Chapter CLXXIX. authorizing the Construction of a Bridge across the Missouri River, upon the military Reservation at Port Leavenworth, Kansas
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Chap. CLXXIX.— An Act authorizing the Construction of a Bridge across the Missouri River, upon the military Reservation at Port Leavenworth, Kansas.July 20, 1868. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatKansas and Missouri Bridge Company may build bridge across Missouri river;what trains may cross.In case of litigation, where causes may be tried. it shall be lawful for the Kansas and Missouri Bridge Company, a corporation having authority from the State of Kansas, to build a railroad, transit, and wagon bridge across the Missouri River upon or near the military reservation of Fort Leavenworth; and that when constructed all trains of all roads terminating at the Missouri River at or near the location of said bridge, shall be allowed to cross said bridge for a reasonable compensation to be paid to the owners thereof.
And in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river, the122FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 179, 180. 1868. 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. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* ThatHeight of bridge. any bridge built under the provisions of this act shall not be in any case of less elevation than fifty feet above extreme high-water mark,Spans and piers. as understood at the point of location, to the bottom chord of the bridge; nor shall the spans be of less than two hundred and fifty feet in length, in the clear, 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, at low water.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* ThatRight of way through Fort Leavenworth military reservation. for the use of railroads leading to said bridge from either side of the river there is hereby granted a right of way through said Fort Leavenworth military reservation not exceeding for all of said roads three hundred feet in width: *Provided,* That said roads do not in any way interfere with the public buildings on said military reservation. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* ThatBridge made a post-road. the Kansas and Missouri bridge be, and the same is hereby, established as a post-road, and that said bridge company shall have the right to take from said reservation, at such places as shall be designated by the Secretary of War, all stone, timber, and earth necessary to use in the construction of said bridge.
Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* ThatAct may be altered, &c. the right to alter or amend this act, so as to prevent or remove all material obstructions to the navigation of said river by the construction of bridges, is hereby expressly reserved. Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted,* ThatSt. Joseph & Denver City U.K. Co. may bridge the Missouri at St. Joseph. it shall be lawful for the Saint Joseph and Denver City Railroad Company, a corporation created by the laws of the State of Kansas, to build a bridge over and across the Missouri River at Saint Joseph, Missouri; and all the rights and privileges conferred by sections 1, 2, 4, and 5 of this act are hereby extended, so far as they are applicable, to the Saint Joseph and Denver City RailroadRights, restrictions, &c.
Company, and the restrictions, limitations, and conditions contained in said sections are hereby made applicable to said company. Approved, July 20, 1868.