Chapter 216. to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River at the foot of Pennsylvania avenue east
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CHAP. 216.— An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River at the foot of Pennsylvania avenue east.Feb. 23, 1887. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Secretary of War directed to bridge Eastern Branch of the Potomac, D. C. That the Secretary of War be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be constructed across the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River, at the foot of Pennsylvania avenue, in the District of Columbia, a substantial Wooden, iron, or Appropriation.masonry bridge, with necessary approaches; and the sum of one hundred and ten thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the construction of said bridge and approaches, the same to be maintained as *Provisos*.Limit.Contract.a free bridge for travel: *Provided*, That the said Secretary of War shall construct a bridge upon such plan as shall cost no more than the amount herein appropriated: *Provided further*, That no part of this appropriation shall be paid out of the Treasury until contracts shall have been entered into with responsible parties, with good and sufficient securities, to be approved by the Secretary of War, for the construction and completion of said bridge, including the approaches, at a cost not to exceed one hundred and ten thousand dollars: *And provided also*, That the sum Included in District expenses.which may be expended under this act shall be treated and regarded as part of the general expenses of the District of Columbia, and the United States shall be credited with the amount which it may pay under this act for the erection of said bridge upon its fifty per centum of the Vol. 20, p. 104.expenses of the District of Columbia, as provided in the act of June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, entitled “An act providing 413 a permanent form of government, for the.
District of Columbia”: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of War shall, as soon as possible,Survey. cause a survey of the river to be made to determine the length, width, and height of said bridge, and thereupon advertise for plans and pricesAdvertisements. for the construction of said bridge, such advertisements to be inserted in one or more daily newspapers published in Washington, District of Columbia; New “York; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Philadelphia. Pennsylvania;
Chicago Illinois; and Richmond, Virginia, for the space of one week: *And provided further*, That the sum of five thousandPart immediately available. dollars shall be available at once for such investigation and surveys rand such contingencies as the Secretary of War shall deem necessary. Approved, February 23, 1887.