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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 129. 1895. 68] CHAP. 129.~·AnAct To authorize sn a i e issouhruary. . River in the county of Dakota, in thdhgtzlig dful3;b)n:£a,l:1d8i’n“tlli‘;s1=illy 5 Sioux; City, in the county of Woodbury, in the State of Iowa. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Iowa and Nebraska Inv- ¤¤d_N¤b¤¤lr» Pontoon Bridge Company, a corporation organized under the laws of xm B§£§° (QQ; the State of Iowa, its successors and assign, be, and they are hereby, ¤<>·¤·i Rim- §l¤¤¤ authorized to construct a wagon bridge across the Missouri River cm" I"` between the State of Nebraska and the State of Iowa, within the ""‘· P·“· county of Dakota, in the State of Nebraska, and the city of Sioux City, in the county of Woodbury, in the State of Iowa, and to build, erect, and lay on and over said bridge ways for wagons, vehicles of all kinds, and for the transit of animals; to provide ways for foot passengers, and to lay on and over said bridge tracks, upon which may be operated street railways; and to maintain and operate said bridge for the purposes aforesaid, and for all other uses and purposes incident to the use of a wagon bridge not specially enumerated; and to charge, collecg and receive reasonable compensation and tolls for the transit over said T·>¤¤· •¤=· bridge of all wagons, carriages, vehicles of all kinds, persons, foot passengers and animals, street railways, and for all other uses of said bridge not specially enumerated: Provided, That the Secretary of War mygk may at any time prescribe such rules, regulations, and rates of toll for ’ ' transit and transportation over said bridge as may be deemed proper and reasonable: Provided also, That all street railway companies desir- Un by ¤¤¤¤¢ niling the use of said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights ""' and privileges relative to the passage of cars over the same and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of reasonable compensation for such use, and in case of any disagreement between the parties regarding the compensation to be paid or the conditions to be observed, the matters at issue shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon proper caring. Sec. 2. That said bridge shall be constructed as a pivot drawbridge, 1**-*- with two or more draws, as the Secretary of War may prescribe, which said draws shall span the main channels of the river and shall not be less than two hundred feet in the clear on each side of the central or pivot piers of the draws; and all other spans over the river shall not SP•¤•- be less than two hundred and nity feet in the clear, measured at low water; and said spans shall not be less than ten feet above high-water mark, measuring to the lowest part of the superstructure of the bridge; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river at high water. Sec. 3. That no bridge shall be erected or maintained under the Y,:' *‘° authority of this Act which shall at any time substantially and materially obstruct the free navigation of said river; and that no bridge shall be commenced or built under this Act until the location thereof and the plans and specifications for its construction shall have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War; and any change ¤l¤·¤z¤¤· in the plans of such construction or any alteration in the bridge after its construction shall be subject to the like approval; and that the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, whenever in his opinion the said bridge shall substantially obstruct the free navigation of said river, to cause such change or alteration of said bridge to be made as will obvisite such obstruction; and all such alterations shall be made at the expense of the owner or owners of said bridge or the person operating or controlling same; and the said bridge hall be constructed with such _ _ aids to the passage of aid bridge in the form of booms, dikes, piers, 5*** *° ¤¤"¤*¤°¤- or other suitable and proper protections for connning the flow of water to a permanent and easily navigated channel for the guiding of rafts, steamboats, and other water craft safely through the draw as the Sec= retary of War shall prescribe and order to be constructed and maintained, at the expense of the company owning said bridge; and the