Chapter 530.
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CHAP. 530.— An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River at the Bennings Road, in the District of Columbia.March 3, 1891. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Bennings Bridge, D. C. New structure authorized. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be constructed across the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River, on the Bennings Road, in the District of Columbia, a substantial stone or iron bridge, with necessary approaches;
Appropriation.and the sum of sixty 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 Free bridge.maintained as a free bridge for travel. Sec. 2. That the sum which shall be expended under the provisionsHalf from District revenues. 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 Vol. 20, p. 102.provided in the act of June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. entitled An act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia.
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 530, 531. 1891.841 Sec. 3. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall, as soon as practicable, cause a survey of said river to be made toSurvey. determine the length, width, and height of said bridge and the approaches thereto, and shall cause plans and specifications to bePlans, etc. prepared for such bridge and such approaches, and when the same are completed said Board shall advertise for sealed proposals for theAdvertisement for proposals. 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 contract to the lowest responsible bidder, as providedTo be let to lowest bidder. *Proviso*. by law: *Provided*, That the aggregate cost for the construction of such bridge and the approaches thereto, including the incidental expenses connected therewith, shall not exceed the amountLimit of cost. herein appropriated.
Approved, March 3, 1891.