New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-03-15

showing the bed of the stream, the location
of any other bridge or bridges. and shall
furnish such other information as may be
required for full and satisfactory under
standing of the subject by the Secretary of
War; and if the Secretary of War is salts
fed that the provisions of the law have been
complied with in regard to location, the
building of the piers may be at once COM
menced; but if it shall appear that the con.
ditions prescribed by this act can not be
complied with at the location where it ia
desired to construct the bridge, the Secre
tary of War shall, after considering any
remOnstrances filed against the building of
said bridge, and furnishing copies of such
remOnstrances to tho board of engineers
provided tor in this act, detail board com.
posed OF three experienced officers of the
corps of engineers, TO examine the case.
and may, on their recommendation, author.
lZe such notifications i'll the requirements
of this act, as to location and PIERS as will
permit the construction of the bridge: not,
however, diminishing the width OF the
spans contemplated by this act provided.
that the tree navigation of the river be no.
materially mi ured thereby.
SEC. ). That all parties owning, occupy
ing or operating bridges over the Ohio river
shall maintain, at their own expense, from
sunset to sunrise throughout the year, such
lights on their bridges AS may be required
by the lighthouse board for the security of
navigation and all persons owning, occu,
plying or operating any bridge over the Ohio
river shall, in any event, maintain all lights
on their bridge that may be necessary for
the security of navigation.
SEC. 6. That any bridge constructed un.
der this act, according to its limitations
shall be lawful structure, and shall be
recognized and known as a post route.
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 the transportation over
the railroads or public highways leading to
said bridge; and the United States shall
have the right of way for postal telegraph
purposes across any such bridge; and in
case of any litigation arising from any OBJ.
struction or alleged obstruction to the navi.
CATION OF said river, created by the CON
structiOn of any bridge under this act, the
cause or question arising may be tried be.
fore the district court of the United States
of any State in which any portion of said
obstruction or bridge touches
SEC. I. That the right to alter or amend
this act, so as to prevent or remove all ma.
terial Instructions to the navigation of said
river by the future construction of bridges.
is hereby expressly reserved, without any
liability of the government for damages on
account of the alteration or amendment OF
this act or en- account of the prevention or
requiring the removal of any such obstruc.
tions; and If any change be made in the plan
OF construction OF any bridge constructed
under this act, during the progress of the
work thereon or before the completion of
such bridge, such change shall be subject
to the approval of the Secretary of War:
and any change in the construction. or any
a tnr nfa oh h,,i.l L..
directed at any time by Congress, shall be
made at the cost and expense of the owners
thereof
SEC. s. That joint resolution number fen.
approved April seventh, eighteen hundred
and sixty nine, authorizing the construc.
ton of bridge over the Ohio river at Pa.
ducah, be. ana the same hereby is, re.
pealed.
SEC. 9. That the provisions of On ac, en-.
titled IAN act to provide for the better
security OF life on vessels propelled in
whole or in part by steam" etc, approved
February twenty-eighth. eighteen hundred
and seventy-One, SO far as they relate 10
the limitation of steam pressure of steam.
boats used exclusively for towing and car.
rylng freight on the Mississippi river and
its tributaries, are hereby so far modified
as to substitute for such boats one hundred
and fifty pounds of steam pressure
in place of one hundred and fen
pounds. az provided in said act for the
standard pressure upon standard boilers Of
torty-two inches diameter, and of plates q:
ons-quarter OF an inch in thickness: and
such boats may, on the written PERM, O;
the supervising inspector of the .iistric, in
which such boats shall carry on their bus;
ness for period of twelve months from and
after the passage of this act, be permitted
TO carry steam above the standard pressure
OF enc hundred and ten pounds. but no, e1.
ceedlng the standard pressure OF one hun.
dred and fifty pounds to the square iucs,
j. G. BLAINE,
Speaker Of the Honse of REPRESENTATIVES,
SCHUYLER COLFAX.
Vice President of the United State, anA
President of the Senate
approved, December II. 1872.
L. S. GRANT.
RESOLUTION OF GENERAL. NATuRr-Es. I:
Joint resolution rendering the thank. of
Congress to Captain David Richie, COM
mandlhg the revenue steamer Moccaslr.
and the officers and men under hi, so,a.
mand.
Resolved by the Senate and lf,w.e OF
representatives of the United States Of
America III Congress Assem- bled, Tina, .hs
hanks OF Congress are due and are her.bv
endered TO Captain David Richie, conn
nand'ng the revenue steamer Mocrasiu,
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