The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-08-23
Approved, May %, 1871.
GENERAL NArURE-No. ST.

lGENERAL NATURE-No. 67.l
seraAN AcR to authorize the construction Of,
bridge, and to establish the same as post
road.
BE II enacted BY the Senate aud Home o
Representatives cf he United States Of Amer
icH IL Congress GsembieiI,
That Il shall be lawful for any person O
persons. company or corporation, having nj,
ibnrfty from ibe States Of Iowa and Tlifn6is 4
build 9 bridge acrOss the Mississippi river al
Fort Madison, Iowa, and 10 lay ON or over
sail bridge railway tracks, for the more per.
fAt connection Of any railroads tnat are OF
shall be constructed TO the said river at ar on,
p0site said point undef tz,B limitations ami
.eoadiiions hereinafter bssvided: thasr saItl
bridge Ahall nahinterlefe with the rgSnavl.
gIaj0h "a sid risfr beyond what Is snes Ssary
In ordertas carry into effect the rights ana
privileges hereby erapieG nnd In cIse:ngany
leRd Obstruction t9sthe ffee nayfgalith al
san river, The eAnse mar be triel fefaFc llle
district court cftiie Upi.ed S,ates or any State
inwhich aty nertious VI FHii obstruction or
bridge tulsjlIeS.s.. La ~
skr :. That any bridge built under tliiepro
visions 81 this al may, al the optipn az the
company bhihling the Sanits be builf eltlSer as
q fiy,t dpaw-bfitgc.. willlsa tdvot..nr 5ther
form Of draw. or.wltll unlwUken or continuous
spans: Provided Thai Il The mid bsltlrr
shall be male with unbrokep and conttsan.Is
spams. u shall nj be 0f ielst ovation Many
case than ffty fset above higi+wa.er marx.
rs understood atthc pinEbf location, to the
bottom chord % the brfine, NOR shall Inc
spans Of said bridge be less than two hundred
and fity IN leng.h; and the piers of said
bridge shall bepara lei with The cuEreit II
The river, aid the main span shall be over tbs
main channel II the river, and not lees than
three hundred feet IN length: And provided
also, That II any tridge built under this act
shall be CONSTRUCTED as a pivot dFawsbridge,
1he same ehall be iuOnslrTAcied with 4 draw
over the nAln chaHnel Of the rtver at an AZ
.cesdble and natigsb poiut, and with spans
ofnet less thatDne hundred and sixty feet ir'
length IN The ei.aY on each side of sle GEN..
iralp or pivqt pier Of the draw, and the next
Stidning spansto The draw shall not sbe less
Than Two handeed a0dLt LtIfty feet, iflhe prdler
location Of the draw oyer the dhannel vii ad.
nitelans Of this width between 1t And Ahe
shore. aud said spans shall nGg be less t1haa
thirty teet ab0ye low-wzter mark and not less
Than teD feet above extreme higliwater mark,
measuriDg to tie bottom chord oille bridge
and 4he piers of said bFsige shail be parallel |
with the6uErent 0fthe river where said bridge !
may be -ereUted: And provided also, That |
said draw shal be opened promptly, II,on
reasonable sEnat, for the passage ofboats, |
and IN no gsRse fhAll HnntcesmYy delay occur |
in0pening the sald draw during or .aifer the
passage OfIralnA
SIC. s. That any bridge ccnssructeI under |
this at, ayd according To its Limitations, shall
llfA lawftll stfHcthreg aud shall be known and I
recogbtzcd asa p0st-rDate, upoB whlch, also, /
ndhigher charge shall be made for the trans
lnlssi0n over the same 0fthefnaIls, th3 troops, 7
and the munitions Of war OF lhe Tinted Staies 4
than the rate per mile paid EdF their Irahsp0F-
taston.Oyer the railroads or4ublic highways
legdiIig the said bTilge;. 1ud the United
States shall haze The right oEway f0r postal
teIegraeh purposes across sall bridge.
SEC =. Thalali railway cosApanEss dcdTing
TO flse the sald bridge shall have aud be enti-
tied to eqaal Eighis and privileges In the pas
sage Ofthe same and In the use Of the machin-
cry and axtuTes thereof and Of all the ap.
breaches thereto, under aud upon sllch terms
andcOndiiiOnsas as shat be prescribed lly the
Secretary Of War, upon hearing the allega-
lions and proofs Of the parties In case they
shall not agree.
SIC. 5. That the slrutaFe herein author
lied shall be builI and locsed under and sub
lectto such regulations or the stvuritv Of
navigation Of said river as the Ge;relHFy OIL o
War shall prescribe; anil 10 SEIZURE that ofse,G
the yal4 person Or Fersonss q mpany or cor.
p0IS lion, shaIi suhEnit 10 tie Secretary ofWarJ
FOR llla elEAminatios apd approval, d design !;
end drawings of The brligsyand piers, and 4 .
,)naI fhe lpation.s gifin forthe space Of at 7
lea4 one Hile below the proposed location, 81
ne fplus sraphy Of The hanEs 0f the river, tho q
lh0re iines at high and low water, the dIre,.i q
ncn sod strength 0Ethe- cnrFen,s at all stages d
and Ihe eouwfugs accurately showing the bed II
~ lle stream, tie location of any oiherb bridge
of briggs. And shaii fnFRieh .6uch otberii- D
loIIaatiqn - may b required for full and Al
M ilsiii0Fy nnefsaBding 0f sIis sahje1t and u
linstk The eatl plan and i0saiion Of the bridge q
pre- apHpFed by the Secretary Of War, IKE b,
l,sifige eAall not b. ,bnilt; aud II any charge fl
lH made IN The plan Of construction Of aaid
hrilge duElts che prpgFess Of he work there.
0n, On bcf5fe the nonpletion OF said bridge.
li,ch change shall Be sufjez 70 the approval
y The eesFefaTy Of Wars and the mii strn,.
Iare shall be NJ all times 90 kept ansllaanaeed
IS 70 0iseF reasonable aDd pr1per means Tor i.
lte pasSaEeoK yesaels through OF nasieF sid =
Isrth3sHre and The saii structure shall be
lhansei 4 kbe cc@ and expense Of the own
~ fleEefG nom dine % time. a. Congress
nay diftg, a0ae TO preserve The free and
Aslvenseas lsEisaki0l ii sai,l river. And the oI
HihDsily % efRa and coDilnne eald bridge 1
nah Be snt Ast 10 FeF0eatIon Of mobilization
q NV Hhe1slsf the pHb b go0l shall, ia The
lflgnaenf OF Congress, 10 require, without Ol
~ s1uehee Of change to TIE Dnised States. 8