Chapter 423. to authorize the construction of a bridge across Rock Creek, at the Woodley Lane Road, in the District of Columbia
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CHAP. 423.— An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across Rock Creek, at the Woodley Lane Road, in the District of Columbia.June 19, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Bridge across Rock Creek at Woodley Lane Road. District of Columbia, to be built. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be constructed across Rock Creek, on the Woodley Lane Road, in the District of Columbia, a substantial stone or iron bridge, with necessary approaches; and the sum of thirty-fiveAppropriation. thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, which said sum shall be available immediately upon the passage of this act, for the construction of said bridge and approaches, and for such investigation and surveys and such contingencies as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall deem necessary, the same to be maintained as a free bridgeFree bridge. for travel.
Sec. 2. That the sum which shall be expended under the provisions One-half from District of Columbia funds.of 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 upon the fifty per centum of the expenses of the District of Columbia, as provided in the act of June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, entitled “An act providing a permanent form of government for theVol. 20, p. 104.
District of Columbia.” Sec. 3. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall, asSurvey, etc. soon as practicable, cause a survey of said creek to be made to determine the length, width, and height of said bridge and the approaches thereto, and shall cause plans and specifications to be prepared for such bridge and such approaches, and when the same are completed said board shallProposals. advertise for sealed proposals for the construction of such bridge and such approaches, which advertisement shall be inserted for at least one week in one or more daily papers in such cities as the said Board of Commissioners shall designate, and shall let such 198FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Chs. 423, 472. 1888. contract to the lowest responsible bidder, as provided by law: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Limit of cost. That the aggregate cost for the construction of such bridge and the approaches thereto, including the incidental expenses connected therewith, shall not exceed the amount herein appropriated. Received by the President, June 7, 1888. [Note by the Department of State.—The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]