Chapter 815.
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CHAP. 815.— An act to amend an act entitled “An act to authorize foot and carriage or railroad bridges across the Mississippi River at Saint Paul, in the State of Minnesota,” approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-fourAugust 29, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Bridges across Mississippi River at St. Paul, Minn.Vol. 23, p. 105, amended. That section two of an act entitled “An act to authorize foot and carriage or railroad bridges across the Mississippi River at Saint Paul, in the State of Minnesota,” approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, be amended so as to read as follows:
" “Sec. 2. That any bridge or bridges built under the provisions ofConstruction. this act may, by direction of said common council, be built as a drawbridge with a pivot or other form of draw, or with unbrokenDrawbridge, or continuous spans.*Provisos*.Continuous spans. or continuous spans: *Provided*, That if said bridge or bridges shall be built with unbroken and continuous spans it shall give a clear head room of not less than fifty-five feet above high-water mark, asMinimum elevation. the same shall be fixed and determined by the Secretary of War,Secretary of War to determine.Main span. over the main channel of said river, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river and give a clear width of waterway of not less than three hundred feet and the clear head room and clear width of waterway given by other spans shall be such as in theOther spans. 364FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Chs. 815, 816. 1890. opinion of the Secretary of War will best serve the interests of navigation,Piers. and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel, as near as may be, with the current of said river: *And provided, also*, That if any bridge or bridges, built under this act, shall be constructed as a Pivot drawbridge.Draws.drawbridge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot drawbridge, with a draw or draws over the main channel or channels of the river at accessible and the best navigable point or points, and with Spans.Width of water-way.spans giving for each draw required a clear width of waterway of not less than one hundred and sixty feet on each side of the central or pivot pier; and all spans shall give not less than ten feet clear Head-room.head room above high-water mark, as determined by the Secretary of War, and the piers of said bridge or bridges shall be parallel, as near as may be, with the current of the river where said bridge or Opening draws.Signal.bridges may be erected: *And provided, also*, That said draw or draws shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats, vessels, or other watercraft: *Provided, however*, That no bridge or bridges shall be built under the provisions of this act except upon the condition that there also be built at the time of erection Sheer-booms.of the piers, or whenever the same be necessary, proper sheer-booms or other proper structures to safely guide boats, vessels, rafts, and other watercrafts through said spans and at the expense of the city of Saint Paul, or of the persons or corporation constructing, owning, or operating said bridge.
” " Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act, wheneverAmendment, etc. in the opinion of Congress the public interests shall so require, is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, August 29, 1890. Chapter 816: to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at some accessible point between the mouth of the Illinois and the mouth of the Missouri Rivers. Chapter 816 26 Stat. 364 1890-08-29 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.
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