The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-03
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed at the Second Session of the
F0rtieth Congress.
TPUBLIC-No. 721

PUBLIC-NO. ".
An Act authorizing the construction
of bridge across the Missouri
River upon the military reservation
at Fort LeaveaYorth, Kansas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress
assembled, That it shall be lawful
for the Kansas aud Missouri Bridge
Company, a corporation having au-
thority from the State of Kansas, to
build a railrod, transit, and wagon
bridge across the Missouri River upon
or near the military reservation of
Fort Leavenworth, and that when
constructed all trains Of all roads ter
minating at the Missouri River at or
near the location of said bridge. shall
be allowed to cross said bridge for a
reasonable compensation tc be paid
to the owners thereof. And in case
of auy litigation arising from any OBJ
struction or ALLEGED obstruction to the
free NAVIGATION of said river, the
cause may be tried before the District
Court of the United States of any
State in which any portion of said
obstruction or bridge touches.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted,
That any bridge built under the pro
visions of this act shall not be in any
case of less elevation than fiftv feet
above extreme high water mark, as
understood at the point of location,
to the bottom chord of the bridge !;
nor shall the spans be of less than
two hundred and fifty feet in length
in the clear, and the piers of said
bridge shall be parallel with the
current of The river, and the main
span shall be over the mair channel
of the river, at low water. ~
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted
That for the use OF railroads leading
to said bridge from either side of tho
river, there is hereby granted a right
of way through said, Fort Leaven-
worth military reservation not ex-
ceeding for all of said roads three
hundred fest in width: Provided,
THAT said roads co not in any way
interfere with the public buildings on
said military reservation.
SEC. +. Aud be it further enacted,
That the Kansas and Missouri bridge
be, and the same is hereby, esta blIsh-
ed as a post road, and thai, said bridge
company shall have the right to take
from said reservation, at such places
as shall he designated by the Secre-
tary OF War, all stone, timber, and
earth Necessary TO usein the construc-
ton of said bridge.
SEC. 5. And te it further enacted,
That the right to alter or amend this
act, so as to prevent or remove all
material Instructions to the naviga-
tion of said river by the construction
of bridges, is hereby expressly re
served. 9
SEC. 6. Aud be it further enacted,
That it shall be lawful for the Saint
Joseph and Denver City Railroad
Company, a corporation created by
the laws Of the State of Kansas. to
build bridge over and across the
Missouri River at Saint Joseph, Mis-
souri,; aud all the rights and privi-
leges conferred by sections 1, 2, 4,
and 5 of this act are hereby extend
ed, so far as they are applicable, to
the Saint Joseph and Denver City
Railroad Company, and the restric-
tions, limitations, and conditions con-
tanned in said sections are hereby
made applicable to said company.
Approved July 20, 1868.