Chapter 575. To amend sections one, five, and six of an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction of a wagon, toll, and electric-railway bridge over the Missouri River, at Lexington, Missouri,” approved April twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and four, extending the provisions thereof to steam-railway cars
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CHAP. 575.— An Act To amend sections one, five, and six of an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction of a wagon, toll, and electric-railway bridge over the Missouri River, at Lexington, Missouri,” approved April twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and four, extending the provisions thereof to steam-railway cars, locomotives, and other motive power, and extending the time for commencing actual construction of said bridge. February 15, 1905. [[H. R. 18207](/us/bill/58/hr/18207).] [[Public, No. 70](/us/pl/58/70).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That sections one, five, and Missouri River.
Lexington Suburban Railway Company may bridge, at Lexington, Mo. *Ante*, p. 528. six of an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction of a wagon, toll, and electric-railway bridge over the Missouri River, at Lexington, Missouri,” approved April twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and four, be amended to read as follows: " “Section 1. That the Lexington Suburban Railway Company, duly Use extended to steam roads. *Ante*, p. 528, amended. incorporated under the laws of Missouri, is hereby authorized to construct and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto across the Missouri River, between the city of Lexington, Missouri, and Ray County, Missouri, at a point to be selected consistent with the inter-716ests of navigation.
Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains, whether operated by steam, electricity, or other motive power, and for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, street-railway cars, animals, foot passengers, and for all road travel for such reasonable rates of toll and under such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the said company when *Provisos*. Aids to navigation. approved from time to time by the Secretary of War: *Provided*, That the said company, or its successors and assigns, shall build and maintain at all times, as accessory works to said bridge, such booms, piers, dikes, guard fences, and similar devices as may be necessary, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, to insure at all times a permanent channel for a sufficient distance above and below the bridge site, and for the guiding of rafts, steamboats, and other water craft safely Lights, etc. under said bridge: *Provided further*, That the said company, or its successors and assigns, shall maintain on said bridge, from sunset to sunrise, such lights and other signals as the Light-House Board shall Use by other roads. prescribe: *And provided further*, That all railway companies and all street-railway companies desiring the use of said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains, street-railway trains and cars over the same, and over Compensation. approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use, and in case of disagreement, upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties in interest.
” “Sec. 5. Lawful structure and post route. That any bridge built under this Act and subject to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and *Ante*, p. 529, amended. known as a post route, 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 railway, street railways, or public highways leading to said bridge, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads in the United States; 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 its approaches for postal-telegraph purposes.
“Sec. 6. Time of construction extended. *Ante*, p. 529, amended. Amendment. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from April twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and five, and the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.” " Approved, February 15, 1905.