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FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 407, 408. 1889. 903 ` such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretar of Am ”° ¤*“'*€“i°¤· War; and the said bridge shall be constructed with such aidl; to the passage of said bridge, in the form of booms, dikes, piers, or other suitable and (proper structures for confining the flow of water to a germanent an easily navigated channel, for a distance of not less t an one mile above the bridge location, and for the guiding of rafts, steam-boats. and other water-craft safely through the draw and raft spans, as the Secretary of War shall from time to time prescribe and order to be constructed and maintained at the expense of the company owning said bridge; and the said structure shall be at all times so kept and managed as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels through or under said structure; and for the safe? of vessels passing at night there shall be dis layed on said Hemi bridge, rom the hours of sunset to sunrise, such lights as ma be pgescribed by the Light House Board; and the said structure sliall changed or removed at the cost and expense of the owners thereof Ghmswfrom time to time as Congress or the Secretary of War may direct, so as to preserve the free and convenient navigation of said river; and the authority to erect and continue said bridge shall be subject to revocation and modification by law, when the public good shall, in the judgment of Congress or the Secretary of) War so require, without anly expense or charge to the United States. Sec. 6. hat if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized c$;¤¤;;¤;$1°¤m°¤*¤¤d shall not be commenced within two years from the passage of this ‘ P ' act, and be completed in four years from the same date, the rights and privileges here y granted shall cease and be determined. ‘ Sec. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby Am°¤d¤°“”·°*°· expressly reserved. ` Approved, March 2, 1889. CHAP. 408.-pAu act to amend an act entitled “An act to authorize the construe- March 2. 1889. tion- of a bridge over the Missouri River at the most accessible point between the """""‘"` mouth of the Femme Osage Creek and a point two miles above the city of Saint Charles, in the County of Saint Charles, in the State of Missouri? Be it enacted by the Senate and H0·z¢se 0{ Representatives of the United States of Ame·rica in Congress assem led, That an act entitled m1§¤·ig1¤eS<p;e¤;g{;;¤$lg;•;¤Si "An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri ;;§_“°° "` ` River at the most accessible point between the mouth of the Femme w};gQg;{*j{wg;Q_,_°°"‘ Osage Creek and a point two miles above the city of Saint Clmrles. vc1.24. nm. in the county of Saint Charles, in the State of Missouri." approved · May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty six, be, and t ie same is hereby, amended as follows. namely: Strike out the first section of said act and insert in lieu thereof the following: _ _ _ " That the Cleveland, Saint Lotus and Kansas_C1ty Railway Com- uS_E;:l{g(g:éS“g{p; pall , 5 C()l'p|)I‘3»l`:l()ll ()I'gB•l1lZ€d U.Hd€I` t11G IHJVS of ·il'1€ of MlvSSOllI'l Railway Uoiupu nig (endl being the successor and assignee of the Saint Louis and kansas {{*§*ge§"*;f*g“a,·"‘;;}‘{j{ City Short-Line Railway Company), and its assigns and successors, Ch¤rles.11¤· is hereby authorized to construct and maintain a bridge across the Missouri River at such point as maybe hereafter selected by said corporation between the city of Saint Charles and the mouth of the Missouri River, in the county of Saint Charles, in the State of Mis- . souri, as shall best promote the public convenience and welfare and the necessities of business and commerce, and also to construct accessor r works to secure the best practicable channel-way for navigation anal confine the iiow of the water to a permanent c annel at such ioint. and to lay on and over said bridge one or more railroad tracks _ _ for the more perfect connection of any railroads that are or shall be R¤·'*¤Y °¤d€°· constructed to said river at or opposite said point. ’