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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 32. 1890. 19 foot-passenger bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Lyons, owa." Strike out the first section of said act and insert in lieu thereof the Am¤¤¤m¤¤*· ¤¤<=- L following: " That the Lyons and Fulton Bridge Company, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Iowa, its successors or assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto, over the Mississippi River, at a location suitable to the interests of navigation from a [point in or near the city of Lyons, Iowa, to the o posite L<>¢¤*i¤¤· shore of said river, in the State of I linois. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the safe and convenient passage of wagons, W¤g<>¤ or rnilvnss road-way vehicles of all kinds, animals, and foot-passengers, and, at b"°g°‘ the option of said corporation, its successors or assigns, may be so constructed as to provide for and be used for the passage of railroad trains, for such reasonable rates or tolls ,as may be fixed from time '1`<>¤=·=» to time by said corporation, its successors or assigns, and subject to approval and change by the Secretary of War." Strike out section two of said act and insert in lieu thereof the A$;=¤9<&¤g¤:, svc. 2;· following: *’”· r · Sec. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this act may, at the option of the company building the same, be built with unbroken and continuous s ans, or as a draw-bridge, or as a ponton ,,,*",}’_{‘,',,*?·,$}"“"“·°’P°”‘ draw-brid e: Provided, That if said bridge shall be made with un- Pr<wi•v=- broken and continuous spans it shall have one or more channel spans, came spam.` each giving not lass than three hundred and nftty feet clear channel way, and not less than iiftv-tive feet clear hea room above highwater mark, and the clear head room under other than channel spans may be less than nfty-five feet, but no art of the superstructure of suc spans shall be less than ten feet above high-water mark: Pro- qmum-mm mu? vided, That the interests of navigation be not injured by such reduc- ‘°°‘°"‘ tion of height: And provided further, That if any bridge built under the provisions of this act shall be constructed as a draw-bridge, it shal have two or more draw-openings, each giving not less than two Drnw ¤1•¤¤i¤z¤=· hundred feet clear channel way, an, in addition to said draw—openings, shall have one or more fixed channel spans, each giving not less than three hundred and nfty feet clear channel way, and every part of the superstructure of draw·bridges shall 've a clear head room of not less than ten feet above higlhwvater mark: And provided further, That if any bridge built un er the provisions of this act shall be constructed as a ponton draw-bridge, it shall be built subject 1>¤¤m-naw,. (except as herein modified) to all the terms, reduirements, and limitations contained in the act entitled "An act to egalize and establish a _ ponton railway bridge across the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien, and to authorize the construction of a similar bridge at or near Clinton, Iowa," approved June sixth, eighteen hundred and seventv-four, so far V<>1.1S,p¤-6¤,<¤L as they may be applicable thereto: And ovided, also, That it shall be constructed wit one suitable ponton diyfaw giving not less than five hulndred feet clear channel waiy, and such fot her éwnton drapsvand ot er openings as may, in the 0 inion o the ecretary o ar, _ be necessary: And provided furtlger, That the piers of any bridge '*‘°°‘°"" authorized by this act shall be parallel with the current of the river and the bridge itself at right angles thereto, and the spans of any such brid e shall be so located as to afford the greatest possible accommodation to the river traiiic, and the drawspans of any such 0v•¤¤i¤zdr¤w¤~ bridge shall be opened promptly by steam or other reliable mechanical power upon reasonable signal for the plassage of boats; And provzded gtsrther, That the dimensions of a spans, not dennitely ¤P¤¤¤¤¤¤¤*>¤=— fixed by tact, shall be such as in the opinion of the Secretary of War, will best serve the interests of navigation: And provided further, That for any two adjacent draw-openings, of two hundred feet A•ii•¤¤¤¢dnws. each, one draw-opening of three hundred feet may be substituted, if