The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1867-03-07
IoFFTcIAL.I
LAWS on THE UNITED STATES,
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Passed at the Fyrst Session Of the Thirty Ninth
Congress. f4aol at
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Representatives. the United States of Amer
ca, In Congress assembied,i That the commits
sioner of public buildings be, and he hereby is
authorized and directed, in such manner as nc
may deem most proper, to cause East Caplto
Street to be graded from Third Street east tc
Eleventh Street east, and to cause the square al
the intersection Of said street with MassaGnu'
betts, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Ken
lucky avenues, between Eleventh and Thlr-
teenth streets east, to be enclosed Win wood
en- fence, and the same shall be known as
Lincoln Square. And the sum OF biteen
thousand dollars are hereby appropriated out
bf any money In the treasury not otherwise
appropriated, TO enable the said improvement
Approved July p, 1865, ..,
CHAP. CCXLvI.--An Act TO authorize the
Construction Of certain Bridges, and to es-
tablish them as Post Roads. ,a,
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States OF Ameri-
ca in Congress assembled, That it shall be
lawful for any person or persons, company or
corporation, having authority from the states
of Illinois and Missouri for such purpose, to
build bridge across the Mississippi River at
Quincy, Illinois, and to lay on and over said
bridge railway tracks, for the more perfect
connection of any railroads that are or shall be
point, and that when constructed all trains of
all roads Terminating at said river, at or oppo-,
site said point. shall be allowed to cross said
bridge for reasonable compensation, to be made
to the owners Of said bridge, under the limita-
tons and conditions hereinafter provided.
And, in case of'any litigation arising from any
lobstrucfion or alleged obstruction to thefre
navigation or said river, the causemay be tried
before the district court OF the United States Of
any State u which any portion Of said obstruc-
Sec. 2. And be 1t further enacted, That any
bridge built under the provisions Of this act
may, ut the option Of the company building the
same, :be built as drawbridge, with pivot
ether form q draw GF VIII ,a9 a. GF
bridge Shall be made with unbroken and eon-
tinuOus spans, it shall not be of less elevation
in any case than fifty feet above extreme high
water mark,, as understood at the point OF
location, to the bottom chord Of the bridge, nor
shall the spans OF said bridge be less than two
hundred and fifty feetin length, and the piers
of said bridge shall be parallel with the cur
rent Of the river, and the main span shall be
over the main channel of the river and not less
than three hundred feet in length: And pro-
vided also, That If any bridge built under this
act shall be constructed as a draw bridge, the
same shall be constructed as pivot draw
bridge with o draw over the main channel of
the river at an accessible and nayigabie point,
and with spans of not less than one hundred
and sixty feet in length in the clear on each,
side of the central or pivot pier Of the draw,
and the next adjoining spans to the draw shall
not be less than two hundred and fifty feet; and
said spans shall not be less than thirty feet
above low-water mark, and not less than ten
above extreme high-water mark, measuring to
the bottom chord of the bridge, and the piers
Of said bridge shah be parallel with the cur
rent of the river And provided also, Thatsaid
draw shall Pc opened psp%Rty upon
striction shall not be such as to admit Of their
passage aunder the permanent spans of said
bridge, except when trains are passing over
the same; but I'M no case shall unnecessary de-
lay occur in opening the said draw during or
after,tlle passage of trains. e,..e gaaTN hagt
Sec. g. And be it further enacted, That any
bridge constructed. under this act, and accord
ing to its Limitations, shall be lawful struct-
ure, and shall be recognized and known as
shall be made for the transmission over the
same of the mails, the troops, and the muni-
lions ofWar Of the United States, than the rate
per mile paid for their transp0rtat over the
RAILROADS or public hsghways leading to the
: SEED GAnd be it further enacted, That IT
shall be lawful for the Chicago, Burlington,
and Quincy Railroad Company, a corporation |
whose road has been completed to the Missis- |
sippi, River, and connects with railroad on |
the opposite side thereof, having first obtained |
authority therefor from the States Of Illinois
and Iowa, to construct a railroad bridge across |
said river, upon the same terms, in the same /
manner, under the same restrictions; and with
hi relation to the bridge at Quincy, Illinois.
3 Sec.5. And be it further enacted, That Q
bridge may be Constructed at the town of
In the State Of Missouri, across the
Mississippi River, so as connect the Hannibal |
and Saint Joseph Railroad with the Pike Coun-
ty and Great Western railroads.&c. illinois, on
the same terms and subject to the same restric-
tons as contained in this act for the construc-
don Of the bridge at Quincy, Illinais.T cir
?, Sec. 6. And be 1t; further enacted, That n
bridge may be constructed across the Missis-
sippf River between Prairie du Chen. in the |
State of Wisconsin, and North McGFegor, in |
the State of Iowa, with the consent of the
legislatures of wisconsin and Iowa, on the
as are contained in this act for the construction
OF the bridge at Quincy, Illinois. l-i'-A - = |
, SEC. q. And be it further enacted, That, the |
Keokpk and Hamilton Mississippi Bridge
laws Of the State of Iowa. and the Hancock
County Bridge Company, q corporation exist
idg under tile laws of the State of II inois, be
and ara hereby authorized to construct and /
maintain a<bridge over the Mississippi River /
between Keokuk, Iowa, ard Hamilton, Illinois,
Of the same character, description, and con- /
struction as providedin this act for the bridges |
1t Quincy and Burlington, and the said bridge,
in its use and operation, shall be subject to the
same restrictions that apply 70 SAID bridges at
Q9incy and Burlington ey the terms Of o this
: SEC. 8. And be it firther enacted, That the
Winona, and Saint Peter Railroad Company,.a |
existing Under the laws Of the /
State of Minnesota, is hereby authorized, to \
construct and operate railroad bridge across |
The Mississippi River between the city of l.
Winona, in the State OF Minnesota, 9and the /
opposite bank Of the said river, in the State of /
Wisconsin, with the consent Of the legislatures 1
If the States of Minnesota and WISCONSIN; and |
.aid bridge by this section authorized is here /
~ decIareda post route, and subject to all the i
erms, restrictions, and requirements contained I