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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 523, 524. 1891. 835 CHAP. 523.-An act authorizing the Lexington Pontoon Bridge Company to con- Much 3, 1g9g_ struct and maintain a pontoon bridge across the Missouri River, at the city of Lex- ·—;—— ington, in the State of Missouri. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be Lexingwu Pontoon lawful for the Lexington Pontoon Bridge Company, a corporation Egggg Mf,'§‘0p,,‘,'{’R'}{,§’, having authority from the State of Missouri, its successors and as- M L•¤i¤€¤>¤·M<>- signs, to build, construct, and maintain a pontoon wagon and foot bridge across the Missouri River at some convenient point in or near the corporate limits of the city of Lexington, in Lafayette County, in said State, and extending to the county of Ra , opposite thereto. Sec. 2. That said bridge shall be constructed, wit one suitable pontoon·draw of not less than five hundred feet in width, located Draw. over the main channel of said river, which said draw shall be opened pronéptly upon reasonable signal to allow the passage of boats: Pro- mm. vide , Tllrat said liridge shall not interfere with the place for landing smmnmn mam;. o steam oats at exington. Sec. 3. That said bridge shall be built and located under and sub- secmuzgs wuw ject to such regulations for the security of the navigation of said °”""°p *°°°‘ river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location showing, the entire riverfront of the city of Lexington, with its wharves and landings including the bridge’s proposed location, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and sha furnish such other information as may be required or a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said `Aplan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of ar the bridge shall not be commenc or built, and should an; change be made in the plan of said bridge during the pro ess o construction such changes shall be sulzgect to the approval of the Secretary of Wa1·: Provided, That the bri ge already uilt if mlm. made to conform to the requirements of this act and the said regu- mmm; mags. lbatipns of the Secretary of War may be accepted in lieu of a new r1 e. s SET!. 4. The said company or corporation shall maintain, at its mgmseu-. _ own e nse, from sunset till sunrise, such lights or other signals on said-bi·idge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe. Sec. 5. That the right is reserved in Congress to amend, alter, or A,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,; repeal this act at any time, without any cost or damage to the said United States. Approved, March 3, 1891. ` . .— am nd th charterof the k Creek ' .¤‘éE“’ Da.’t%.,r"a-};£..°*m*;’s, ° " “°° R“"“'°’ "°‘“*’“"’ E Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in ad ition mkmwkmuway to the owers and privileges heretofore conferred upon the Rock 0¤£v¤¤y-Dégg _ Creek Eailway Company of the District of Columbia by its act of rsiitiguxts engl}; incorporation as amended, the said company shall be, and it hereby C*’“““L‘““*C°mP°¤Y· is, authorized and empowered to buy, ease, hold, and operate, or otherwise to contract, respecting the railway in the State of Mary- land, now constructed or which may herea ter be constructed, by the Chevy Chase Land Company of Montgomery County, Maryland, and whic connects, or may connect, with the present line of said Rock Creek Railway Company, and to have respecting such connecting line the same powers and privileges as it now has or hereafter may have respecting its own lme of railroad not inconsistent with