New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-27
Approved June 6, 1872.
GENERAL NAruRE-No. So

GENERAL NATURE-NO. 52.1
An act to amend an act entitled ''An act to
authorize the construction of a bridge
across the Missouri river at or near St.
Joseph, Missouri" approved March fifth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-twO
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
first section of the act entitled can act to
authorize the construction Of a bridge
across the Missouri river ut or near st..
Joseph, Missouri" approved March fifth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-twO, be and
the same is hereby amended so as to read
as follows: Section /. That it shall be law
full for the st. Joseph Bridge Building Com
pany, a corporation organized for that pur-
pose under the general corporation laws Of
the State of Missouri, OF its assigns, TO con-
struct a bridge across the Missouri river at
or near St. Joseph, Missouri, and tO lay on
and over said bridge railway tracks for tho
more perfect connection of any and al rail.
ways that are now, or which may hereafter
be, constructed to the Missouri river at or
near st. Joseph, or to the river on the Op-
posite side OF the same, near st. Joseph;
and build, erect, and lay on and over said
bridge ways for wagons, vehicles of all
kinds, and for the transit of animals, and
to provide ways for foot passengers, and to
keep up, uldiuldlH3 anu OICAub6 1HlA uAAAA0
for the purposes aforesaid; and that when
said bridge is constructed, all trains Of all
railroads terminating at said river, and on
the opposite side thereof, at or near St..
Joseph, Missouri, shall be allowed to cross
said bridge for reasonable compensation TO
be made to the owners of the same, under
the limitations and conditions hereinafter
named. The owners of said bridge may
also charge and receive reasonable cOmpen-
sation or tolls for the transit over the said
bridge Of all wagons, carriages, vehicles,
animals, and foot passengers
SEC. >. That the fifth section Of the act Of
which this is amendatOry be, and the same
is hereby, amended 50 as to read as fol-
lows: Section 5. That the st. Joseph
Bridge Building Company, after the pas
sage Of this act, shall not have the right to
assign the charter which said company
now holds by assignment from the st.
Joseph and Denver City Railroad Com
pany, and which was granted to said last
named company by virtue Of an act
of Congress, approved July fourteenth,
eighteen hundred and seventy, to any other
company, person. or persOnsi nor shall
said bridge building company be permitted,
under the said charter so obtained as afOre-
said. from the st. Joseph and Denver City
Railroad Company to construct any other
bridge than the one now being constructed
at H. Joseph, Missouri provided, how
ever. that nothing in this section contained
shall prevent the said bridge building com
PAW from mortgaging said charter and
franchises held by it by assignment from
the said railroad company, with the bridge
constructed or 10 be constructed thereun-
der, in the manner and for the purposes in
and for which the said bridge building
company is or may be authorized by or I'M
der the laws of the State Of Missouri to
mortgage its property.
Approved May /, 1872.