New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-06

| carry into effect the rights and privileges
| hereby granted and in case OF any itiga-
| ton arising from any obstruction, or al
| legged 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;
provided, that said bridge shall not
| be so located or constructed as to
| interfere in any manner with the approach
| es to the railroad bridge now erected at
| Clinton, or with the piers of the same, or
! SO RS 10 oostruct in any manner the passage
OF SAID bridge by boats, vessels, or RATS, or
to render such passage moro difficult or
| dangerous: Provided, however, That this
clause shall not be construed to prohibit
| the crossing of the approaches to said
| bridge, if such crossing shall be found neces-
| sary.
Sec. 3, That any bridge built under tho
| provisions of this act may, at the option Of
| the company building the same, be built as
a draw bridge, with pivot or other form
! Of draw, or with unbrOken or continuous
| spans; provided, that if the said bridge shall
| be made with unbTOllen and continuous
| spans, it shall not be of less elevation, in
any case, than fifty feet above extreme
| high water mark, as understood at the
| point of location, to the bottom chord of
| the bridge; nor shall the spans of said
| bridge be less than two hundred and fifty
i feet in length, and the piers of said bridge
| shall be 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 any bridge
! built under this act shall be constructed as
a draw bridge, tho same shall be construct
| ed as a pivot draw bridge. with a draw
| over the main channel Of the river at an
| accessible and nayigable point, and with
| spans of not less than one hundred and
| sixty feet in length in the clear on each
side of the central OF pivot pier of the draw;
| and the next adjoining spans to the draw
| shall not be lees than two hundred and fifty
| feet and said spans shall net be less than
! thirty feet above lOW-water mark, and not
| less than ten feet above extreme high-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,
| where said bridge may be erected: And pro-
vided also, That said draw shall be opened
promptly, upen reasonable signal, for the
! passage of boats.
| SEC. 3, That any bridge constructed I'M
der this act, and according to its limita-
! tiOns, shall be lawful structure, and shall
| be known and recognized as pOstrOute,
| upon which, also, no higher charge shall be
| made for the transmission 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
! railroads public highways leading to the
| said bridge, and the United States shall
| have the right of way for postal telegraph
purposes across said bridge.
SEC. 4. THAT all railway companies de-
| string to use the said bridge shall have and
| be entitled to equal rights and privileges
! in the passage of the same, and in the use
| of the machinery and fixtures thereof and
! of all@the approaches thereto, under and
| upon such terms and conditions as shall be
| prescribed by the Secretary of War, upon
| hearing the allegations and proofs Of the
| parties in case they shall not agree.
SEC s. That the structure herein author
lied shall be built and located under and
subject TO such regulations for the security
of navigation OF said river as the Secretary
of War shall prescribe, and the said strUO-
ture shall be at all times 80 kept and man
aged as to offer reasonable and proper
| means for the passage of ves7els through or
under said structure; and the said struC-
ture shall be changed at the cost and
| expense of the owners thereof, from time to
time as Congress may direct so as to pre-
serve the free and convenient navigation Of
said river. And the authority to erect and
continue said bridge shall be subject to re-
vocation or modification by law whenever
the public good shall, in the Judgment of
Congress so require, without any expense
or charge to the United States.
/ SEC. 6. That the Muscatue Western Rail-
road Company, or their assigns a corpora
ton existing under the laws Of the State of
Iowa, be, and is hereby, authorized to con
struCt and maintain a bridge across the
Mississippi river at the city Of MusCatine,
III the State of Iowa. The bridge authorized
to be built by this section is hereby declared
to be a postrOutc and shall have all the
privileges, and is subject to all the terms,
restrictions and requirements contained in
the foregoing sections Of this act.
SEC. 7. That bridge may be constructed
| and maintained across the Mississippi river,
at any point they may select, between the
counties of Carroll and WhitCsides, in the
| State Of Illinois, and the counties of jackson
and Clinton, in the State Of Iowa, either by
| the Western Union Railroad Company or
! the SabUla, Ackley, and Dakota Railroad
! Company, or both of them, or by either or
| both of their successors or assigns, or by
! any person, company, or corporation hav-
| ing authority from the States Of Illinois
! and Iowa, The bridge authorized TO be
built by this section is hereby declared to
be post route, and has all the privileges,
| and is subject to all the terms, restrictions,
and requirements contained in the forego-
| ing sections of this act.
| SEC. 8. That bridge may be construct
ed and maintained across the Mississippi
! river, at any point they may select, between
the county Of La Crosse in the State of
Wisconsin, and the county of Houston in
the State of Minnesota, by the Milwaukee
and Saint Paul Railway Company, their
successors or assigns, or by any person,
company, or corporation having authority
from the States of Wisconsin and Minnes0-
ta The bridge authorized 20 be built by
this section is hereby declared to be "a post
route, and has all the privileges, and is sub.
ject to all the terms, restrictions, and re-
quirements contained in the foregoing sec
tiOEs Of this act.
SEC. 9. That the right to alter or amend
this act, so as to prevent or remove all ma
tcrial distractions to the navigation Of said
river by the construction of bridges, Is here
by expressly reserved.
SEC. 10. That this act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its passage,
without any expense or charge to the
United States.
Approved April |, 1872.
GENERAL NATURE-NO. 3.
An act authorizing the President Of the
United States to re-ostaDiish the Monroe
land district in the State Of Louisiana.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
OF Representatives Of the United States of