14 FOBTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Gus. 28, 31. 1884. R. 8. D. C. 551, Szc. 2. That section five hundred and fifty-one of the Itevised Statwh I d utes relating to the District of Columbia. be, and the same is hereby, re- °P““ ° · ealed. _ Existing corps. P Sec. 3. That any corporation heretofore formed under sections tive “"i°“° "'“Y “‘"*n hundred and forty-five to five hundred and fifty-two, ineluswe, of the
Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the D1SCFl(lb of Qolurn-
’bia. may avail itself of the provisions of this act by complying with its requirements, and those that this act is intended to amend; but the_r1ght to repeal this act, and to alter, amend, or abolish any charter of mcorporation granted under it, is expressly reserved to Congress. Approved, April 23, 1884. ` CHAP. 31.-An act to authorize the construction of arailrund bri across the Saint
Croix River in the States of Wisconsin and
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Chippewa Falls States of America in Congress assembled, That the Chippewa Falls and
- 6 W°•*·¤'¤ R¤l· Western Railway Company, created and existing under the laws of the
gftgfgag State of Wisconsin, is hereby granted the right to construct an iron or buds, ,,,,0,, gt steel bridge. with masonry piers, to be used by it, its successors or as- Croix River. signs, for railroad purposes, or for railroad and highway purposes, and as a public highway, with continuous span, across the Saint Croix River, from such point in the State of Wisconsin in township numbered thirty north, of range numbered twenty west of the fourth principal meridian, in the county of Saint Croix, which said corporation may select, to such ‘ point in the county of Washington in the State of Minnesota, opposite Pmvta. thereto, as said corporation may select : Provided, That the bridge to be ` constructed under the authority hereby granted shall not interfere with °fPfr¤¤ ¤•K*°§¤*i°¤ the free navigation of said stream beyond what is necessary in order to w‘;:’,'°" """“" carry into full effect the rights and privileges hereby granted; and that ` i said piers shall be built at right angles with the current of the stream where said bridge may be erected, and that each span shall be not less P¤>¤i·•¤- _ than one hundred and twenty-five feet: Provided, That said bridge shall M,B°;5‘;L;Q_”r:*·'&f“· he and be considered a legal structure, and shall be a post-road for the p,.,,,,,,_ transmission of the United States mails: Andprovidcdfurther, That the bridge shall be built with one span of not less than one hundred and fifty feet in the clear over the navigable channel, with a height of not less than sixty feet in the clear above low·water mark. Building sud Io- Sec. 2. That any bridge authorised to be constructed under this act cation pubjwt *0 shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the
security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall from
' time to time prescribe; and to secure that object the said company shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of the bridge, and a map of the proposed location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundmgs, accurately showing the bed of the stream, this location of any either bridg; or bridlgles, asd shall furnish such other in orma ion as may require or a an satisfactor understand- Pl•¤;§¢<;;» W; ing of the subject; and until the said plan and location ht the bridge $!;‘;_’;’0f WIL are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and the Secretary of War shall determine the proper length of the spans of said bridge, and the height thereof above high·water mark, and as te the plan et: the bridge in all respects; and if it be found at any time that such_ budge unnecessarily or materially obstructs navigation, he shall require the necessary changes to be made therein, in the interest ot such navigation, at the expense of said company; and said company mgm, ad dg_ shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset until sunrise, such lights · ¤u•. or other signals on said bridge as the Lightllouse Board shall prescribe.
