Chapter 809. granting to the county of Clatsop, in the State of Oregon, the right to construct a bridge across Young’s Bay, a navigable stream in said county and State
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CHAP. 809.— An Act granting to the county of Clatsop, in the State of Oregon, the right to construct a bridge across Young’s Bay, a navigable stream in said county and State.July 29, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Clatsop County, Oregon, authorized to bridge Young’s Bay, under approval of Secretary of War. That the county of Clatsop, in the State of Oregon, is hereby authorized and empowered to construct a bridge across Young’s Bay, a navigable stream in said county and State, at such point as said county may select and may be approved by the Secretary of War, with such channel spans, draws, safe guards and auxiliary works as shall cause the bridge not unduly to obstruct or injure the navigation of the waters crossed by it; and’ that said channel-spans and structures shall be as the Secretary of War may prescribe;
Skipanon Creek.and also to construct, establish, and maintain a bridge across Skipanon Creek, in the county of Clatsop, in the State of Oregon, by permanent *Proviso*.Opening draws.embankment or otherwise, as the Secretary of War may approve: *Provided also*, The said draws shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of ships and boats, and in no case shall unnecessary delay occur; and said county shall maintain, at its own expense, Lights, etc.from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridges as the lighthouse Board shall prescribe.
Sec. 2. To be a lawful structure and post-route. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized as a post-route; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-routes in the United 167 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 809, 810. 1886. States, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, or for through passenger or freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per mile for their transportation over any railroad or other routes leading to said bridge, or over said stream in the vicinity; and the United States shall have the right of way for a telegraph acrossTelegraph. said bridges; the said bridges to be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation on said bay and creek as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object theSecretary of War to approve plans, etc. said county, by its proper court and duly authorized officers or agents, shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of such bridge across Young’s Bay, and a map of Young’s Bay from the. mouths of its navigable tributaries to the adjacent ship-channel, which map shall be on a scale of at least one to twenty thousand, and whose topography of the shores and hydrography shall reasonably represent the banks, the bottom, and steamboat channels by contours of six feet, and which shall be accompanied by other maps, drawn to a scale of one inch to two hundred feet, giving, within areas of one-fourth of a mile from each draw-span, an accurate representation of the bottom of the bay by contour-lines two feet apart, determined by accurate soundings, and also showing the force and direction of the currents at each two feet of tidal stage, by triangulated observations on suitable floats: also showing the Skipanon Creek to the head of usual navigation.
The maps shall also show the locations of other bridges in the vicinity, and shall give such other information as the Secretary of War may require for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject. Sec. 3. That Congress shall have power, at any time, to alter orRight to amend, etc., reserved. amend this act so as to prevent or remove all material and substantial obstructions to the navigation of said bay and said creek by the construction of said bridges and accessory works; and the expense of alteringChanges. said bridges or removing such obstructions shall be borne by the owner of said bridges.
Approved, July 29, 1886.