Aids to navi gation. Lights, etc. Free naviga tion. Litigation. Spans accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and all other information required, 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 the said structure shall at all times be so kept and managed, and provided with such guard fences, sheer booms, and other structures, as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels and other floating craft through or under said structure; and for the safety of vessels passing at night there shall be displayed on said bridge, from the hours of sunset to sunrise, such lights as may be prescribed by the Light-House Board; and the said structure shall be changed or removed, at the cost and expense of the owners thereof, from time to time, as Congress may direct, so as to preserve the free and convenient navigation of said river; and the authority to erect and continue said bridge shall be subject to revocation and modification by law when the public good, in the judgment of Congress, so requires, without any expense or charge to the United States. That said bridge shall not interfere with the free navigation of said river beyond what is necessary in order to carry into effect the rights and privileges hereby granted; and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction, or alleged obstruction, to the free navigation of said river the cause may be tried before the circuit court of the United States in and for any district in which any portion of said bridge or obstruction is located. SEC. 2. That said bridge, between the Iowa shore and the lowlands or islands on the Wisconsin side of the river, shall be constructed with unbroken and continuous spans, Channel span and the main span shall be over the main navigable channel of the river, and shall give a clear width of waterway not less than three hundred and fifty feet, and shall give clear headroom the full length of said span of not less in any case than fifty-five feet above extreme highwater mark, as understood at the point of location. The remaining spans shall each give a clear width of waterway not less than two hundred feet and a clear headroom not less in any case than fifteen feet between extreme highwater mark and the lower chords of the superstructure. Said bridge shall be constructed at right angles to, and its piers parallel with, the current of the river. Toll. Commencement and completion. Lawful struct ure and post route. SEC. 3. That said Dubuque and Wisconsin Bridge Company shall have the right to charge and collect a reasonable rate of toll for the passage across said bridge of vehicles, animals, and foot passengers, and travelers, subject to approval by the Secretary of War. SEC. 4. 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 the date of the passage hereof. SEC. 5. That the bridge built under this Act, and subject to its limitations, shall be a lawful structure, and shall be known and recognized as a post route, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads in the United. poses. Postal tele SEC. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act Amendment, is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, July 23, 1894. etc. CHAP. 162.-An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge July 26, 1894. across the Missouri River at or near the city of Lexington, Missouri. Lexington ington, Mo. on, and foot Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Bridge and Ter the Lexington Bridge and Terminal Company, a corpora- minal Company may bridge Mis tion existing under the laws of the State of Missouri, its souri River, Lexassigns, grantees, successors, and legal representatives, be, and is hereby, authorized to build, own, operate, and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto over the Missouri River at or near the city of Lexington, in said State of Missouri. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for Railway, wag. the passage of railway trains, and, at the option of the bridge. persons by whom it may be built, may be used for the pas sage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot passengers for such reasonable rates of toll as may be approved from time to time by the Secre- Toll. tary of War; and in case of any litigation concerning any Litigation. alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river on account of said bridge, the cause may be tried before the circuit court of the United States in whose jurisdiction any portion of said obstruction or bridge is located. Lawful struct SEC. 2. That any bridge constructed under this Act and ure and postaccording to its limitations shall be a lawful structure and route. shall be recognized and 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 their transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the right of way for postal telegraph and telephone purposes across said bridge. Postal tele. graph. Construction. SEC. 3. That said bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans and shall not be of less elevation in any case than fifty feet above high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the lowest member of the bridge superstructure, nor shall the spans of said bridge. over the waterway of said river be less than four hundred feet in length in the clear, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of said river, and the bridge itself at right angles thereto: Provided, That in case the approach and passage under the channel span of Aids to navi said bridge be found at any time dangerous or difficult of access by the river traffic, the owners of said bridge shall Provisos. gation. Lights, etc. Use by railroad companies. Terms Secretary of plans, etc. construct at their own expense, such works of channel regulation and such aids to navigation as the Secretary of War shall order, to render the approach and passage reasonably safe and easy: Provided also, That the said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe. SEC. 4. