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 64 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 354, 355. 1886. struct or impair the navigation of said Red River: Provided _ further, Right to amend, That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act at °“;_;;_;':“:1"‘?d· ti D any time; and that if at any time navigation of the said river shall in not to bezwugb any manner be obstructed or impaired by the said bridge, the Secreod, tary of War shall have authority, and it shall be his duty, to require the said company to alter and tdhauge the said bridige, at igs ownlexense, in such manner as may e proper to secure ree an comp ete hlavigation without impediment; and if upon reasonable notice to said company to make such change or improvements the said company fails to do so, the Secretary of War shall have authority to make the same at the expense of said company, and all rights conferred by this act shall be forfeited; and Congress shall have power to do any and all things necessary to secure the free navigation of the river. Approved, May 17, 1886. May 11, ]_g36_ _Ch.AP. 355.-An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri -—-———---;- River at some accessible point within two miles north and two miles south of the city of Atchison, in the county of Atchison, in the State of Kansas. Bc it enactedby the Senate and House of Representatives of the United C Atchison nigdgs States of America mt Congress asseénblcg, Tait me Atchison Bridgd Com- _ _ ¤¤¤1>¤¤y_ su er- pany, an iucorpora ion organize un er e ws of the State o Kan- mag, ,,1.,,, th, Missouri Rdver at such_a point as may be hereafter selected by said cor- Missouri River at poration within two miles north and two miles south of the city of Atch- M¤l¤¤>¤, Km- iscn, in the county of Atchison, in the State of Kansas, as shall best promotedthe public convelnieligrge and welfare and the necessities of business an commerce; an a to construct accesso works to secure the best practicable channel-way for navigation and leyoniine the dow of the water to_a permanent channel at such point; and also to lay on and » over said bridge a railway track for the more perfect connection of any railroads that are or shall he constructed to said river at or opposite dvaédtplmnttgrdiddtssidncgdpprglzzdam ay constrgct and maintain ways for , -, ssengers c ar an reccivin rea- ·;·°u,_ sopable itdd therefor as may be approved from tigrmagto time by the Secre ary o ar. Pham, etc., to be Sec. 2. _That said bridge shall be constructed and built without inter-
 * _'°f,*::&"§ ::;*1,; sas, is hereby authorized to_ construct and maintain a bridge across the
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beyond what is necessary to carry into effect the rights and privileges hereby granted; and in order to secure that object the said company or gdrlpdlration slhall gubmit to the Secretary of War, for his examination hcamplprov _, af esign and drawingsof the bridge, and a map of the , giving, or the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposedlocatron, the topography_of the banks of the river, the shoreines at high and low water, the du·ection and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundiugs, accurately showing the bed of the strelaunlthe locat1cn_of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish snré otherinformation as may be required for a full and satisfactory nn erstanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of hmm the budge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not S - be built:  That if the said bridge shall be made with unbroken ""` f.?.‘£“i.f“t°3i‘*i§.‘;“.1i%vErl‘2£.°‘}}. ’£.§°.,2.‘§.."’3.°' ‘h‘i'°F"‘.§”'i.‘3}’“"“““ “°" “"“" im Y ee a veextremehi - vdaécler maxék,  understood at the pointof location, to the bottom chg; o e ri ge, nor shall the spms of said bridge be less than three hundred feet in length, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the curirept of said river, and the main span shall be over the main gaine pidctge river, and not less than three hundred feet in length: mw sm pro also, That if any budge built under this act shall be con- · cted as a drawbndge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot draw-bridge, with a draw over the main channel of the river at an