Nebraska advertiser., 1867-02-14
lOFFICIAL.1
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed at the First Session Of the Thirty
Ninth Congress
Public No. 246.

Public No. 246.
An Act to authorize the construction Of certain
Bridges, AMI to establish them as Post Roads.
(Conti6uei)
Railroad Company, q corporation whose road has
been completee to fhe Mississippi River, and con-
meets With a railroad on the opposite side thereof
having FIRST obtained authority therefor from the
State Of Illinois and Iowa, to construct a railroaa
bridge acrOss said riv T, upon the said terms, ia
the same manner, under The came restrictions, and
with the same privileges, as is provided for in this
act in relation 70 the bridge at Quincy, Illinois.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That a bridge
may be constructed at the town Of Hannibal in the
State Of Ais.orri, across the Mississippi River, 80
as to connect the Hannibal and Saint Joseph Rail
road with the Pike County and Great Weatern
railroads Of Illinois, on the same terms and subject
TO the same restrictions as contained IN this aet
foh the construction Of the bridge at Quincy illinois
Sec. g. And be il further enacted, That a bridge
may be constructed across tho Mississippi River be-
tween Prairie du Chen, in the State Of Wisconsin,
and North McGregor, in the State of Iowa, with
the consent Of the legislature Of Wisconsin and
Iowa, on the same terms and subject to the same
distractions as are contained IN this act for the
construction Of the bridge at Quincy Illinois.
Sec. Z. And be il further entoted, That the Ke-
okuk ard Hamilton Mississippi Bridge Company
= corp oration existing under the laws Of tho State
Of lows. and the Hancock County Bridge Company,
q corporation existing under the laws Of the State
OF Allnol6s DC anu Alt AtIcAy aHbaotAA0u W CVu-
struet and maintain a bridge over the Mississippi
River betWWR Keokuk, Iowa, and Hamilton, Iii
nois, Of the same character, description, and con-
~struction as provided in this act foI the bridges
1T Quincy and Burlington and The said bridge, in
its use and operation, shall be subject to the same
reeauetiops that apply to said bridges at Quincy
asd Burlington by the terms Of this act.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the
VIVA and Saint Peter Railroad Company, a c0r-
p%orStion existing under the laws OF the State Of
Minnesota, is hereby authorized TO construct and
onerate a railroad bridge across the Mississippi
Rrver between the city OF WinOna, in the State Of
Minnesota. and the opposite bank Of the said river,
\, the State of Wisconsin, with the consent Of the
h gislaturoc Of the States of Minnesota ana Wis
eongin and spid bridge by this section authorized
Is hereby decla rcd a post route, and subject to all
the terms, restrictions, and requlrem e0hlaihe0 Inc
in the foregoing sections Of this act.
Sec. q And be il further enacted, That a bridge
NAV is constructed and masntaired across the
MiFsis ippi River, betwes Dunlsith, IN the state OF
iii nois, and Dubuque, in the State OF Iowa, with
the consent Of said State previously given or here
after ACQUIRED, with the same privileges, upon the
same terms. and under the same restrictions IS are
continu ed in this s0tfor the construction Ola bridge
at Quincy, Illinois.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That any
company authorized by She legislature OF Missouri
may construct a bridge across the Missouri River,
at the city Of Kansss, upon the saU5 terms and
conditions provided for in this act.
Sea. IL. And be il further enacted, That the
"Saiut Louis and IniEais Bridge Company, a cor
poratiua organized under an act Of TIE general as
sembly Of the = tate Of Missouri, approved Feorua-
~, fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-fOur, and an
act amendato,y Of the same, approved February
tweutio u. Ggntecl hundred aud siXty-fEe, and
also confirmed IN is corporation powers under an
act Of the legislature Of the State of Illinois, ap-
proved eighteen bundled and sixty-four, or any
9th er bridge company organized under the laws Of
nfss-,,-s n-H TH5rofus he orI fho q mn il hprphV-
empowered 90 erect, zailtaiD, and operate a bridge
across the Mississippi River, between the city of
Sa int Louis, in the STATE Of Missouri, and the city
Of East Saint Louis, in tho State of Illinois, sub
joct to all The condit iors c~ontaired In said set of
incorporation ard amendments thereto, and not in
consistent with the following terms and provisions
contained in this act. And IN cage eff eny litigation
arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction
to the free navigation Of said waters, the cause
may be tried before the direct eourt sf the United
States Of any State in which any partbsn Of said
obstruction or bridge touches.
Sec. Y. Aud Be II Agstkcf s1aet1d, Thnt the
bridge au.h5slIed by The proceeding section p b3.
bRiit shall uCt bRa D1Fe1Fcn trtEe. w arAF
hHiEh VITA oto NaN nrt eafh
efn fpant
loRest tart Oftpe bridge OF Dottomf 81 -
be less than ffty feet above the city directrix at
its gratest span. Second, that IL shall have at
least one span Eve hundred feet in the clear, OF
two spans Of three hundred ana nIty Ieet IN tne
clear Of abutments. II the two latter spans be
asel. the one ever the main ami channel
shall be City feet above the city directrix, meas
ured to the lowest part Of the bridge at the center
Of the span. Third, no sPsn over the water at
lCw-Wate mark, shall be less than two hundred
feet in the clear of abutments.
Sec. -. And be it further enacted. That the
right to alter or amend this act, so as to prevent
OF remove all material obstructions TO the nsTiga-
ton Of said river by the construction Of bridges,
is hereby expressly reserved.
Approved, J1ly rs, 1866.