1038 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 839, 840. 1901. March @1901- MQHA?i{§39.—An Act To extend the time for the completion of a bridge across the 1SSOl1I'1 IVGI`. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the United DQ`gL‘,§S§§§§Q§§‘},a{1? States of America in Congress assembled, That section six of the Act roa:} pp brmgey Mg- approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, authorizing ¥Ej§_ Egg? a anthe Dakota Southern Railroad Company to construct a combined rail-I V V0]-3°»P·136°· road, wagon, and foot-Eassenger bridge across the Missouri River, at the city of Yankton, outh Dakota, be, and is hereby, amended by extending the time for commencing the construction of said bridge to March third, nineteen hundred and two, and by extending the time for completing said bridge to March third, nineteen hundred and four. Approved, March 3, 1901. March 3,1901. CHAP. 840.-An Act To authorize the Montgomery and Autauga Bridge Company 1”`—'i"“ to construct a bridge across the Alabama River near the city of Montgomery, Alabama. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United A‘§‘uQg;§°§g(§;e $0*;; States of America in Congress as.se1nbZed,—T at the Montgomery and pi-my may image Am- Autauga Bridge Company, a corporation created and existing under §§§}§,,1i‘X§°’§_“'t Mm"' the general laws of the State of Alabama for the purpose of constructing and maintaining the bridge hereinafter mentioned, is hereby authorized to construct and maintain a street-car railway bridge, and the approaches thereto, over and across the Alabama River, in Alabama, at such point as may be selected by them between the city wharf atllVlontgome1ry), Alabama, ind the bridge of ];:hehLoé1isvHle ani %"a;sh vi e Rai roa ompany, su ject to approva yt e ecretary o ar. Tf¤·¤Si¤¢¢¤- Said bridge shall be constructed to prgvide for the passage of electric street cars, and may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for transit of animals, and for foot passengers; such bridge to be so constructed as not to obstruct the navigation of said river and {mfspm Smmm to be provided with a suitable draw: Provided, That any bridge conami postroute. e structed under this Act and according to its limits shall be a lawful structure, and shall be known and recognized as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transportation over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States thain the rate perxmilie paiclil foil trangportaitiog 0; said mails, troops, an munitions over the ra' roa s an pub ic ig ways etgostal ¤=l*¤g¤*~Ph· leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the right of way for postal, telegraph, and telephone purposes over said bridge. Bpsiggggaljgggg gy *0 Sec. 2. That the bl‘l. ge author1zed to_be constructed under this Act ' shall be located and built under and sub]ect to such regulations for the security of the navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, and to secure that object the said Montgomery and Autauga Bridge Company shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of the proposed bridge and a map of the location, giving for space of one-fourth mile above and one-fourth mile below the proposed location the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low wz-ter, and the direction and strength of the currents, and shall furnish such other information as may 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 no work upon the bridge shall be commenced; and should any change be madein the plan of said bridge durflng the progresshof construptioniloiéafter comglgxion, such change sha be sub`ect to the a rova of the `ecretary o ar. Amendgnent Sec. 3. That Congresglieserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal ‘mm“°”S‘ this Act at any time, and that if at any time navi ation of said river shall in any manner be obstructed or impaired by tie said bridge the
