60 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Gus. 351, 352. 1886. establish :1. pontoon railway bridge across the Mississippi River at Prairie du Ohien, and to authorize the construction of a similar bridge at or near Clinton, Iowa", approved J una sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, so ilu- as they may bcnpplicable thereto. _ Dmw. S20. 2. That said bridge shall be so constructed with a suitable poutoon dmw of not less than four hundred feet in length, located over the p,,,,,;,,,_ main channel of the river: 1’rovided, 'lllmt said bridge shall not be Subject no ap. built or commsnccd until the pluu and speciticatious tbr its c0nstruc· P¤‘°"**1 °f SW"- tion have been submitted to the S€(,'I‘0lZD.l'y of War for his approval, nor tf °Qv“' ‘“‘ *° until he shall approve the plan and location of said bridge; and if any P m' °' change be made in the plan of construction of said bridge at any time, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and any change in the construction or any alteration of said bridge that may be directed at any time by Congress or the Secretary of War shall be made at the cost and cxpeusc of the owners thereof. nu., Sec. 3. That if said bridge is constructed as u. wagon bridge, the said company may charge such reasonable rates of toll for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds and for the transit of animals and footpassengers as may trom time to time be approved by the Secretary of ar. S20. 4. That Congress may at any time alter, amend, or repeal this ‘ uct. Approved, May 17, 1886. my 17, 1886 _CHAP. 352.-An not to authorize the construction of a_ bridge over tho Missouri ...iY.. River at the most accessible point between the mouth of the Femme Os: Creek and a point two miles above the city of Saint Charles, in the county of Saint glgarlcs in the State of ’ Ba it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United s¤l¤sLoui•K.m· State: of America in Congress assembled, That the Saint Louis Kansas
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an t h (Qi Z of tz laws of the State of Missouri, and its assigns or successors, be, and they bridge ummaou- are hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a. bridge, and apriBiver,ncarS¤iut proachcs thereto, over the Missouri River at the most accessible point Ch"'I°"» M°· between the mouth of the Femme Osage Creek uml a point two miles above the city of Saint Charles, in the county of Saint Charles, in the Passage of rail- State of Missouri. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the W¤¥°:¤¤¤¤» ¤'¤&· passage of railway trains,_aud at the option of the corporation or com~ °"* °‘ pany by which it may be built, may be used for the passage of wagons and, vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot- Tolls. passengers, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be approved lrom time to time by the Secretary of War. T., be ,, 1,,,,;,,; Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act and sulqiect to its limitastructure nudposs tions shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as ¤>¤*°- F a pos:-route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, or for passengers and freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over tho " railroad or public highways leading to the said bridge- and it shall gnjoy the rights and privileges of the other post-roads in the United · ates. gl,,,, Sm:. 3. That if said bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans, the spans thereof shall not be less than three hundred feet 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 at least nity feet above 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 Prouiaoa. That if the same shall be constructed as a draw-bridge, the draw or pivot Dm'- shall be over the main channcl of the river at an accessible point, and
