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 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Gus. 348, 349.* 1887. 493 Chester, Haddam, East Haddam, Middletown, Cromwell, Catham, Portland, Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, Glastonbury, Hartford, East Hartford, Windsor, Windsor Locks, East Windsor, South Wirndsor, Suffield., and Endiicld, as bounded 0u the first day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-six; in which Hartford shall be the port of entry, and Say- brook, Clinton, Westbrook, Uld Saybrook, Essex, Chester, Haddam, East Haddam,‘Middlctown, Chatham, Portland, Cromwell, Rocky Hill, VVethersHeld, Glastonbury, and East Hartford ports of delivery." Smc 2. That paragraph tlnrco of section twenty-five hundred and _CoL1e¤tor to rethirty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States of America is ****1** M H°"f°’d· hereby amended so that said paragraph shall read as ibllows: “Third. In the district of Hartford a collector, who shall reside at R. S., mc. 2534, Hartford? , P- 4% Approved, March 3, 1887. CHAP. 349.-An act tc authorize the construction of abridgc across the Missouri Mm-. 3, 1887. River at the most accessible faint between the City of Kansas and the town of Sibley, ———————-—- in the county of Jackson an State of Missouri. ’ Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Siates ofAme·rica. in Congress assembled, That the Chicago, Kansas City Chmago, Kansas and Texas Railway Company, as corporation duly created and existing CW Md T<*¤¤¤ · under the laws of the State of Missouri, its successors and assigns, be, §:':;';°3}€‘:':$“1g and they are hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge, Mug., M;w,u,i and approaches thereto, over the Missouri River at the most accessible Rive: b e 1: w 6 o u point, to be selected by it or them, between the City of Kansas and the K=*¤¤*° CW Md town of Sibley, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri. Said S‘°1°y* M°‘ bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains, Bailwavpvagon, and free passage shall be accorded to wagons and vehicles of all kinds, wi *00* bridgeand for the transit of animals and for fo0t·passcngc1—s, under such roasonablc rules and regulations as may be prescribed by said corporations, its successors or assigns, and be approved bum time to time by the Secretary of War. Y ` . Sm. 2. That any bridge built under this act and suljoct to its limit- T0 b¤ ¤ I¤Wf¤| ations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known :"Q“"°“dP°“°‘ as a post-rontc, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the u ’ transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, or for passengers and freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroad or public highways leading to the said bridge; and it shall onjcy the rights and privileges of other post-roads in the United States. 812:0. 3. That if said bridge shall be madc with unbroken and coutiu- Span;. nous spans, the spans thereof shall not be less than three hundred feet in length in the clear, gud the main, span shall be over the main clum- 1101 of the river; the lowest part of the superstructure of said bridge shall be at least fifty feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, and the bridge shall be at right angles to and its piers parallel with the current of the river: Provided, That if PTM000- the same shall be construcfed as a. draw-bridge, the draw or pivot shall D""' be over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point, and the pans shall not be less than three hundred feet in length in the clear, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with and the bridge itself at right angles to the current of the river, and the spans shall not be less than ten feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the lowest part of the superstructure ‘ of said bridge z Provided also, That said draw shall be opened promptly opening draw. by said company upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats; and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, hom sunset till sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Lizbh- Light-House Board shall prescribe. No bridge shall be erected or maintained under the authority of this act which shall at any time substan-