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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 553, 554. 1900. 189 arrival in such State or Territory be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such State or Territory enacted in the exercise `of its police powers, to the same extent and in the same manner as though such animals or birds had been roduced in such State or Territory, and shall not be exempt therefiom by reason of bein introduced therein in original packages or otherwise. This Act shallnot prevent fmrd plumage mwthe importation, transportation, or ale of birds or bird plumage manu- grigiuiiiiigiiffdili factured from the feathers of barnyard fowl. Approved, May 25, 1900. CHAP. 554.-An Act To provide for the construction of a bridge by the Duluth, May 25, 1900. Pierre and Black Hills Railroad Company across the Missouri River at Pierre, South ’_" ‘—"·‘ Dakota. a _ · , Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqresentatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assemble, That the-Duluth, Pierre and m¤¤é¤g,uPi¤¤¢ and Black ills Railroad Companfy, a corporation duly organized under the  bmig; iidgiiiig general incorporation laws 0 the State of South Dakota, its successors R"’°'°“°‘°”°·S·D“k and assigns, is hereby authorized to construct and maintain a bridge across the Missouri River at or near the city of Pierre, Hughes County, South Dakota, and also to lay on and over said bridge a railway track or tracks for the passage of railway trains; and said . corporation may must; aus. construct and maintain ways for wagons, carriages, and foot passengers, charging and receiving such reasonable tol s therefor as may be approved rom time to time by theSecretary of War. r - Ec. 2. That said bridge should be constructed and built without _ Nqtwvbstructnavinterference with the security and convenience of uavi ation of said lgm°°` river beyond what is necessary to carry into effect themigdits and rivileges hereby granted; and in order to secure that object the said) cor- Secrewrly ci War to poration shal submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination °ppr°v°p°°S' and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mi e below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, andthe soundings accurately showing the- bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War, the bridge shall _ not be built: Pro/vided, That if the said bridge shall be ma e with §{§§',f{’,‘f;¤ em unbroken and continuous spans it shall not be of less elevation in any ’ case than fifty feet above extreme high-water mark as understood at the point of location to the lowest part of the superstructure of the bridge, nor shall the spans of said bridge be less than three hundred feet in length in the clear; and the iers of said brid e shall be parallel with the current of said river, and) the bridge itself at right angles thereto, and the main span shall be over the -main channel of the river and not less than three hundred feet in length in the clear: And provided also, That if any brid e built under this Act shall be constructed Dm'- as a drawbridge the same Siall be constructed as a pivot drawbridge, with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable oint and with spans of not less than two hundred feet in length in the clear on each side of central or pivot pier of the draw, and the next adjoining span or spans to the draw shall not be less than three hundred feet, and the headroom under all river spans shall not be less than ten feet above local high-water mark, and the piers of said bridge shall be built with the current of said river and the bridge itself _ at right angles thereto: Provided also, That said draw shall be opened ‘°{’°‘““g °*· promptly upon the reasonable signal for the passing ofboats; and said L‘g’“S· company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset