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 46. FIFTYSECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 92, 93. 1892; HAP. 2.-- athe To cka Water and Electric Power Com an ofcihnsas zine   nhtc:og;r:;tDa%1d0mmnta£1 a dam or dams across the Kansas Rive; within Shawnee gounty, in the State of Kansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Egan; wm: mx States of America in Congress assembled, That the assent of Congress m ,,,,'j,',Q,°',[,'§;,(,‘§'§g is hereby given to the Topeka Water and Electric Power Company, a mv- corporation created and organized under the laws of Kansas, its successors and assigns, to erect, construct, and maintain a. dam or dams across the Kansas River at any suitable place or places withm Shawnee County, in the State of Kansas. ¤¤¤¤·1¤m,m. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, June 6, 1892. June 8, 1892. CHAP. 93.-An act to authorize building a bridge over Tennessee River. · Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0_fRep?·esentdt6vcc of the United Ssiutlmis and Bir- Stale: of America in Congress assembled, That the Saint Louis and }'§‘,,*;‘,‘§; fm Birmingham Railway Company, a corporation created and organized T[l!¤¤•••¤•r c IH"! ·* under the laws of the State of Tennessee, be, and is hereby, authorized ‘ °“° to construct and maintain, for the purpose of running railway trains, also for passage of all kinds of road vehicles, wagons, carts, and con- R•x1w¤y,¤w..bridg¤. veyances for passengers, and for foot passengers, if said railroad com- ‘ pany may desire to so do a bridge over the Tennessee River at a point on said river known as Clifton, in Wayne County, in the State of Tennessee or within two miles either above or below said point as said com- ` pany may determine. $'fz1 m;°*¤¤¤*¤¤ Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its limi- ’°° T, tation: shall beglawthl structure and shall be recognized and known as at post-route, upon which no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, troops, and the munitions of war of the United States passing over said bridge than the rate per mile paid for transportation over the railroad leading to said bridge;. and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads in the United States. D¤w*¤i<*z·· Sec. 3. That the bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a pivot drawbridge, with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and best navigable point, aud with spans not less than one hundred and sixty feet in length in the clear at low water mark on each side of the channel or pivot pier of the draw, and said span shall not be less than ten ieet above extreme high-water mark, measuring to the lowest part of the superstructure of the bridge; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel to and the bridge itself at right anglesto the current of the river at the average stage of water where said' P*··**··¤· bridge may be erected: Prorided also, That in said bridge there shall Sw- be one span of not less than three hundred feet in length in the clear ~¢r¤¤=¤<i ¤¤·¤· Sec. 4. That no bridge shall be erected or maintained under the aug ‘ thority of this act which shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said river, and if any' bridge erected under such authority shall in the opinion of the Secretary of War obstruct such navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge to be made as will effectually obviate such. obstruction, and all such alterations shall be made and all such ob structions be removed at the expense of the owner of said bridge. And.