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for its use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and to rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using such bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and the proof of the parties. SEC. 5. That any bridge authorized to be constructed War to approve under this Act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of the bridge, and a map of the loca tion, giving for the space of one mile above and one 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 current at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as shall 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 the bridge shall not be built; 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 if said bridge is not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the passage of this Act, the rights and privileges hereby granted shall be null and void. Changes. Commencement and completion. etc Amendment, SEC. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved, and the right to require any changes in the structure or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress decides that the public interest requires it, is also expressly reserved. Approved, July 26, 1894. July 30, 1894. Castine, Me. CHAP. 170.-An Act Granting the use of certain land to the town of Castine, Maine, for a public park. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby granted to the town of Castine, in the State of Maine, the right to occupy, improve, and control, for the purposes of a public park for the use and benefit of the citizens of the United States, and for no other purpose whatever, the tract of land owned by the United States situated in the extreme southerly part of said town of Castine, containing three acres, more or less, and known as the "Fort Madison lot"-said tract being more fully described in the deed of Joseph and Phebe Perkins, conveying the said land to the President of the United States, dated April first, eighteen hundred and nine, which deed is recorded in the records of Hancock County, Maine, book numbered twenty-seven, page one hundred and five-upon the following conditions and provisions, namely: Land granted for public park. First. That the said town of Castine shall ascertain by proper survey and accurately mark in a permanent man. Survey. ner the boundaries of said tract of land according to the description given in said deed; that no use of said land shall be begun by the said town until after general plans Approval by of said improvement shall have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War. Second. That said town of Castine shall have and exercise power to make and enforce police regulations concerning said tract and shall properly protect all said property from injury. Secretary of Protection. served. Third. That the United States reserves to itself the fee Fee, etc., in said tract and the right to resume immediate and entire possession whenever either of the above provisions shall have been violated, and also to resume possession and occupy any portion thereof whenever, in the judgment of the President, the exigency arises that should require the use and appropriation of the same for public defense or otherwise, or for such other disposition as Congress may determine, without any claim for compensation to said town for improvement thereon or damage on account therof. Approved, July 30, 1894. re CHAP. 174.-An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, July 31, 1894. executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Legislative, executive, and juthe following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropri dicial expenses ated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriations. appropriated, in full compensation for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely: OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS: Chief clerk, Engineer office. two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; three clerks of Draftsmen, etc. Proviso. Report. Public build. ings and grounds. Clerk, messenger, gardener. Overseers, etc. Watchmen. class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, twenty-three thousand two hundred and forty dollars. And the services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, and such other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, may be employed only in the office of the Chief of Engineers to carry into effect the various appropriations for rivers and harbors, fortifications, and surveys to be paid from such appropriations: Provided, That the expend itures on this account for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, shall not exceed seventy-two thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed and the amount paid to each. * PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. OFFICE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS: For one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one messenger; one public gardener, one thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, four thousand two hundred and forty dollars. For overseers, draftsman, foremen, mechanics, gardeners, and laborers employed in the public grounds, twenty-eight thousand dollars. For day watchman in Franklin Square, six hundred and sixty dollars. For day watchman in Lafayette Square, six hundred and sixty dollars. For two day watchmen in Smithsonian Grounds, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. For two night watchmen in Smithsonian Grounds, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars. For one day watchman at Judiciary Square and one at Lincoln Square and adjacent reservations, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. For one night watchman at Judiciary Square, seven hundred and twenty dollars. For one day watchman at Iowa Circle; one at Thomas Circle and neighboring reservations; one at Washington Circle and neighboring reservations; one at Dupont Circle and neighboring reservations; one at McPherson and Farragut squares; one at Stanton Square and neighboring reservations; two at Henry and Seaton squares and reservations east of Botanic Garden; one at Mount Vernon Square and adjacent reservations; one for the greenhouses and nursery; one at grounds south of Executive Mansion, eleven in all, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, seven thousand two hundred and sixty dollars. For one night watchman at Henry and Seaton squares and reservations east of Botanic Garden, seven hundred and twenty dollars. |