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 198 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Szss. I. Gus. 423, 472. 1888. the approaches thereto, including the incidental expenses connected therewith, shall not exceed the amount herein a.pp1·0pr1a.ted. Received by the President, J uno 7, 1888. [N om BY mm DEPARTMENT ow STATE.-The foregoing act havinlg been presented to the President of the United States for lus approvq , and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of tha United States, has become a. law without lus approval.] June!, 18. GEAP. 472.-An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri "‘—‘—·"-"*"‘ River at or near the city of Omaha, Nebraska. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Iclnsn Germ-! United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Nebraska gt;-'u°¥1ag€°¥1`sg¤Z:¥s Central Railway Company, a. c0rpora.tion existing under the laws of U•¤•*0¤¤•¤*·N°'*'· the State of Nebraska, bo, and is hereby, authorized to construct, 0 rate, and maintain a. bridge over the Missouri River at or ucar A HE; city of Omaha, in said State of Nebraska; said bridge when built ‘ shall not be located loss than one-third of one mile from any other bridge across said river, then built 01- in process of construction. Said mmwaz, wagon, and bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains, "'“ aud, at the option of the persons b whom it may be built, may be used for the passage of wagons and vaiicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot-passcnigrs, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be approved from time time by the Secretary of War; and in Hinunn. cass of any litigation concerning any alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river on account of said bridge, the cause may be triad before the circuit court of the United States in whose j'l11‘iSd.iC· tion any portion of said obstruction or bridge is located. !••!¤\¤r¤¤=•¤¤•¤¤ Szc. 2. That ani bridge constructed under this act and according ’°‘"°'"°‘ to its limitations s all be a. lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post-route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same for the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate r mile paid for their transportation over railroads or public highwuysqgadiug to said bridge; and the United States and all companies and individuals 1·¤•»m1¤z¤v1¤· shall have the right of wz? for telegraph, postal telegraph, and talcphone purgoses across said bridge. cumemcuon. Sn:0. 3. hat if said bridge shall be made with unbroken and conspn. tiuuous spans it shall not be of less elevation in any case than fifty feet above high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the lowest member of the bridge suiporstructure, nor shall the s us of said bridge over the main 011311110 of said river be less than tgarco hundred an fifty feet in length, and the piers of said brid a shall bo parallel with the current of said river, and the bridge itsegf at right mmm angles thereto: Provided, That if said bridge be constructed as a draw- °""‘ bridge, it shall be constructed as a pivot draw-bridge, with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and the best navigable point, and with sfans of not lass than two hundred feet in length in the clear on each si 6 of tha central or pivot pier of the draw; and said spans shall not be less than ten feet above l0w—wator mark, measuring to the lowest member of the bridge s11perstructura. And opnsngdnw. pmvided also, That said draw shall be opened promptly u 11 reasonable signal, except when trains are passing over the S3IidI;)0l'idg'B, for the passage of the boats whose construction shall not be such as to admit of the under the draw of said bridge when closed; but in no case s unnecessary delay occur in owning the said draw after
 * "°"** contrhct to the lowest responsible bidder, as pyovided by layv: Proumn or cost. vided, That the aggregate cost for the construcuon of such budge and