Chapter 548. To authorize the construction of bridges across a portion of the Minnesota River in the State of Minnesota
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CHAP. 548.— An Act To authorize the construction of bridges across a portion of the Minnesota River in the State of Minnesota. March 15, 1904. [[H. R. 8160](/us/bill/58/hr/8160).] [[Public, No. 53.]](/us/pl/58/53) *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Minnesota River, Minn. Fixed span bridges may be built across. That permanent, stationary, fixed span bridges may be constructed and maintained over and across so much of the Minnesota River, within the State of Minnesota, as lies between Big Stone Lake, in said State, and the place on said riverLocation. between the counties of Lesueur and Sibley, in said State, where the same is intersected and crossed by the north line of section numbered twenty-five, in township numbered one hundred and twelve north, of range numbered twenty-six west of the fifth principal meridian: *Provided,**Proviso*.Construction, above and below Mankato.
That such bridges shall each have a span not less than forty feet wide over the main current of the stream, which span shall not be less than twenty feet high in the clear above ordinary low-water stage if constructed at or below the city of Mankato, and not less than fifteen feet high in the clear above ordinary low-water stage if constructed above said city of Mankato. Any drawbridge now constructed across said river at or above theDraw may be converted into fixed span bridge. city of Lesueur, in said State, and maintained by any municipal or other corporation, may be converted into a fixed span bridge, in conformity with the foregoing provisions.
Sec. 2. That said bridges and accessory works, when built and constructedLawful structures and post routes. under this Act and according to the terms anti limitations thereof, shall be lawful structures, and said bridges shall be recognized and known as post routes, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads or public high-ways leading to such bridges; and said bridges shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post routes of the United States; and Congress reserves the right at any time to regulate by appropriate legislation the charges over said bridges.
Sec. 3. That the United States shall have the right of way for suchTelegraph, etc., rights. postal telegraph and telephone lines across said bridges as the Government may construct or control. Sec. 4. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repealAmendment. this Act at any time. Approved, March 15, 1904.