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 34 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 26, 27. 1900. seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: _ " Sec. 3. That this Act shall be null and void unless said dam herein authorized be commenced within two years and completed within four years from the date hereof. " Approved, February 27, 1900. F€l”“*“Y 28» 1900- `GHAP. 27.-An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Red ’";""—" River of the North, at Drayton, North Dakota. V Be it enacted by t/ie Senate and House of Representatives of the U?/cited m§\§*{,{§ggé ,,1*;;, ggvlzl; States of America in Congress assembled, That the council of the city or the norm at may- of Drayton, county of Pembina, State of North Dakota, be, and are l°“‘ hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a pontoon bridge and · approaches thereto across the Red River of the North, between the State of North Dakota and the State of Minnesota, extending from the - foot of Almeron or Grant streets in said townof Draytonito a point rmus1t,m11,et¤. opposite, in the State of Minnesota. Said bridge shall be constructed so as to provide for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, animals, and foot passengers, and for all road travel, for such reasonable rates of toll and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by said council and approved from time to time by the Secretary of Wa1·. To be lawful struc- Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this Act and-subject to its limme and mst r°ut°' itations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for ~ the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than is charged other parties for like privileges; and it shall enjoy the rigjhts -and privileges of other post roads in the United States, and the nited States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal—telegraph reispnone, em., purposes. And equal rights as to constructing and maintaining their °°‘“¥’*““°S·. ines over said bridge shall be granted to all telephone and telegraph companies desiring to use the same. . Draw, em. Sec. 3. That said bridge shall be constructed as a pontoon drawspan brid e, and shall contain a pontoon drawspan of such dimensions as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, which said `drawspan shall be maintained on the main channel of the river at an accessible and navi- » glable point; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with, and memos. the bridge itself at rig t angles to, the current of the river: Provided, -¤pe¤1¤g 0:. That said draw shall be opened promptly, upon reasonable si nal, for Lights. the assage of boats and rafts; and said council of the city of Trayton shall)maintain, at the expense of the said city, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board _ Not to obstruct mw- shall prescribe. No bridge shall be constructed or maintained under ‘g“‘“°“‘ I the authority of this Act which shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said river; and if any bridge erected under said authorityshall, 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 eifectually obviate such obstruction, and all such alterations shall be made and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of thesaid city of —ll¤ls¤tl<>¤·· Dra ton; and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alle ed obstruction to the free navigation of said river,caused or allegegto be caused by said bridge, suit may be brought in any circuit court of the United States for the circuit in which said bridge or any part thereof is ·located to remove or remedy the same: Provided fur- E=<l¤*l¤H law ¤¤· ther, That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to repeal or modaiiected. . . . _ . . . 1fy any of the provisions of law now ex1sting in reference to the pro-