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 1360 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ons. 447, 448. 1899. - United States; this provision to be operative when thecity of Saint Augustine shall by ordinance abolish that part of Marine street south of the north line of said powder-house lot, or sooner, at the discretion of the Secretary of \Var. Approved, March 3, 1899. · March 3. 1899. CHAP. 448.-An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Misj·——‘ souri River at the city of Yankton, South Dakota. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United R:?;_:&*¤ S¤¤{_*!·g¤‘¤ States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the ,mL,.,m·; mins? E2 Dakota Southern Railroad Company, a corporation organized for that Y¤¤“°“· purpose under the general corporation laws of the State of South Dakota, or its assigns, toconstruct, under and subject to the conditions and limitations hereafter provided, a combined railroad, wagon, and foot-passen ger bridge across the Missouri River, at the city of Yankton, South Dakota, and to lay on and over said bridge railway track for the more perfect connection of any and all railways that now are, or which may hereafter be, constructed to the Missouri River at the city of Yankton, or to the river on the opposite side of the same, near the city of Yankton, and to build, erect, and lay on and over said bridge nmmsea ways for wagon, vehicles of all kinds, and for the transit of animals, and to provide. ways for foot passengers, and to maintain and operate said bridge for the purposes aforesaid; and that when said bridge is constructed all trains of railroads terminating at said river, and on the opposite side thereof, at the city of Yankton, South Dakota, shall be allowed to cross said bridge for reasonable compensation to be made to the owners of the same; and if the amount of said compensation can not be agreed upon by the parties the same shall be fixed by the Tolls- Secretary of War. The owners of said bridge may also charge and receive reasonable compensation or tolls for the transit over said bridge pmao. , of all wagons, carriages, vehicles, animals, and ibot passengers: Pro- -—¤‘¤*¢¤- vided, That the Secretary of War may at any time prescribe such rates of toll for such transit over said bridge as may be deemed proper and reasonable. my mmwm-msn. Sec. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this Act may, °‘°· at the option of the corporation building the same, be built as a draw- ‘ mma;. bridge, or with unbroken or continuous spans: Provided, That if the °,‘—;j,’,‘{}g'{j;*Q';{Q}“" same shall be made of unbroken continuous spans, it shall not bein ‘ any case of less elevation than fifty feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the lowest part of the superstructure; nor shall the spans of said bridge be less than three hundred feet in the clear at low-water mark; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river at high water, and the main spans shall be over the main channels of the river: And mir is amwbnugs. provided also, That if a bridge shall be built under this Act as a drawbridge the same shall be constructed as a pivot drawbridge, with one or more draws, as the Secretary of War may prescribe, and with spans of not less than two hundred feet in length in the clear on each side of the central or pivot piers of the draws, and the next adjoining spans - over the river to the draws shall not be less than two hundred and iitty feet in the clear, measured at low water; and said spans shall not be. less than ten feet 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 with the current of the river `at high water: nm'. And provided also, That said draw shall be opened promptly, upon corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset till sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe, and such sheer booms or other structures as may be necessary to safely guide vessels, rafts, or other water craft safely
 * ,;gb,,_ reasonable signal, without unnecessary delay; and said company or