Chapter 749. to authorize the construction and maintenance of a pile bridge over the Halifax River at Daytona
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CHAP. 749.— An Act to authorize the construction and maintenance of a pile bridge over the Halifax River at Daytona. Volusia County, Florida.August 6, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Halifax River Bridge and Street Railway Company may bridge Halifax River at Daytona, Fla. That to the Halifax River Bridge and Street Railway Company, a body corporate existing by and under the laws of the State of Florida, its successors or assigns, is granted the consent of the Government to construct and maintain a pile bridge provided with a suitable draw, over the Halifax River at Daytona.
Volusia County. Florida, to be used for the Railway, wagon, and foot, bridge.passage of foot-passengers, animals, and vehicles of all kinds, tor reasonable rates of toll, to be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War, and. at the option of the company, to be used for the passage of railway trains and streetcars. Sec. 2. That the draw of said bridge shall be in charge of someOpening draw. person, so that at all times the same may, without unnecessary delay, be opened for the passage of steam and sail boats or other watercraft navigating said river, and said company shall maintain, at. its own Lights.expense, such lights on the bridge as may be required by the Light-House Board for the safety of navigation.
Sec. 3. That the bridge constructed under this act shall be a lawfullawful structure and post-route. structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post-route, upon which, also, no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than other persons pay for like transportation; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph companies, and the United States shall have the right of Postal telegraph.Use by other companies.a way for postal telegraph across said bridge, and all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway Termstrains over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon the payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or anyone of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon hearing of the allegations and *Provisos*.proofs of the parties: *Provided*, That before this act shall take effect the plans therefor and the location of said bridge shall be submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War, and the company shall further submit Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.to him a detailed map of the river at the proposed site, and for one mile above and one mile below the same, giving the topography of the banks of the river, the shorelines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the current at all stages, and the soundings accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information 373 as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject: *And provided further*, That the right to alter or amend this act,Amendment. so as to prevent or remove all material obstructions to the navigation of said river, is hereby expressly reserved, and all changes or alterations so required shall be made at the expense of the parties owning or controlling said bridge.
Sec 4. That this act shall be null and void if actual constructionCommencement and completion. of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year, and completed within three years, from the date thereof. Approved, August 6, 1888.