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 56 FIFTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 111, 142. 1902. are hereby, authorized and empowered to draw, by canal, flume, or race, from the Missouri River, at or near a point about eight miles above Creve Coeur Lake, in the county of Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri, such supply of water as may be necessary or required for the purposes of said corporation, and to conduct and discharge said water not otherwise used at a point on the Meramec»River in the neighborhood of Meramec Highlands, in the county of Saint Louis and State of Missouri; also to erect, construct, operate, and maintain for that puspose such dams (including a weir dam in the Missouri River at the e of said canal), regulating devices, locks, and other structures and éjgggeétwrhcted mM_ improvements as may be required: Provided, That such withdrawal gmon. an discharge at any time of water shall not be so great as to interfere ~ with the navigation of said Missouri or Meramec River: Andpmmfded B Syxylmgg fg te further-, That said corporation shall submit detailed plans showing the pp ’location and method of constructing said dams, devices, locks, and other structures and canal to the Secretary of War for his consideration and approval, and until the plans and location of the work herein authorized, so far as they affect the navi tion of said rivers, shall have been sgpraroved by the Secretary of Vlglr they shall not be commenced or ui t. I, °‘ °°“““'“"‘ Sec. 2. That unless the work herein authorized be commenced within one yiear and corgpletpfl within iiyie years from the date hereof the riv' e es rante s a cease and etermine. ·““°“"’”““‘· p Smog?. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, March 10, 1902. Much 10, 1909- CHAP. 142.—An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River at or near the city of Kansas City, Missouri. _ Be it enaeied by the Senate and ][¢m.9e of Rep7·ese12t¢ztiz·es of the United Rlggy I5_ Stdt€8({fA/h€7tl.Cd in Oongresa assembled, That the Chicago, Rock Island {S3? ¤32ur¤<·i1e5> and Pacific Railway Company. a corporation existing under the laws b,;,;,,..,,, ;,}f,‘},,;,,,Cm,·, of the States of Illinois and Iowa, its successors and assigns, be. and are M°· hereby, authorized to construct, operate, and maintain a bridge over the Missouri River at or near the city of Kansas City, in said State of ,,5j*`l]Q§}“§;,lgQl'°"l"’* Ml=4S0l11'l· Said bfitlge shall be constructed to provide for the pggnggg of railway trains, and. at the option of the persons by whom it may be built, may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot passengers, for such reasonable _ rates of toll as may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of ‘·*‘*¥’*‘l°”· War; and in case of any [fitigation concerning any alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river on account of said bridge, the cause may be tried before the circuit court of the United States in whose jurisdiction any portion of said obstruction or bridge is located. ,,,fi‘gYll{l,.,.,§§T“"‘“'° SEC-  That any bridge constructed under this Act and according to its limitations 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 for the mails, the troo s, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per milb paid for their transportation over railroads or public highways leading to P""·"l‘**"€’¥="***¥**‘-°"`· said bridge; and the United States and all companies and indiyiduals ihpllhhave the right of way fog telegraph, postal telegraph, and e ep one urposes across san >r1 ge. i£;j;,*€;;;;’} Sec. 3. That if said bridge shall be made with unbroken and contin- “ uous spans it shall not be of less elevation in any case than fiftv-two feet above the high~water grade line for bridges as established hiv the Missouri River Commission, nor shall any of its spans over the waterway be less than four hundred feet in the clear between the piers or