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 762 r1r·rY-sEv1cmrH oonemcss. sms. 11. cus. is, ss. woe. nearly as practicable in proportion to the number of pensioners paid at each agency, and the salaries paid shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. nam. For rents, ten thousand six hundred dollars. “ useauonery. 1is1¤¤, For stationery and other necessary expenses, including fuel and °lights, thirty-five thousand dollars. Approved, December 23, 1902. January 8, 1903. 6Q.—An Act Authplriping the Federlal_dR.ailroad Cplilrépppv tpucioipfxrpptag i -_f 00lD W Bil 00 - RSSB!} l` I`] BCPOBB. ISSO [Public' N0' I2`] or near the village of xm, Lymad) Counley, Southe Dakota. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Iriegesentatioes of the United },*}·g°°”*;,¤ Rgilgusd States of America in Omjress assembled, t the Federal Railroad cnmpmy my budge Com y, a corporation uly created and existing under the laws of ‘*°‘°°‘“" S' D°k‘ the Salle of South Dakota, its successors or assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto over the Missouri River from a int at or near the village of Oacoma, in the county of Lyman and Stsite of South Dakota, to the opgasite shore of said river, in the county of Brule, State of South mgébn w mM_ Da ota: Provided, That a location within such limits is found suitable puma. to the interests of navigation. Said bridge shall be constructed to m’§‘}2,}'§,{a‘§Y“‘°“ provide for the passage of railway trains, and, at the option of said corporation, its successors or assigns, may be so constructed to rovide for and be used for the passa e of wagons and vehicles of) all kinds, for the transit of animals, andg for foot passengers, for reason- Toll. able rates of toll, to be Hxed `by said 00l'%l'I1»iZ`l0Il,li8 successors or assigns, and approved'by the Secretary of ar, and the Secretary of War shall have the right from time to time to revise such rates of toll: 1·<><>¤¤¤¤- Provided, That the bridgje herein authorized to be constructed shall not be built withinless t an one mile from any other bridge across said Missouri River. c<>¤¤¤-ucucn. Sec. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this Act may, at the option of the corporation building the same, be built as a drawp,,,,.,_,,,,_ bridge, or with unbroken or continuous spans: Provided, That if the mh **8*- same shall be made of unbroken or continuous spans, it shall not be in any case of less elevation than fifty feet above the high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the lowest part of the superstructure; nor shal the spans of said bridge be less than three hundred feet in the clear at low·water mark, and the iers of said hrid e shall be parallel with the current of the river at high wate1·, and tbe main s n shall be over the main channel of the river: Andprowided 1¤-mm-legs. also, 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 of spans of not less than two hundred feet in length in the clear on each side of the central or pivot dpiers of the draws, and the next adjoining spans over the river to e draws shall not be less than two hundred and lift feet in the clear, measured at low water; and said spans shall not be hss than ten feet above extreme hi li-water mark, measuring to the lowest u rt of the superstructure of the bridge; and the piers of said bridge sliall be parallel with the current of the river at high water: And ravided mum, sw. also, That said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonablg signal, without unnecessary delay; and said company or corporation shall maintain at its own expense. from sunset till sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe, and such sheer booms or other structures as may be necessary to guide vessels, rafts, or other water craft safely through said channel spans