Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-04-11

piers of said bridge shall he parallel with
| the current 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 provided also That IF
| a bridge shall be built under this act ne a
| drawbridge, the same shall be constructed
as pivot drawbridge, with draw over
| the main channel of the river at an ac-
cessible and navigable 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
| measuring to the bottom chord of the
bridge, and the piers of said bridge shall
be parallel with the current of the river;
| ARd prOUided also, That said draw shall
be opened promptly, upon reasonable sig
nal, for the passage of boats whose CON
structiOn shall not be such as to admit of
their passage under the permanent spans
of said bridge, except when trains are
passing over the same, but in no case shall
unnecessary delay occur in opening the
said draw during or after the passage of
trains: Ind provided further, That the
corporation building said bridge NAV. If
not unauthorized by the provisions of its
charter of incorporation, enter upon the
banks of the said river, either above or be-
low the point of the location of said
bridge, for distance of seven miles. and
erect and maintain break-Waters or use
such other means as may be necessary TO
make channel for said river and conf1ne
the flow of the water to a permanent
channel, and to do whatever NAV be nec-
essary to accomplish said object, but shall
not impede or Obstruct the navfgations of
the said river and all plans for such works
or erection upon the banks of the river
shall first be submitted to the Secretary of
War for his approval.
SEC. 8. That any bridge built under this
act, and according to its limitations. shall
be q lawful structure, and shall be reco0-
niZed and known as q pOSt-route un6n
which, also, no higher charge shall he
made for the transmission over the Same
of the mails, the troops, and the munitions
of war of the United States than fhe rafo
per mile paid for their transportation over
the railroads or public highways leading
to the said bridge.
SEC. 4. That III any case of litigation
arising from any obstruction, or alleged
obstruction, to the free navigation of the
Missouri river, at or near the crossing of
said bridge, and caused or alleged to be
caused thereby, the cause shall be conn
menced and tried in the district courts of
either judicial districts of Missouri or
Kansas in which said bridge or any por
ton of such obstruction touches and the
right to alter or amend this act SO as tn
prevent or remove all material Obstruc-
tons to the navigation of said river nv
the construction of said bridge is hereby
expressly reserved, and all such altera-
tons, when required by law, shall be
made at the expense of said bridge COM
pany and the plan on which such bridge
is intended to be built, and shall be built.
shall be first submitted to and approved
by the Secretary of War.
Sec. 5. That the Saint joseph Bridge
Building Company, after the passage of
this act, shall not have the right to assign
the charter which said company nov
holds by assignment from the Saint JOS
eph and Denver City Railroad Company,
and which was granted to said last-named
company by virtue of an act of Congress,
approved July fourteenth, eighteen hun
dred and seventy, to any other company.
person, or persons; nor shall said bridge
company be permitted under the said
charter so obtained as aforesaid. from the
Saint Joseph and Denver City Railroad
Company, to construct any other bridge
than the one now being constructed at
Saint Joseph, Missouri.
Approved, March ), 1872
GENERAL NATURE-No. 1911
AN ACT to provide for the admission of
paintings, statuary, photographs for ex-
hibition free of duty.
Be it enacted 6y the Senate and House
Of Representatives of the United States of
Anleric0 IN Congress assembled, That all
paintings statuary, and Photographic pic
lures imported into the United States for
exhibition by any association duly author
lied under the laws of the United States
or any State for the promotion and en-
couragement OF science, art or industry,
and not intended for sale, shall be admit
ted free of duty, under such rules and reg
ulatiOns as the Secretary of the Treasury
shall prescribe: Provided, That bonds
shall be given for the payment to the
United States of such duties as are now
imposed by law upon any and all such ar
tlcles as shall not be re-exported within
six months after such importation.
Approved, March 5, 1872.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 20.
AN ACT transferring certain powers aud
duties to the Department of Justice, and
providing seal therefor.
Be it enacted By the Senate and House of
Representatives. Of the United States of
America IN Congress assembled, That all
and singular the powers conferred and du-
ties enjOined by existing laws upon the
Secretary of the Interior relating to the
Imprisonment or discharge of convicted
offenders against the laws of the United
States, or to the reform school and TAIL I'm
the District of Columbia, be, and the same
are hereby, transferred to the Department
IF Justice.
SEC. 2. That the seal heretofore provid-
ed for the office of the Attorney General
snail be the seal of the Department of JUS
ice. q WIN such change in the device as