Chapter 871.
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CHAP. 871.— An act to authorize the construction of two bridges across Bœuf River, Louisiana.September 4, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,New Orleans, Natchez and Fort Scott Railway Company may bridge Bœuf River at the “cut off,” Richland Parish. La, also at a joint on eastern line of Caldwell Parish. La. That the New Orleans. Natchez and Fort Scott Railway Company, or its successors, a corporation created and existing under the laws of the State of Louisiana, be. and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto over Bœuf River, at or near to the FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 871. 1890.423 “cut off” north of Rayville, in Richland Parish, on a line to Oak At “cut off,” etc.Ridge, in Morehouse Parish, in the State of Louisiana: said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains and,Railway, wagon and footbridge. at the option of the corporation by which it is built, may be used, for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, transit of animals, and for foot-passengers, for reasonable rates of toll, to be fixedTolls. by said company and approved by the Secretary of War.
Sec. 2. That the New Orleans, Natchez and Fort Scott RailwayOn “eastern line of Caldwell Parish,” etc. Company, or its successors as aforesaid, is hereby also authorized to construct and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto over Boeuf River, on the eastern line of Caldwell Parish and near a line from Winnsboro, in Franklin Parish, to Cuba, in Caldwell Parish, or to Monroe, in Ouachita Parish, on the Ouachita River; said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains and,Railway, wagon, and foot bridge. at the option of the corporation by which it is built, may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, for foot-passengers, for reasonable rates of toll to beToll. fixed by said company and approved by the Secretary of War.
Sec. 3. That the two bridges built under this act and subject toLawful structures and post-routes. its limitations shall be lawful structures, and shall be recognized and known as post-routes, and shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads in the United States; that no higher charges shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mail, troops, and munitions of war of the United States, or for through railwayThrough rates for passengers and freight. passengers or freight passing over said bridges, than the rate per mile for their transmission over the railroads leading to said bridges; and equal privileges in the use of the said bridges shall be grantedUse by telegraph companies. to all telegraph companies, and the United States shall have the right of way across the said bridges for postal-telegraph purposes;Postal-telegraph.Draw, span, or otherwise.Free navigation.*Proviso*. that the said bridges shall be constructed either by draw, span, or otherwise, so that a free and unobstructed passageway may be secured to all water craft navigating said river at the points aforesaid: *Provided*, That if the said bridges authorized to be constructed under this act shall be constructed as drawbridges, the draws shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signals for the passage of boats orOpening of draws. vessels; and said corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on the saidLights, etc bridges as the Light-House Board shall prescribe.
Sec. 4. That the bridges authorized to be constructed under thisSecurity of navigation. act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examinationSecretary of War to approve plans, etc. and approval, designs and drawings of the said bridges, and a map of the location of each, giving the topography of the banks of the river, the shorelines at high and low water, and the direction and strength of the current at different stages, the location of any other bridge or bridges, within one mile thereof, and such further information as may be required for a satisfactory understanding of the subject; and said bridges shall not be constructed until the plan and location is approved by the Secretary of War.
All litigation whichLitigation. shall be had in regard to the said bridges shall be in the circuit court of the United States in whose jurisdiction the said bridges are located. Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is herebyAmendment, etc. expressly reserved; and any alterations or changes that may beStructural changes, etc. required by the Secretary of War in the bridges constructed under this act shall be made by the corporation owning or controlling the same, at its own expense.
Furthermore, if the construction of theCommencement and completion. said bridges shall not be completed within two years after the passage of this act all the privileges conferred hereby, and this act, shall become null and void. Approved, September 4, 1890. Chapter 872: giving the consent of the United States to the State of North Dakota to appropriate for the use of the State Agricultural College, as a site for that institution, section thirty-six township one hundred and forty, range forty-nine west, situate in the county of Cass, in said State.
Chapter 872 26 Stat. 424 1890-09-04 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public 424FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 872–874. 1890.
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