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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 13, 1-L. 1888. 39 violation of the condition mentioned in this section shall operate as a forfeiture of all the rights and privileges of said railway company F<>ff¤i¤¤‘¤· under this act. SEO. 11. That all mortgages executed by said railway company R<·>¤¤*d Of mvrtr conveying any portion of its railroad, with its franchises, that may gagw be constructed in said Indian Territory, shall be recorded in the Department of the Interior, and the record thereof shall be evidence and notice of their execution, and shall convey all rights and property of said company as therein expressed. Sec. 12. That Congress may at any time amend, add to, alter, or A“‘°“‘*"°°“””- repeal this act. _ _ Sec. 13. That the right of way herein and hereby granted shall p,{$,‘§§‘§ 0’,f° not be assigned or transferred in any form whatever prior to the construction and completion of the road, except as to mortgages or other liens that maybe given or secured thereon to aid in the construction thereof. Approved, February 18, 1888. CHAP. 14.-An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri F6b¤'¤¤¤'Y $1888- River, at or near the city of Lexington, Missouri. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Lexing- C0§f,§fY"°;‘,“)?g,E{*d§,g ton Bridge Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the Missouri Rive:-¤¤ux~ State of Missouri, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, operate, °'g'°”’ M°‘ and maintain a bridge over the Missouri River at or near the city of _ Lexington, in said State of Missouri. Said bridge shall be con- ,0*§‘§‘§,Y,Q‘,’g,f"€°“·‘°‘* structed to provide for the passage of railway trains, and, at the option of the persons by whom it may be built, may be used for the . passage of wagons and vehicles of al kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot-passengers, for such reasonable rates of toll as T°“‘ may be a proved from time to time by the Secretary of WSI`; and in case otp any litigation concerning any alleged obstruction to the L*”*€<°‘*°¤· free navigation of said river on account of said bridge, the cause may be tried before the circuit court of the United States in whose jurisdiction any portion of said obstruction or bridge is located. Sec. 2. That anyx 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 S be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for their transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the rig lt of way for postal·telegraph and telephone purposes across said P°‘°“ “"°g"“P"· brit ge. Sicc. 3. That if said bridge shall be made with unbroken and con- Spwstinuous 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 superstructure, nor shall the spans of said bridge over the main channel of said river be less than t ree hundred and iift feet in length, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of said river. and the bridge itself _ at right angles thereto : Provided, That if said bridge be constructed P'“"”°’· as a draw-bridge, it shall be constructed as a pivot draw-bridge, with D’"· a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and the best navigable point, and with spans of not less than two hundred feet in length in the clear on each side of the central or ivot pier of the draw; and said spans shall not be less than ten tpeet above low-water mark, measurin to the lowest member of the bridge superstructure: And provided also, That said draw shall be opened O¤’°*“°8 G'"'-