said point. Said bridge Rmiwny, wagon, shall be constructed toprovide for the passage ot railway trains, and, · Md {Wt \»rids;¢· at the option of the said corporation, may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot-passengers, for reasonable rates or tolls to be iixed by the Secre· Tolls. tary of War ; and the Secretary of War shall have the right, from time ‘ to time, to revise such rates or tolls. Construction. Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a U¤¤w· pivot draw-bridge, with a draw over the main channel at an accessible and the best navigable point, and with spans giving a clear water-way, measured at the lowest stage of water known at the locality, of not less than eighty feet in the clear ou each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw; and provision shall be madein the height of the bridge, and ?n the-location and construction of abntments and approaches, to allow the free passage of flood-water; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel to and the bridge itsclfa.t right angles to the current of said Proviso. river: Provided, That said draw shall be opened promptly upon reason- 0P°¤¤¤H d*¤"· able signal for the passage of boats and other W3C8i.`-(}·l‘£\l·G, except when trains are passing over said draw; but in no case shall unnecessary delay occur in opening the said draw during or after the passage of Lights, ew. trains; and said corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light·House Board shall prescribe. The said bridge shall be located and built under and subject to such regulations for the security of the navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and Aids to mwiga- said corporation shall provide, at its own expense, such sheenbooms, tion- guide-piers, or other device as may be necessary to theilitate the safe passage of boats or other water-craft through the spans of said bridge; Plans, sm., com and to secure that object the said company shall submit to the Secre- ¤m•r··v•·d by Sw- tary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings “’""·V °*` W“'· of said bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile below and one mile above the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore-lines at high and low water, the _ direction and strength of the current at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed and channel of the stream, and shall furnish