Chapter 345. Authorizing the Cape Nome Transportation, Bridge, and Development Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Washington and authorized to do business in the Territory of Alaska, to construct a traffic bridge across the Snake River, at Nome City, in the Territory of
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CHAP. 345.— An Act Authorizing the Cape Nome Transportation, Bridge, and Development Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Washington and authorized to do business in the Territory of Alaska, to construct a traffic bridge across the Snake River, at Nome City, in the Territory of Alaska. May 4, 1900. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Cape Nome Transportation, Bridge, etc., Company may bridge Snake River, Alaska.
That the Cape Nome Transportation, Bridge, and Development Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Washington and authorized to do business in the Territory of Alaska, is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, operate, and maintain a general traffic bridge across the Snake River, to be located at such point within or near the corporate limits of the city of Nome, in said Territory of Alaska, as *Proviso*. Draw. shall be approved by the Secretary of War: *Provided*, That said bridge shall be constructed as a drawbridge, and the draw shall be opened promptly, upon reasonable signal, for the passage of boats;
Lights. and, whatever kind of bridge is constructed, the owners thereof shall maintain thereon, at their own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such Transit. lights or other signals as the Light-House Board shall prescribe; that such bridge shall be constructed so as to provide for the passage of vehicles and pedestrians, upon the payment of a reasonable compensation for such use. Sec. 2. To be lawful structure and post route. That any bridge built under the provisions of this Act shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, troops, and munitions of war of the United States passing over said bridge than the rate per mile paid for the Telegraph, etc., companies. transportation over the public highways leading to said bridge; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies, and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and approaches for postal-telegraph purposes; and said bridge shall be so constructed and operated as not to interfere with the navigation of said river.
Sec. 3. Toll. That the said corporation shall have the right to charge and collect a reasonable rate of toll, to be approved by the Secretary of War, not exceeding ten cents for pedestrians, twenty-five cents for animals, and fifty cents for vehicles. Sec. 4. Secretary of War to approve plans. That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this Act shall be located and built under and subject to regulations for the security of the navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said corporation 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 one-half mile above and one-half mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, and shall furnish such other information as may be 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 be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and 167 any changes in said bridge which the Secretary of War may at any time deem necessary and order in the interests of navigation shall be made by the owners thereof at their own expense.
Sec. 5. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of Commencement and completion. the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of approval hereof. Sec. 6. That Congress hereby expressly reserves the right to alter, Amendment. amend, or repeal this Act. Approved, May 4, 1900.