52 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. L Ons. 118, 119. 1884. and specifications for its construction shall have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War; and any change in the plan of such construction or any alteration in the bridge after its construction, shall bc subjevt to the like approval; and whenever said bridge shall, in the Location, sw,, opinion of the Secretary of War, substantially obstruct the free navito be approved by gution of said river, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or S°°’°*°'Y of W“'· alteration of said bridge to be made as will eflectually obviate such obstruction; and all such alterations shall be made, and all such obstructions be removed, at the expeusecf the owner or owuersof said bridge, or persons controlling the same; and in case of any lmgatzon arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of the Missouri River, at or near the crossing of said bridge, caused or alleged to be caused thereby, the cause shall be commenced and tned in the circuit courts of either judicial district of Kansas or Missouri in which the said bridge or any portion of such obstruction touches. Dcclareda post- Sec. 4. That any bridge built under this act, and according to its
- ‘°¤*° °¤d=*‘=*“’f¤l 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 transportation over the same of the mails, the troops, and munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for their transportation over the railroad or public highways leading to such Light? wd ¤¤!<·>- bridge. Such lights shall be kept upon said bridge as the Light-House §;’“" “*°"“;;’°“““Y Board shall direct; and said bridge shall moreover be provided with P°”°°°’all proper safeguards for the security of person and property. The Bight of way fur United States shall also have the right to construct, without charge
- £°8"°31?h °’ *°‘°‘ therefor, telegraph or telephone lines across said bridge.
P °°° '"°°‘ Sec. 5. That Congress may at any time alter, amend, or repeal this act. Received by the President June 11, 1884. [N om mr rim Dmrnrunur or Sum.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United _ Staws for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] Juno 24, 1884. CHAP. 119.-An act to authorin the Oregon Pacino Railroad Companyto construct —-———-——————- one or more bridges across the Willamette River, in the Stated Omgon, and to establish them as post-roads. Ba it onacwd by the Senate and House of Reprem•tst£am of the United
acme: Siam cj America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the
gw O1:**¤¤°**° Oregon Pacific Railroad Company, a corporation created and existing V"' "‘°°‘ under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Oregon. to build one or more bridges across the Willamette River, in said State, at such points, not exceeding two, between Salem and the head of the navigation of said Willamette River, as may be selected by the said railroad company, and to lay on or over said bridge or bridges railway tracks for the more perfect connection of the railway tracks they may hereafter _ build to the points to be selected for crossing the said river. C¤¤¤¤¤¤·=¤¤¤- Sec. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this act may, _ at the option of said railway company, be built as a drambridge, or 5*'°°*·‘;°; with unbroken or continuous spans: Provided, That if any such bridge Qui? ‘ " “ ° ‘" shall be made with unbroken and continuous s ans, the spans thereof over and above the channel or channels of sail? river shall not be less than two hundred leet in length in the clear, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river. The lowest part of the superstructure of said bridge shall be of such height above extreme highwater mark, as understood at the point of lomtion, as the Secreunry of War may prescribe, and the bridge shall he at right angles to and its
- 0- piers parallel with the current of the river : Provided, That if any
