122 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 179, 180. 1868. causes may be cause may be tried before the district court of the United States of any med' State in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge touches, Height of See. 2. And be ii further enacted, That any bridge built under the lmdg°‘ provisions of this act shall not be in any 0359 of less elevation than iifpy feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of loca- Spam and tion, to the bottom chord of the bridge; nor shall the spans be of less 1>i<=r¤· than two hundred and fifty feet in length, in the clear, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river, at low water. Right of way Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the use of railroads leading £'§`f‘;é'§vE;’;; to said bridge from either side of the river there is hereby granted a right mmmly mmm- of way through said Fort Leavenworth military reservation not exceedtim ing for all of said roads three hundred feet in width: Provided, That said roads do not in any way intertere with the public buildings on said militar reservation. Bridge ¤¤=¤d¤ ¤· 4. And be it further enacted, That the Kansas and lliissouri p°S°'r°ad‘ bridge be, and the same is hereby, established as a post-road, and that said bridge company shall have the right to take from said reservation, at such places as shall be designated by the Secretary of Wa1·, all stone, timber, and earth necessary to use in the construction of said bridge. Act may be Sue. 5. And be it further enacted, That the right to alter or amend
- ‘l“"`°d·&°‘ this act, so as to prevent or remove all material obstructions to the navigation of said river by the construction of bridges, is hereby expressly
reserved. SL J0$€Ph_& Sue. 6. And be itfurt/'zcr enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Saint gjll;'§{:\Pl;f€gf,Q§' Joseph and Denver City Railroad Company, a corporation created by the Missouriiit the laws of the State of Kansas, to build a bridge over and across the S”· J°S°Pl‘· Missouri River at Saint Joseph, Missouri; and all the rights and privi- . leges conferred by sections 1, 2, 4, and 5 of this act are hereby extended, so tar as they are applicable, to the Saint Joseph and Denver City Rail- Kigllisi FQ· road Company, and the restrictions, limitations, and conditions contained sm°m°uS’ &°' in said sections are hereby made applicable to said company. Approved, July 20, 1868. fly 20, l868· CHAP. CLXXX. —An Acljbr the Registration or Enrolment ey" certain foreign Vessels. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Qertilicates ot States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ”°£"“"Y ‘”S“` Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue certifirolment to issue . . to 0,,,;,,;,, {OF rates of registry or enrolment and license to the schooner “Bob," of St. Siem built VGS- Andrew, New Brunswick; and to the following-named Canadian-built °° s' vessels, to wit: The schooner “Royal Albert," of Oakville; the bark " John Breden," the schooncr “Prince Alfred," and the brigantine •‘ Orkney Lass,” all of Kingston ; the schooner *‘ George Henry," of Toronto; the schooner “Annexation," of Port Hope ; and the schooner “Emperor," 0f St. Catherines; also the barges “Champlain " and “Hochelegaf of Quebec; the bark “Monarch," the brig “Sea Gull," and the schooner " Smith & Post," nll of Oakville; the schooner “WVelland," ol" St. Catherines; the schooner “Governor," of Montreal; the schooner “L. S. Shicklana," of St. Catherines; the schooner “Victoria," of Toronto; said vessels being owned by citizens of the United States, and having been at Tax to be all times employed upon the waters of the lakes: Provided, That there §¤;<§1°3)g$2;?l?u1 shall be paid upon each of said foreign—built vessels a tax equal to the rgvonuo mx, &c_ internal revenue tax upon the materials and construction of similar vessels of American build. Approved, July 20, 1868.
