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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 1252, 1253. 1890. 643 Nation of Indians, may have had before the (passage of this act in and to the subiiect-matter of said leases. An nothing in this act contained shal be construed as validating, impairing, or in any way affecting the right of the lessors to make the same, or the authority under or by virtue of which they have been executed or any other lease or leases already or hereafter made. Sec. 3. That any violation of, or failure to conform to, any of the mYg>i¤t*$i¤;¤°;{dg¤¤¤- conditions or limitations herein set forth on the part of said lessees, mpc. umor those holding under them, shall be taken and deemed to be a forfeiture and revocation of the consent herein given without further action on the part of the United States. . Approved, October 1, 1890. CHAP. 1253.-An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mis 0°°°b°' L 1890- souri River at the most accessible point within one mile above or below the town W of Quindaro, in the county of Wyandotte and State of Kansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re5>·resentattvesV`;>f the United States of America in Congress assemble ., That the yan- WgMmTg dotte County Bridge and Terminal Railway Comspany, a corporation Euwsymdompsny duly created and existing under the laws of the tate of Kansas, and y7¥u_b¤*;*t¤°¤¤¤¤¤¤·¤|I, its successors, be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct and xm? maintain a bridge and approaches thereto over the Missouri River at the most accessi le point, to be selected by it or them, within one mile above or below the town of guindaro, in the county of Wyandotte and State of Kansas. Said ridge shall be constructed to provide for the' passage of railway trains, and, at the option of said Railway; ugon, company, or 1bS successors, said bridge may be so constructed or °“°’°°"' "'°8’· maintained that passage may be acco ed to wagons and vehicles of all kinds, and for the transit of animals and for foot-passengers, under such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by said corporation, or its successors, and be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War, Sec. 2 That any bridge built under this act and subject to its “1&¤wf¤1 grucvure limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and ’°""`°“ ‘ known as a poste-route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troo s, and the munitions of war of the United States, or forlpassengers and Freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per m' e paid for the transortation over the railroad or public h ghways eading to the said bridge; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges o other postroads in the United States. Sec. 3. That if said bridge shall be made with unbroken and con- Smurtinuous spans the spans thereof shall not be le s than three hundred feet in lentgth in the clear, andthe main span shall be over the main channel o the river and not less than four hundred feet in length in the clear; the lowest part of the superstructure of said brid e shall be at least fifty feet a ove extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, and the bridge shall be at right angles to, and its piers parallel with, the current of the river: Provided, That P~¤*•¤•· said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own ex ense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as I-isbn. ctc. the Light-House Board shall prescribe. No bridge shall be erected or maintained under the authority of this act which shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said river; ¥I¤<>¤¤=r¤¤w1 uri and if any bridge erected under such authority shall, in the 0 inigu ""°“‘ of the Secretary of War, obstruct such navigation he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge to be 0¤¤¤s¤•· made as will eifectually obviate such obstruction; and all such alterations shall be made and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of the owner or owners of said bridge; and in case of any