Show OFFICIAL M S L or OF tile UNITED STATES P ass ci at ilia third session oft of toe tie fur fully ty second congress NATURE N NO 0 11 1 AN ACT to autho authorize tile construction of budges tile the ohio riser and to pre scribe the dimensions of the same id hi it enacted toy by tile senate and molise or ol keppi of tile alist si nl 1 I america if ill Con congress Congre gregs 8 aa taht tiny any or iming amin aiming I 1 maul nu dhority inny eniy hereafter erril erelt ard bridif a ik the ohio river fir r or 0 ollar 1 ler uri upon with the iho provi ailo and of this thi net see sec 2 tint that e avry cry bridge heren ercel ud ea irm ilia ohio liver above the or illia hii sindy shall line tit nt least ono one anil or it bright licit col less lefi limn ninety feet abdoe low w wilar iter and of not biot les than forty I 1 M I 1 t abo bevc ve local highest will wn win c hot d nt 41 tile thu bridge that e aery ry brid brula go erected rictor the ohio riser rn rr blow b low the month hive lit HI leckt arit pin ol of a height ol of not less tit linn in one on I 1 undred fiet feet aboe low iw I w bonter find of no not I 1 less lesi than llian fuel feet aduire highe highet t vv itter men wed to tile bollom chord ot of tilt thy brid alint alii aih hupan apin tenil give it a clear opening airn of tit nt lemet lour hundred iet the file laiti rs fit nt right to the carpi carrent rent tit lit entry ilig and nd that it il biall be 1 il c e 1 oner oer the atin hannd channel of thi th i rive u c cl I 1 ly by bomite during limmy cor ngoi stages tg oi of wa w ter ler Iro tid dod however tant adiv one lolo 1010 p lily iny izill by the stites of wet we t virginia find ohio iliin is 11 hereby author lae i I 1 to cona act it bridge the olibo nan binm the iho cily of wheeling in ill clr state sta u of wet wel virinia virginia to the iho ip puite side of u w said ilir wit willian liffa tile state ol of mitt irilli crab 1 taw an over the lit inetri tin i huntley of not IKS t ii gil i three haldred nod mid fafty feet in length and anil lit in nl other it mal 1 I tile it n of of it alli it net PO K fur fir n the panic fire n e applicably to lo brid bri iloa oi about eliout the mouth ol of uis big 1 tundy alidy arid ani provid pru vidi J that chitin in elite this 1 iiii agh ii 1 nut oer it e low w or ili t nio mil b nicie inah elev el i l ev irv to t aliv pi ely ul of ix wi 01 allu abc L L art tent at all I 1 r alrid lr r id s our tie ihu ahio rier lolow tie tl lil ru u pi annii bilda Ilif til in ill it to li tile the high iian 1 alu abcox it B rn tug ing two cleal open jug arid bundled filid lily fiet loth i nil it right to UK tilt curro lit it at the is iiii ii vrn iu 0 tags lai of T r it hi r oil in thu riser and loLU trl in ill a pill of till brid bride go that coin ill aitel y nil I 1 con reached lit lint eth e tin ana that nid briw ciul 1 b opened promptly ulan reas reasonable unable tig tiann gnal fur for ilia pit lot sn sago or of bu bivs ats i cun tion 1101 not tit 1 I act ato alo ui their allu ir pas pals L iru U under tile bunns of aej sail bridge ege hn hen h n aap lnig bilig osor tile time but in no ca c sli nry ary delity occur in opening tile enid lit denv illy bulei beluie c or if ter tile iho pt plano nao of trains be arc c 3 that the fliers of thi the laih enn find nd the ihu piero dierof of the ali draw thirll be ba built pit alki tile aurent tur ent at that sugeat torto ot tile river aleh is 11 ano anost L important lor fur huun lion ion and nd chrit now ni raps tir nr other oilier outride ile prot action tion fur foundation coill be permuted permitted in tho chalin LI wily of the h aih dizh spin or or of tho draw openings yc sc y S c 4 that tant any person pera company or corporation corpo nilion to C it i blidan acro the alie ohio riser ncr shall hull give notice liy by publication bior one wel beok tit in naoi pap rs baving it bithe circulation in nut not les irr lima fihnn two iwu in the cities of if PILI burg cin and louisville Louif ville for bridges bridge abihu tho the mouth of ilia big 1 andy wid i in n if alie io cities rf of ritte Lurg lulli loille drtina loui loni hi and new arlinn Or linn for mow the mouth ot of th mhd big sandy nikl and nit tu to the iha secretary Se creary airy 0 of f war for hij OX a du ien find piers and ana at ro crip til of to thelo iho locution caLlon giving lor tin nc oot of HI at genst one mile above find otto one mile delow below the prop propped oed ed locution location in anc of the iho banks of the the hore shora lini hn s nt at high find low water the ia d ri r billil of the carreja nt at 11 find tho soundings Foun dingi showing the llie bull bud of ii the tha st benm tile nf if tiny my other bridge or bridge eg and shmil durnil fur nili nil ali other ns mav be required for it lull fall and nd ucb under r iii landin of or tile the pul Ful jul jost hy by the