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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 856, 857. 1890. 421 for the security of 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 Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of mmmm warm the location, giving, for the space of one mile below and one mile “*’*"`°'°P ·°°°· above the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore-lines at high and ow 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 information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the brid e are gpproved by the Secretary of ar the construction of said bridge all not be commenced; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge cmmgeor pm. during the progress of construction, such change shall be submitted to an subgect to the approval of the Secretary of War. Sec. 5. hat the Tight to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby Ameuaineucew. expressly reserved; and anyralterations or changes that may be re- stmctm-u cusnges, quired by the Secretary of ar in the bridge constructed under this °‘° act, or its entire removal, shall be made by the corporation owning or controlling the same at its own expense. Furthermore, if the construction of said bridge shall not be commenced within two and oommmcemmmc completed within four years after ·the passage of this act all dpriviq °°'“*"°“°”· leges conferredhereby and this act sha become null and voi . Approved, September 2, 1890. CHAP. 85'l.——An act for the emotion of a bridge across the Missouri River Sepwmber2, im between the city of Saint Charles, Missouri, and the county of Saint Louis,Missouri. www Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives cg the United States of America in Congress assembkd, That the aint t  cbsrégs Pm- Charles Ponton Bridge Company, a corppratiouduly organized and $2, b§§§,, m§'§L‘,",,?, existing under the laws of the State of issoum, its successors and m&%¤’ $**1* assigns, be, and are herebly, authorized to construct and maintain a ` Boating ponton bridge, an approaches thereto, across the Missouri F1¤¤¤¤zp<>¤¢<>¤- River between the city of Saint Charles, in the State of Missouri, and Saint Louis County, in the State of Missouri, at some point at least one uarter of a mile from any other bridge, to be selec ed consistent  the interests of river navigation. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all brjgneon nd root kinds, steam and street cars, animals, foot·passengers, and for all ’°‘ road travel, for such reasonable rates of toll, and under such reason- ron. able rules and regulations as may be prescribed by said corporation, rinse; or travel tobo its successors an assigns, and to be approved from time to time by §,{’,g,’g}°,Q,_*gf S"" the Secretary of War. _ Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its Lswzun structure limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and "‘“d *’°“"’°“°°‘ known as a post-route, upon which also 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 than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the rail—road or public high ways leadin to the said bridge, and it shall enjoy the rights and rivileges og other post·roads in the United States; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph com- use by telegraph panics; and the United States shall l13·VG the right of way across °°mP*¤*°S· - said bridge and its a proaches for postal—telegra(ph purposes. Postal-telegraph. SEO. 3. That said Ibridge shall be constructe as a ponton draw- construction. span brid, and shall contain a ponton draw—sq;p of not less than Ponton in-sw-spa. four hundred feet in length, whic draw-span s ll be maintained I·¤¤z¤¤- over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable