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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 71. 1890. 47 CHA?. ']1.—An act to authorize the construction of a railroad bridge across the Ap;-u g,1ggg_ Missouri River. in the county of Monona, in the State of Iowa, and in the coimty ————— of Burt, in the State of Nebraska. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembledé)?. That the Iowa and wwe ml Decatur- Decatur Bridge Company, a corporation organized under the laws 52353 ;%?S’§`§’.§’,'}yR'{I,’{,’[. of the State of Iowa, its successors and assigns, be, and they are {;°m”:;*;:1¤g·2¤:Y· herepg, authorized to construct and maintain a railroad bridge over Ndiif uu y’ the issouri River from and through section numbered seven, in township numbered eighty-three nort of range forty-six west of the principa meridian, in the county of Monona, State of Iowa, and in and through the county of Burt, in the State of Nebraska. SEO. 2. That an bridge built under the provisions of this act High bridge. shall be built as a high bridge, with unbroken and continuous spans, S""` ‘ all spans over the water-wa to have a clear channel-way of not less than three hundred feet and a clear head room of not less than fifty feet above high-water mark; and the piers of said bridge shall be Piers. parallel with the current of the river, and the bridge itself at right angles thereto: Proriclecl, That if actual construction of the bridge hmm. herein authorized shall not be commenced within two years from the ,,,,‘?,‘{ """ passage of this act, and be completed within four years from the zine date, thecrights and privileges herein granted shall cease and etermin Sue. 3. That ang bridge constructed under this act and according 1-ewfuistmctummd to its limitations s all be a lawful structure, and shall be known as °°°"°°°°' apost-route, and the same is hereby declared to be a post-route, upon which 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 States, and for passengers or freight passing over said brid e than the rate per mile paid for their transportation over the railroads and public highways leading to said bridge; and equal privileges in Useuymiepnoneqna the use of said bridge shall be granted to all tele hone and telegraph °°‘°"`“ph °°""’“'"°°‘ companies, and the United States shall have the right of way for Poem telegraph. postal telegraph purposes across said bridge. Sec. 4. hat all railway companies desiring to use said bridge Ugw ¤¤i|w¤yc¤m· shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the pas· p°° ’ sage of the same, and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof, and of all the a preaches thereto, under and upon such terms and ’f¤¤¤¤· conditions as sllall be prescribed by the Secretary of War, upon not a ree. Sm? 5. That the structure herein authorized shall be built and B  Qgrw located under and subject to such regulations for the securitv of the ppm P ’ ‘ navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretar of War for his examination and approval a design and drawing ofy the bridge and a map of the location, giving, for the s iace of one mile above and one m1 e below the proposed ocation, the topography of the banks of the river. the shore-l1ne at high and low water, the direction and strength of the current at all stages and the soundings. accurately showing the bed of the stream, the _ location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other infor1nation,as shall be required for a full and satisfactory under- · standing of the subject: and until the said plan and location of the Location,etc. bridge are approved by the Secretary of \Var, the bridge shall not be commenced or built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the pro ress of construction. such change shall changes. be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and the said bridge shall be constructed with such aids to the passage of said iuusmumgsues. bridge, in the form of booms,' dikes, piers, or other suitable and proper structures for confining theflow of water to a permanent and easi y navigated channel for a distance of not less than one mile
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