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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 169, 170. 1890. 75 stream: Provided, also, that the Said draw, or draws, shall be opened Pr<>v¤=<>¤· pgomdptly upon reasonable signal, for the passage of boats, and said opening dum ar of county commissioners of said Hennepin County shall maintain at the expense of said Hennepin County such lights or other sig- Li2hts,etc. nals thereon as the light-House Board may prescribe, and said Hennepin County shall provide at its own expense such sheer-booms, Amsmnmgauou. guide-piers, or other device as may be at any time deemed necessary by the Secretary of War to facilitate the Safe passa e of boats or other water craft through the spans of said bridge. §o bridge shall be erected or maintained under authority of this act which shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of Fwenevieallcn. said river; and if any bridge erected under such authority shall in the opinion of the Secretary of Wa1·, obstruct said navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge to be _Changes or alummade as will eifectually obviate such obstructions, at the expense of "°"’ ‘“*"'*"€°*- said county of Hennelpin, and in case of any litigation arising from Litigation. any obstruction, or al eged obstruction, to the free navigation of said river caused, or alleged, to be caused by said bridges, or either, the case may be brought in the circuit court of the United States of the district in which said obstruction or bridges are located; Provided further, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to repeal or._ No repeal or existmodify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the mg 1““" protection of the navigation of rivers, or to exempt any bridge or ridges constructed by virtue thereof from the operation of the same. - Sec. 4. That any bridge or bridges authorized to be constructed Secrmryor Warm under this act shall be built and located under and subject to such “””°v° °°"""°°°‘ regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secre- i tary of War shall prescribe, and to secure that object the said board of county commissioners of said Hennepin County shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, designs and drawings of the proposed bridges and a map of the location, giving for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed locations 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 surrounding? accurately s owin the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridfges, and shall igirnish such other information as may be required fora ull and satis factory understanding of the subject; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge or bridges such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of 'ar. Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby A¤*°¤<i¤¤•¤¤¤·•>¤=· expressly reserved, and the right to require any changes in suc structure or structures, or the entire removal thereof, at the expense of the owners, whenever Congress shall decide that the public interest requires it, is also express y reserved. Sec. 6. That this act s all be null and void if actual construction m<;>¤e$¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤d of the bridges herein authorized be not commenced within one year, P °°¢ and completed within three years from the date thereof Approved, April 28, 1890. CHAP. 1'l0.—An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Red April 28, 1890. River of the North."""_"°_’"` Be ttenacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the assent of G¤·<><>¤<¤¤¤_;¤.1P;[¤¤t§`¤n¢?‘ Con ess is hereby given to the Crookston, Fort Stevenson and Mon- {§E?,d°‘° (jgggpny tanagllailroad Company, a corporation existing under the laws of g}*’·{h‘;’*1$gfthR?f, 1,0**1; the State of Minnesota, and to its successors and assigns, to construct couucmmm. and maintain a pivot draw-bridge, and approaches thereto, across the Red River of the North, between the State of Minnesota and the State of North Dakota, at such point on said river, on the boundary