Chapter 822.
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CHAP. 822.— An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River, at or near the city of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, and for other purposes.August 9, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Iowa and Nebraska Bridge Company may bridge Missouri River at Plattsmouth, Nebr. That the Iowa and Nebraska Bridge Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska, its successors or assigns, is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River, at or near the city of Plattsmouth, in the county of Cass and State of Nebraska, and at such point as may be hereafter selected by said corporation, its successors or assigns, and at least one-third of a mile from any other bridge, as shall Location.best promote the public convenience and welfare, and the necessities of business and commerce, and also to construct and maintain the accessory works necessary to secure the best practicable channel-way for navigation and to confine the flow of water to a permanent channel at such point: and said corporation, its successors or assigns, shall construct and maintain ways FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 822. 1888.397 on said bridge for carriages, wagons, and foot-passengers, and mayWagon and foot bridge, charge and receive such reasonable toll therefor as may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War: *Provided*, That said*Proviso*.Street cars. bridge may be constructed, maintained, and used also for the safe and convenient passage of cable and street cars. Sec. 2. That the plan and location of said bridge, with a detailed map of the river at the proposed site of the bridge and near thereto, exhibiting the depths and currents, shall be submitted to the Secretary of War, for his approval, and until he approve the plan andSecretary of War to approve plans, etc. location of said bridge the construction shall not be commenced; but upon the approval of said plan by the Secretary of War, the said company or corporation may proceed to the construction of said bridge in conformity with said approved plan: and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of the work thereon, such change shall be subject likewise to the approval of the Secretary of War.
Sec. 3. That the said bridge and accessory works, when built andlawful structure and post-route. constructed under this act and according to the terms and limitations thereof, shall be lawful structures; and said bridge 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 the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge; and said bridge shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-routes of the United States: and Congress reserves the right at any time to regulate by appropriate legislation the charges for freight and passengers over said bridge.
The United States shall have the right of way for postal telegraph Postal telegraph.across said bridge, and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph companies: *Provided also*, That the said*Proviso*.Use by railroads. bridge may be used by a 1 rail road companies for the passage of their cars over the same, upon such terms as may be fixed by said company or companies and the corporation owning or controlling said bridge, and if they cannot agree, then the charges for the use of said bridge by such other company or companies shallCharges. be established by the Secretary of War, after hearing the parties.
Sec. 4. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repealAmendment. this act at any time; and if at any time navigation of the said river shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, be in any manner obstructed or impaired by the said bridge, the Secretary of War shall have authority, and it shall he his duty, to require the said corporation, its successors or assigns, to alterChanges. and change the said bridge, at its or their own expense, in such manner as may be proper to secure free and complete navigation without impediments; and if upon reasonable notice to said incorporation, to make such changes or improvements the said corporation fails to do so, the Secretary of War shall have authority to make the same at the expense of said corporation, or to remove said bridge, the amount thereof to be recovered by the United States, by suit in the United States circuit court within whose jurisdiction the bridge or any part of it may be, and all the rights conferred by this act shall be forfeited; and Congress shall have power to do any and all things necessary to secure the free navigationFree navigation. of said river.
Sec. 5. That unless the construction of said bridge be commencedCommencement and completion. within one and completed within three years after the passage of this act, all privileges conferred hereby shall become null and void. Approved, August 9, 1888. Chapter 823: to provide for two additional associate justices of the supreme court of Dakota, and for other purposes. Chapter 823 25 Stat. 398 1888-08-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-23 50 1 public 398FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 823. 1888.
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