FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 463. 1886. 85 scribe; and the Secretary of War is further authorized, in case the United Repairs. States shall acquire title to the said bridge, to repair or reconstruct the same; and for the purpose of acquiring such title and repairing and Appropriation. reconstructing said bridge the sum of two hundred and forty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for such purpose, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; and one—half of the expense of such purchase and reconstruction or repair of said bridge shall be charged to and paid by the District of Columbia, and the balance, one-half of the sum so expended, Di¤f>ri¤t of Ccshall be paid out of the Treasury of the United States. };‘§.b"‘ '°° PW °“°‘ Sec. 2. That if the provisions of the first section of this act author- Bridgetobebuilt izing the purchase of the Aqueduct Bridge shall not be fully executed at Th¤>¤ Si¤i¤¥¤ if within six months from the passage of this act, and the title therefor Q§f°d,;‘fJ*L Egdgg approved as therein required, then the Secretary of War be, and he is six ug-,,,,1,:s 1 hereby, authorized and directed to can e to be constructed across the Potomac River at the Three Sisters, above Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, a substantial iron and masonry bridge, with approaches; and the sum of two hundred and twenty thousand dollars be, and the Appropriation. same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the construction of said bridge and ap- · preaches, the same to be maintained as a free bridge for travel: Pro- Proouoa. vided, That the said Secretary of War shall construct a bridge upon C°¤*- such plan as shall cost no more than the amount herein appropriated, _ and which cost shall include the construction of a substantial iron B¤d8°°*¤1‘ch¤9· bridge over the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and highway, and any and ?};;_,k° ““d Oh"' all approaches to the said iron bridge, which said bridge shall not be ' less than fourteen feet in the clear above the water-line of said canal; and not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars of this appropriation shall be paid out of the Treasury until contracts shall have been entered into with responsible parties, and with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Secretary of War, for the construction and completion of said bridges across the Potomac River and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, including the masonry, iron-work, and approaches, at a cost not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and twenty, thousand dollars, less -such sum as may be expended for advertising and making necessary survey: And provided also, That one-half of the expense of the District or coconstruction of said bridge shall be charged to and paid by the District L¤;,b*¤ *° Pe? °¤°· of Columbia, and the balance (one-half) of the sum hereby appropriated ° ' shall be paid out of the Treasmy of the United States: Provided further, That the Secretary of War shall, as soon as possible, cause a Surveys, ste. survey of the river to be made at the Three Sisters, determine the length, width, and height of said bridge, and thereupon advertise for Advertisement. plans and price for the construction of said bridge, such advertisement to be inserted in one or more daily newspapers published in Washington, District of Columbia; New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Chicago, Illinois; Richmond Virginia; Saint Louis, Missouri, for the space of one week: And prouidcdfurthor, partotsppkopri- That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars shall be available at once for ¤*¤°5a¤;¤¤° my such investigation and surveys and such contingencies as the Secretary “" °‘ of War shall deem necessary. Sec. 3. That if in the purchase of the Aqueduct Bridge under the comienniationto first section, at any time, it shall be deemed necessary to obtain from ¤°¤¤¤ mbthe Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, or its grantees, any release or conveyance of any portion of the ground upon which the northern abutment of the Aqueduct Bridge rests, or right to cross the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal from the abutment to Bridge street, or if a good title cannot be procured by contract to any property required in the construction of a bridge under the second section, the same shall acquired by the Secretary of War by condemnation in the manner provided by the act approved May eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two Vol. 11, p. 84. entitled “An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth,
