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 688 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cas. 2, 3. 1890. court for said northern judicial district for final disposition, and all offenses committed in said county against the laws of the United States before the passage of this act shall also be cognizable in the United States court for the said northern district until nnal disposition of the same. Approved, December 11, 1890. December 11,1a00. CHAP. 3.-An act to authorize the Lake Charles Road and Bridge Company, of ··i*‘—" Lake Charles, Louisiana, to construct and maintain bridges across English Bayou and Calcasieu River. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives o{ the 1.eke_c1m·1ee new United States qi America in Congress assembled, That it shal be ~‘;,‘}§.Bf,‘,‘.{§" C°§‘,,§§',K lawful for the ake Charles Road and Bridge Company, a corporage{;_¤at¤_;gr:8Q;'¤¤,j$; tion created and existing under and by virtue of the laws o the afipeaeiene. p° State of Louisiana, or its assigns, to erect, construct, and maintain a bridge over the English Bayou anda bridge over Calcasieu River, Location. in the State of Louisiana, at such points upon said bayou and river _ in township nine south and range eight west as may be found advantageous. Said bridges shall be constructed to provide for the wages, em., md passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of ani- "°°°"""K““· mals, foot-passengers, and of all kinds of commerce, travel, or com- · munication, and said corporation may charge and receive such reareus sonable tolls therefor as may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War. eeesu-muon Sec. 2. That each of said bridges shall be constructed as drawmn brid es, with an opening over the center of the channel of such wma;. width as the Secretary of War shall determine, and which shall not be less than thirty feet in the clear acros English Bayou and not MM- less than fifty feet in the clear across Calcasieu River: Provided, ~ope¤1¤gerAnn also, That said draws shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats, vessels, or other water·craft, and in no case shall unnecessary delay occur; and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such new. M- lights or other signals on said bridges as the Light-House Board sneeeboemaew. shall prescribe, and such sheer booms or other structures as may be necessary to safely guide vessels, boats, rafts, or other water-craft safely through said draw-wxiiiigs as shall be designated and re- ‘ quired by the Secretary of ar. Bcmxrlty ot mugs Sec. 3. That said bridges shall be built and located under and bayou and river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, and to secure that object the said company or corporation shall submit to Svmwrzgiwtzrw the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design ‘°°r°'°° ° ’ and drawings of the bridges and a map of the location, givin for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposeddocation the topography of the banks of the bayou and river, the shorelines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the current at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the streams, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plans and locations are approved by the Secretary of ‘°*‘°"€” *"*"°“ War the bridges shall not be built, and s ould anty changes be made . in the plans of said bridges during the progress o construction such change shall be submitted to the approval of the Secretary of War. “‘°"‘*’“°“‘·°°°· SEQ. 4. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act, or to —B¤‘¤¤¤¤‘¤i ¤¤¤¤8¤¤- require any changes in such structures, or their entire removal at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever the Secretary of War shall ecide that the public interest requires it, and the right to
 * °"· subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said