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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Cns. 63, 64. 1899. 805 Sec. 2. That this Act shall take eifect upon its acceptance by said E¤`¤¤*· voluntary association at its next regular annual session. Sec. 3. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act at any *'“°"‘*“‘°“‘* time is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, January 28, 1899. CHAP. 64.-An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri J¤¤¤¤'J' 28-1899- River 'at or near Oaeoma, South Dakota. DQ; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Chicago, Sioux Falls. F.,‘}j*j:;•{,jbm§=*£g= and Pacific Railway Company, a corporation duly created and existing way may mag• mi under the laws of the State of South Dakota, its successors or assigns, °°‘“'* R"°’· be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto over the Missouri River from a point at or near ` the village of Oacoma, in the county of Lyman and State of South Dakota, to the opposite shore of said river, in the county of Brule and State of South Dakota: Provided, That a location is found within such frwvrlimits suitable to the interests of navigation. Said bridge shall be con- mxgiidnbr railway · structed to provide for the passage of railway trains, and, at the option ’°’¤*¤·· °*°· of said corporation, its successors or assigns, may be so constructed to provide for and be used also for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and tor, foot passengers, for reasonable rates of toH, to be fixed by said corporation, its successors or T°“'· assigns, and approved by the Secretary of War, and the Secretary of War shall have the right from time to time to revise such rates of toll: Provided, That the bridge herein authorized to be constructed shall Pmm { th not be built within less than one mile of any other bridge across the in-ings., ty ° ° °' said Missouri River. - Sec. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this Act may, Mmw '*'*""'**¤° at the option of the corporation building the same, be built as a draw- _ ` bridge or with unbroken or continuous spans: Provided, That if the f;{L’,j{°§,.¤pm m same shall be made of unbroken continuous spans it shall not be in any’ ` case of less elevation than fifty feet above extreme higlrwater 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 rive1·: And provided also, ;,g**¤* ·l*¤w*>¤ds¤· 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 fifty 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: And provided also, That said draw shall be opened promptly, upon reasonable °P°¤*¤¤ d'!"- signal, without unnecessary delay ; and said company or corporation, shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset till sunrise, such lights Memor 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 through said channel spans or draw openings, and as shall be designated and required by the Secretary of War: And provided jnrther, That the corporation building Makingrpennsusnt said bridge may, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, enter °"“““°‘* “""'“°“· · upon the banks of said river, either above or below the point of location of said bridge, and coniine the flow of the water to a permanent channel, and do whatever may be necessary to accomplish said object,