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 426 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 906, 907. 1890. September 13, 1890- CHAP. 906.--An act authorizing the Lexington Pontoon Bridge Company to con- ';`; struct and maintain a pontoon bridge across the Missouri River, and to legalize the bridge already constructed, at the city of Lexington, in the State of Missouri. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Bn¥§x‘”g;f;‘pB’;,‘§‘f;l’g; United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be bx-id§'§_Miss¤uri River lawful for the Lexington Pontoon Bridge Company, a coidporation “‘ I‘°"“g°°"* M°‘ havin authority from the State of Missouri, its successors an assigns, { Pggwen w¤z<>¤ Md to build, construct, and maintain a pontoon wagon and foot bridge °° nd"` across the Missouri River at some convenient point in or near the co orate limits of the city of Lexington, in afayette County, in said) State, and extending to the county of Ray, opposite thereto. Sec. 2. That said bridge shall be constructed with one suitable ronumnmw. pontoon-draw of not less than five hundred feet in width, located Opening draw. over the main channel of said river, which said draw shall be opened promptly Wn reasonable signal to allow the passage of oats: Pfwm- {’¢opided,f at sind bridge s g not interfere with the place for S¤w¤¥><>¤= ¤¤¤di¤s- an in o steam oats a exin on. Sec.%. That said bridge shall be built and located under and subu_§:¢¤¤‘iW <>f ¤¤'*H¤· ject to such regulations for the security of the navigation of said ' river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that Scmmygwnw object the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary °pp""°p ’°°°' of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all sta es, and the soundings accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any ot er 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 lan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of Mar the bridge shall not be commenced ‘Gl$¤G¤0fph¤. or built, and should any change be made in the plan oi said bridge pllpring the progieps of constructéicmv such changes shall be subject to e a rova o the ecretar o ar. Sndil)4. The said company di corporation shall maintain, at its own ugnmrem. expense, from sunset ti l sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Li ht-House Board shall prescribe. V*¤°¤d¤°¤”· °*°· Sec. 5. That tlie right is reserved in Congress to amend, alter, or repeal this act at any time, without any cost or damage to the said United States. Approved, September 13, 1890. September 10, 1890. CHAP. 90'7.—AN ACT Making appropriations for the construction, repair, and """"‘;‘“ preservation of certain public wor s on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House { Representatives of the ,m*,§*,§;,,“:;*nsh°'b°' United States of America in Con ress assem ted, That the following ° sums of money be, and are hereb, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the irection of the Secretary of War, for the construction, completion, repair, and presernnrmis. vation of the public works hereinafter named: Rock1a¤d,Me. Improving liarbor at Rockland, Maine : Continuing improvement, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. Y¤rk·Me· thimprofpguharbgr at York, Maine : Continuing imp1‘0VOII1€I1t, tf-311 ousan dollars. vmy§I1;e¤e¤Br¤k- For the construction of a, breakwater from Mount Desert to Por- ’ ‘ gupine Island, Maine ; Continuing improvement, fifty thousand o ars.