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 F IFTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sisss. I. CHS. 671, 672. 1902. 18]. CRAP. 671 .—An Act Extending the time for completing bridge across the Mis- APYH 3*% 1902- souri River at Saint Charles, Missouri. Be it enacted by the Senate and IJou.se;,fRq>a·esentatives of the United States of America in Cbngress assemble, That the time for completing gfuggiver- . . . _ nded for the CODSl2I‘l1Clil0Il of H. WH. OI1 8.Hd l]10l30l` l)1‘ldgB 3(BYOSS tl`16 MISSOUTI completing bridge at River at Saint Charles, ldissouri, as fixed by an Act approved June S“{,'$P§‘,f§#°· third, eigiliteen hundred and ninety-six, be extended to June third, nineteen undred and four. Approved. April 30, 1902. CHAI'. 672.-An Act To authorize the Shreveport Bridge and Terminal Company April $0, 190*2. to construct and maintain a bridge across Red River in the State of Louisiana, at or near Shreveport. ` Be it enacted by the Senate and Ifousigf Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembl, That the Shreveport Bridge §,$§u{§;g;£ Bridge and Terminal Company,a corporation existing under the laws of Lou- and rsminsi comisiana, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to con- §{‘,'#§',§,"}f,‘}',, '}f§_dg° “ struct and maintain a brid and all approaches thereto across Red River, at or near the city oi;Sh reveport, Louisiana, at a. point suitable to the interests of navigation, and in accordance with such plans as may be approved by the Secretary of Wa1·, and to lay on or over said bridge a track or tracks for the more perfect connection of any railroad or railroads that are or shall be constructed to said river, on either or both sides thereof, at or opposite such oint, under the limitations and conditions hereinafter provided. Said) company, or its successors and assigns, are hereby authorized to build, construct, and maintain any and all trestles, roadbeds, tracks, appurtenances, and things that may be necessary for proper approaches to said bridge and for the use of the same as a iailroad bridge. That said bridge shall not interfere g£,gj’,l’“*'“°‘°° “'·‘·`*‘ with the free navigation of said river, and in case of any litigation Li¤iz¤¤<>¤. arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river by reason of the construction of the said bridge, the said cause may be tried before the circuit court of the United States in and for any district in whose jurisdiction an portion of said obstruction or brid e may be: Provided, That nothing in this f,,’;‘{§$g ,,,,1, M_ Act shall be so construe:? as to repeal or modify any of the provisions ¤¤¤i¤i¤ forceof law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers or to exempt this bridge from the operation of the same: Provided fiu·t}ze1·, That said brid e shall be constructed to provide for the ,,,*§°}},{,Q‘{;.,(,g(,‘Y“*°“· passage of railroad trains and at the option of said company may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit T<>¤- of animals, and for foot passengers for such reasonable rates of toll as may be fixed by said com(pany and approved by the Secretary of Wa1·. bac. 2. That if the bri ge authorized shall be built as a drawbridge D*°"**’*d¤°· the draw shall be operated by steam or other reliable power, and shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats, except when trams are passing over said span or spans; but in no case shall unnecessary delay occur in opening said draw after the passage of trains. Sec. 3. That all piers shall be built as nearly as may be parallel Protection w umwith the current of the river at that stage of water which is most ""”°"' important for navigation, and the bridge itself shall be built as nearly as may be at right angles thereto; an the riprapping or other protection for imperfect foundations which will lessen the required waterway shall not be permitted; and also that piers which will produce cross currents or bars dangerous to navigation shall not be constructed; and if after construction any piers or accessory works are found to produce the above—mentioned eifects, or if any riprapping or other