Chapter 334.
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CHAP. 334.— An act to authorize the construction of a railroad and wagon bridge across the Mississippi River from Winona, Minnesota, to the opposite shore in Wisconsin.May 15, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Winona Pontoon Bridge Company, authorized to bridge the Mississippi River at Winona, Minn. That the Winona Pontoon Bridge Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota, is hereby authorized to construct and maintain a pile and pontoon railway and wagon bridge across the Mississippi River from the city of Winona, State of Minnesota, so as to connect with the opposite shore of said river, in the State of Wisconsin, said bridge to be 48 built subject, except as herein modified to all the terms, requirementsSubject to terms of vol. 18, ch. 224, p. 62. and limitations contained in the act entitled “An act to legalize and establish a pontoon railway bridge across the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien, and to authorize the construction of a similar bridge at or near Clinton, Iowa,” approved June sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, so far as they may be applicable thereto.
Sec. 2. That said bridge shall be so constructed with a suitable pontoonDraw. draw of not less than four hundred feet in width, located over the *Proviso*.main channel of the river: *Provided*, That said bridge shall not be built Subject to approval of Secretary of War as to plans, etc.or commenced until the plan and specifications for its construction have been submitted to the Secretary of War for his approval, nor until he shall approve the plan and location of said bridge; and if any change be made in the plan of construction of said bridge at any time, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and any change in the construction or any alteration of said bridge that may be directed at any time by Congress or the Secretary of War shall be made at the cost and expense of the owners thereof.
Sec. 3. That if said bridge is constructed as a wagon bridge, the saidTolls. company may charge such reasonable rates of toll for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds and for the transit of animals and foot-passengers thereon as may from time to time be approved by the Secretary of War. Sec. 4. That Congress may at any time alter, amend, or repeal this act. Approved, May 15, 1886.