Chapter 54. To authorize the Laporte, Houston and Northern Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across Galveston Bay, Buffalo Bayou, and Clear Creek, in the State of Texas
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CHAP. 54.— An Act To authorize the Laporte, Houston and Northern Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across Galveston Bay, Buffalo Bayou, and Clear Creek, in the State of Texas.February 1, 1895. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Laporte, Houston and Northern Railroad Company may bridge Galveston Bay, Buffalo Bayou, and Clear Creek, Tex. That the Laporte, Houston and Northern Railroad Company, incorporated by the State of Texas and now existing under the laws of said State, is hereby authorized to construct, operate, and maintain, a bridge across Galveston Bay at or near Virginia Point, and across Clear Creek at a point between the bridge of the Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad and the mouth of the said creek at Clear Lake, and across Buffalo Bayou at any point from Clinton to the city of Houston, subject to the laws of the State of Texas, and upon the following terms, limitations, and conditions:
First. That the precise location of said bridges shall be subject toLocation. the approval of the Secretary of War. Second. Said company may locate, construct, and maintain over suchRailway bridge. bridges and approaches thereto railroad tracks for the use of railroads: *Provided*, That any railroad on either side of said bridges shall be permitted*Proviso*.Use by other roads. to connect its tracks with the said bridge approaches, and shall have equal rights of transit for its rolling stock, cars, passengers, and freight upon equal and equitable terms, and if a dispute as to the equality or equity of the terms shall arise it shall be submitted to and decided by the Secretary of War.
Third. That any bridge built under the authority of this Act shall beSpans, etc. constructed with such span and at such elevation as the Secretary of War shall approve and require. 642FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. SESS. III. CHS. 54, 55. 4895. Fourth. That the said company, availing itself of the privilege of thisSecretary of War to approve plans, etc. Act, shall file with the Secretary of War an acceptance of its terms, and within six months after the passage hereof Completion.shall submit to him drawings, showing plans and specifications and designated location, and shall within two years of the passage of this Act complete said bridges, and unless said bridges shall be constructed within said time this Act shall be nail and void as to any bridge not so constructed.
Fifth. That if any bridge herein authorized shall be built as a drawbridge,Opening draw. said draw shall be opened promptly, upon reasonable signal, for the passage of vessels and other water craft; and whatever kind of bridges are constructed the said company shall maintain thereon, at its Lights, etc.own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights and other signals as the Light-House Board may prescribe. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herebyAmendment, etc. expressly reserved.
Approved, February 1, 1895. Chapter 55: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to divide the judicial district of North Dakota,” and to provide for the fees and compensation of the officers of the circuit find district courts of the said judicial district. Chapter 55 28 Stat. 642 1895-02-04 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public
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