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 80 FIFTYTFIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 174, 180, 181. 1890. them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon reasonable notice to the parties in interest and tigpon consideration of such allegations anél proofsfals may be pubénig tné him.b6 ded to- ad A¤¤¤¤¢¤¤¤¤¤¢>f¤¤¤ mont. att etiteo thesai act amen soas re in °t€°°ifss, mm lieu thereoi§0".An atzitfauit-horizing tl{)e__(c;onstr;1$;:{s}o1]:;_oi’1 ai combined wagon, ra ·an oo passen er 1'1 e o e in nown as a ipivot’draw·b‘i·i]dge,’ across the  Riirer at or near Sioux City, owa.’ Approved, April 30, 1890. my 1. 18%*0-  l180.——An act to establish Rockport, in the district ot Belfast, Maine, as a . P0 V01y. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Regresentattves of the B¤<=¥P¢¤. Me- United States of America in Congress assemb d, That Rockport A1¤>r¤¤¢d¤1iv¤ry· shall be a port of delivery in the district of Belfast, State of Maine. Approved, May 1, 1890. WV L im CHIP. 181.-hn act authorizing theBrazos Terminal Railway Company to construct a bridge acres the Branos River in the State of Texas. ‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rgpresentatives of the dm'? gg2mm2r:} greeted   of Simemca ém tgmégress a'1ssemble1,R'1Qh1at theé assent of B'}",. ongress IS ere y given o e razos erunna way ompany '*°•' a corporation incorporated and organized under the laws of the State of Texas, and to its successors an assigns, to construct and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto across the Brazos River, in the State of Texas, between its mouth and mnt twelve mil == up said www river. Said bridge shall be so constru as to provide for the pas- °°°° sage of railway trains, and, at the option of the said co ration, ma · @1. " be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all ds, for the transit of animals, and for foot-passengers, for reasonable rates of Mh. toil, to be fixed by said company, and approved by the Secretary of ar. rrmmnw. Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a pivot draw·bridge, with a draw over the main channel at an aizcessible and the best mniaviggalbliis point,tand pritht spins givingha c ear water-way, measu at e owest s a eo wa er nown att e locality, of such width and height as the Secretary of War. may, Svperstrucwrai upon examination, prescribe ; and the lowest part of the superstruct- °‘ ure of the bridge s all be of such elevation above the plane of the highest flood known at the locality as the Secretary of War may _ deem advisable; and the iers of said bridge shall be parallel to and P'°'”'°· the brid e shall be at riglilt angles to the current of the river: Pro- °¥’°“”‘¤ °* dl'"- vgllegl, That the draw sgipl be opeéied lpromptgy upoptreasonable aig- Il r the assage o oats an other wa er-cra, except w en muy. grains) are pagsing over thehdraéw; buit in no cas? shalgl unnecessary e ay occur in opening the raw uring or a ter the passage o trains ; and said corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from L*¢"‘·’· °*°· sunset to sunrise, such lights and other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe, and said corporation shall pro- Amie navigation. vi e, at its own expense, such sheer-booms, guide-piers. and other delyices as may ps pecesslairggl to facilitgte tgebsage pas¥1geoTg><{)ats1or ot er water-ora t t rou the spans o said ri ge. e said ri ge slliallbe locate? gud budt underfanddsubject to fugh regulaticgnggor Security ct mon the security o the navigation o said river as the ‘ecretary o ar °i°°‘ shall prescilgibeé ; anid to secvurre that abject the said comlpany shall see rw su mit to the ecre ary o ar, or "s examination an approva . ‘”“’l:°t;H':·“? to a design and drawings of said bridge and a malp of the location, giving for the space of one mile below and one mi e above the proposed