The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-08-18
ihe care oE Offenders, MOTTO exceed ia oil
two thousand eve hundred dollars a year.
Approved, July 1, 1870.
,TBuRItc-No 126. |

Approved July /, 1870.
IBUBIrc No. 1876.
AN AoT authorizing the construction o.
a bridge across the Arkansas river at
Little Rock, Arkansas.
Be Il enacted by tLo Seaats and Hous,
! of RepFesealatipcs Of tke United STATE q
| tlmeriea IL Congress assembled, That
! il shall DO lawful for the Citizens Bridge
Company, alcOrporatiOn having authority
from The State Of Arkansas, 10 build a
railroad, transit, and wagon bridge across
tho Arkansas river. ator near the city ol
Little Rock, in Arkansas, and that, whom
constructed, all trains Of llroads termina'
ting at the Arkansas river, at or near the
location Of said bridge, shall beallOwcd to
cross said bridge for q reasonable compen-
sation to be paid to the owners thereof
and in case Of any litigation arising from
any obstruction or alleged obstruction to
the free navigation Of said river, tho cause
may be tried before the district court ol
the United States Of any State in which
any portion Of said obstruction or bridge
touches.
SEC. .. And bet taNscr enacted, That
any bridge built under the provisions Of
this act may, at the optior Of tho company
building the same, bc built as draw
bridge, wi,ha pivot or other form Of q
draw. or with unbrokon and continuous
spans: Provided, That il the said bridge
shall be made with Hnbrokeu and continue
Gus spans, it shall not be in any case Of
less elevation than City feet above extreme
high.water mark, as understood ut tho
point OF location, to the bottom chord Of
tho bridge. Nor shall the spans be Of less
than two hundred and fifty feet in length
in the clear; aud tho piers Of said bridge
shall be parallel with the current Of said
river; and the main span shall be over the
main channel Of the river at low-water:-
And provided also, That if any bridge
built under this act shall DO constructed as
draw-bridgc, the samo shall bo construct
cd as a pivot draw-bridge, with draw
over the main channel Of the river at an
accessible and uayigable poiat, and with
spans Of not less than ono hundred and six
ty 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 bc less than two hundred and fifty
feet; and said spans shall not be less than
twenty feet above high water mark, meas.
ufing to tho bottom chord Of the bridge;
and the piers of said bridge shall be par
allel with the current Of the river: 4nd
propided also, That said draw shall be
snpcnsd nranPily apon TcAsVDali 6lesal;
for The passage of boats whose construction
shall not be such ss 70 admit of tleit pass
age under the permanent spans Of said
bridge, except when trains arc passing
over the same; but in no case shall unnec-
cssary delay occur in opening the said
draw during or after tho passage Of trains.
SEo. 8. 4ldsit further enacted, That
any bridge constructed under this act aad
according to It's limitations shall be law
full structure, and shall bc recognized aud
known as a post rouIc upon which also no
higher charge shall be made for tho trans
mission over the same Of the mails, the
troops, and the munitions Of war Of the
United States, than the rate per mile paid
for their transportation over the raiiroads
or public high ways leading to tie said
bridge: Ind provtded also, That said corr
poration may execute mortgage and is,
sue bonds payable, principal and interest,
10 gold or United States currency.
SIC. A. indie itfmtler eaectetE, That
tho United States shall have the right Of
way for postal telegraph purposes across
said bridge. 4
SEQ. s. And BE Il further enacted, That
the bridge company aforesaid shall submit
to the Secretary Of War, for his approval.
o plan with the necessary drawings Of their
bridge, conforming to the above require.
mcnts; and until the Secretary Of War ap-
prove the plan and location Of said bridge,
and notify the company Of the samei in wri-
ting, The bridge SHAH not bo built or COM
mcnced; and should any change be made
in the plan Of the bridge during the prog
ress of che work thereon, such cLaage
shall be subject likewise to the approval Of
the Secretary Of War.
SEC. 6. 1ndbea further eaaatel, That
Congress shall have power ct sny timc to
alter, amend, or repeal this act.
Approved, July !, 1870.