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 566 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Suss. II. Gus. 384, 385. 1887. powered to construct and to perpetually maintain a pile bridge for the passage of teams, vehicles, and pedestrians, and for other purposes for which ordinary wagon and foot bridges are commonly used, irom the southerly end of the certain wagorrroad owned and maintained by said city, and located and terminating at the bank of said river in lot six, in section six, township eighteen north, of range ten west, in the county of Buifalo and State of Wisconsiu, opposite said city, across that certain slough or part of said river which lies between the Wisconsin shore and the certain. island in said river known and designated as “ Island number seventy-two," and to, upon, and across said island, and hom thence on in a southerly direction to navigable water in the main part of said river lying southward from said island. The said bridge to be used in connection with a ferry to be operated by said city across the main channel of said river. · N0; to obstruct Sec. 2. That said bridge shall be so located and constructed as not to navigation. obstruct or interfere with the navigation of said main channel; and that said bridge shall be built subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and until the plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of Wanr the bridge shall not be built. And should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. Right to amend Sec. 3. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby ¤Y¤·» ¤‘¤¤¤1‘V¤d· expressly reserved; and the right to require any changes in said structure, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Uongress shall decide that the public interests require it, is also expressly reserved. Approved, March 3, 1887. . .-An act authoriziu tho construction of a brid e over the Tennessee Rigggforsgfar Gnntorsvillo, Alabgma, and for other purposes? Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Huntsville and States of America in Congress assembled. That it shall be lawful for the Birmingham R¤ir Huntsville and Birmingham Railway Company of Alabama, a corpora- H"giS;;"g:"'\£'_i:“g tion duly and legally incorporated under the laws of the State of Ala- Tmmsw, Ri,,,,?,, bama, its successors or assigns, to construct and maintain a bridge over Guutersville, Ala. the Tennessee River at or near Guntersville, Alabama. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains, and, Rmwaxwlgon, at the option of the persons by whom it may be built, may be used for 5 and foot bridge. the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foovpasseugers, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War. To be a lnwfrrl Sm:. 2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its limit-
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“as a post-route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United Sta tes, or passengers or freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per mile paid tbr the transportation over the railroad or public highways leading to the said bridge; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads in the United States. Draw. Sec. 3. That the said bridge shall be constructed as a draw-bridge; the draw or pivot-pier shall be at such point in the channel of the river as the Secretary of War may direct, and the opening or passage-way of said draw-pier shall be so protected and arranged that water-craft can be worked through it at any and all times; and the draw-span shall not be of less width than one hundred and sixty feet, and the lowest point of said draw-span shall be not less than ten and one half feet above the highest water stage at the point of location and the piers of said piers shall be parallel with and the bridge itself at right angles to the current Promo:. of the river : Provided also, That said draw shall be opened promptly