Chapter 575. providing for the construction of a bridge across the Yalobusha River, between Leflore and Carroll counties, in the State of Mississippi,” approved April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight
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Chap. 575: To amend an Act entitled “An Act providing for the construction of a bridge across the Yalobusha River, between Leflore and Carroll counties, in the State of Mississippi,” approved April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. Chapter 575 30 Stat. 716 1898-07-07 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 2025-11-03 55 2 30 public chap. 575.— An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act providing for the construction of a bridge across the Yalobusha River, between Leflore and Carroll counties, in the State of Mississippi,” approved April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.
July 7, 1898. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Act entitled “An ActYazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad may bridge the Yalobusha River. providing for the construction of a bridge across the Yalobusha River, between Leflore and Carroll counties, in the State of Mississippi,” approved April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred ninety-eight, be, and*Ante*, p. 366, amended. the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
" “That the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company, a corporation created and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Mississippi, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a railway bridge across the Yalobusha River, at or near the mouth of the Yalobusha River, in Leflore County, Mississippi, the said bridge to be so constructed as not to unreasonably interfere with the navigation of said river and to be provided with a suitable draw: *Provided*,Draw, etc.*Proviso.*Lawful structure and post route.
That a bridge constructed under this Act and according to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be known and recognized as a post route, and the same is hereby declared to be a post route; and the United States shall have the right of way for a postal telegraph across said bridge. “Sec. 2. That the bridge authorized to be constructed under thisSecretary of War to prescribe regulations. Act shall be located and built under and subject to such regulations for the security of the navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said company or corporation—to approve plans, etc. shall submit to the Secretary of War for his examination and approval a design and drawings of the proposed bridge and a map of the location, giving, for the space of two miles above and two miles below the proposed location, the high and low water lines upon the banks of the river, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages of the water, with the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream and the location of any other bridge or bridges, such map to be sufficiently in detail to enable the Secretary of War to judge of the proper location of said bridge, and shall furnish such other information as maybe required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject, and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War no work upon the bridge shall be commenced; and should any change lie made in the plan of said bridge during the—changes. progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.
“Sec. 3. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repealAmendment. this Act at any time: and if at any time navigation of the said riverInterference with navigation. shall in any manner be obstructed or impaired by the said bridge, the Secretary of War shall have authority, and it shall be his duty, to require the said bridge company to alter and change the said bridge, at its own expense, in such manner us may be proper to secure the reasonably free and unobstructed navigation of said river.
“Sec. 4. That said company shall be permitted to charge and takeToll. such rates of toll for crossing said bridge as maybe reasonable, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. “Sec. 5. That the draw provided for the bridge herein authorized toDraw. be constructed shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passing of boats, and said company or corporation shall maintain, at itsLights.717FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 575, 576. 1898. own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe.
“Sec. 6. That all telephone and telegraph companies shall be grantedTelephone and telegraph companies. equal rights and privileges in the construction and operation of their lines across said bridge; and if actual construction of the bridge hereinCommencement and completion. authorized shall not be commenced on or before the first day of September, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and be completed by the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, the rights and privileges hereby granted shall cease and be determined.
“Sec. 7. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridgeRailroads. shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same and over the approaches—to have equal rights to use. thereto upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad—disagreement with owner of bridge. companies, or any one of them desiring such use, shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue bet ween them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties.
“Sec. 8. That the said company may associate or join with themselvesCooperation of other railroads in constructing, etc., bridge. in the construction, maintenance, and operation of said bridge the Illinois Central Railroad Company, or any other railway company duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Mississippi.” " Approved, July 7, 1898.
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