secretary if and Socie lary fir war il ia fill iced that the iho of tile iacov lime been complied with willi in ill regiald tit t liwa libation tion of tho pirri piers milly inny tie bo lit bt onil once c t but lit if it shall appear ahn c ridi toris lire pr i ribald by thi net iset cannot bo be conil ird wi 1 h I ni al the li location warre it Is do sired to the baldee the ilia aice airy of if war 61 ifill after considering any remon s hied bled nil tin the bu bunding tilling of said dmd arid and furni hing laii copies of fuch aill 1 ir to this loard board of envin eera provided fur for in chiq n ajl t detail a board coll coin pod po d of or throe expert officers of the corps of to lo exam the iho caw and nay on their ellett in the th requirements of i this net na to 0 o location mid and pi ra in ai will pe permit the or of tho bridge brider nt not ha A ever d diminishing tile tho wid width ill of aba F contemplated hy by 1114 ali n act provided thit till llin free davig itari of of tile river bo be nut nol materially terii teri llly Ally th ortlEy sec c 5 th thit t all ownly owning occupy liar or nr operating orar the ollia ohio river thau shall sit fit own from aunet to sunrise throughout tho year such mch light on their bridei brid i a 8 a frilly be ba required by bv tb the a licht llomo hoard board for tho the security of navigation arid and all oct diniz 0 or any bridge bridga over nver th 7 ohio river in adv event maintain all lichtl ilian on their bridge chrit inny inay tie be necos necessary sAry for or the th Fecu security ritY of arc fi 6 that any briare constructed under this Ms st at slid nd ac according cordin to its iti limitations limitation i hiir ehlt wan a alaj fiill lio be toe rec 0 nol n nril nil cnown m bolit w 1 1 elf atlo 0 DO o manar cee chall bo be in made tho the same iuna of for trio the over inell the troops and the munitions of war sf af the united states than tl a theo th ratta per par mile poll paid for transportation over ahm th railroads or said rl and lending to m public in ca of litigation fir ling L ing from any any obstruction to ME davir navi ealion of said id riser created by the con of any bridge under this at art a t tha caune aue or am lion arising may loarina tl le fire tho di brict ell court tt of f the of state in which tiny any unil n l tiny portion efti ul a obstruction or br bridges i adges touch uch see sec 7 that the right 0 tiller or amend this thin net so 0 o As to prevent nt or remove nil all inn ini tenal obstructions to tho of said river bv tho the futura construction of bri it is hereby kly reserved reer ved without an anny y liability of the for on account of the or amer of thin thia ocl act or on account count ftp of the pre bention or requiring tho the removal or of tiny anny such eions and it if tny any chingo chango be mildly i in tile glnn I 1 n of of tiny bridge co nt I 1 under tinder thil net during the st of f ill alin work thereon or befaro the iha C aplet inn of such fuch bridge bril ge tuch such change eligil be i subject in the approval of the secretary ef cf war and nd tiny anny change in the con ruction or any alteration te of tiny any such fuch bridde baldeo that mav bj d reeled at any time by congre Cong rc shall hull tie be made nt at the cost and nd expense of the owners owner thereof sec 8 that joint re number lent leaf approved april Fe eighteen hundred and filly nine the const construction 0 a a bride river over tho th ohio river tit at call cali be and the ram pami hereby i i repented repealed see 0 9 that the iho provision of an net act entitled to an net act to provide fur the anter F air runty curier of lire lifa on eel propelled in bholi I 1 or in purthy by str ourn te ac approved ferrull fir ary twenty tight cia lateen ht hundred milred rind and F so fo far faira to the tha lint citation of prec cure lasall ni exclusively erli lively for towing and freight on the mii ippi riser and it tri tribu butor lir e tire are hearit y to so role modi modified fled not as t to for fir uell uch bont ono one hundred ind and airty pounds dounda of tram rm pre ure u in place of ono one h hundred andr d and ten anund fill B d in hid act for the ahe pre pr uro upon standard boiler of forty two inthey diameter and of alte of on n quarter orAn of nn inch in t and such bort will miu mar on the written p amit of the if i in of the ditri di arii it t lit in u hib lucli bo bouts ditc itc friall crry in their buino huino liu alnea s for a period of talve from and tiller niter the an sago of abic ail act lie permitted to curry ry aarn above ilip of nr liap hundred blundred and ten tell pound but bill I 1 ot nt cd ine tile hp prelo pacura pr ura cura for if one bu i and fifty pound to lo the inch J G or the itou giue P tf t f it an SCHUYLER COLFAX vice president nf for ohp united stated and of the ih bonate approved december 17 1872 U GRANT |