Public Law 54–238

That the Cleveland Bridge

Cleveland Bridge Company may bridge Arkansas River, Okla.

Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Territory of Oklahoma, and its successors or assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto across the Arkansas River between a point in Pawnee County

Location.

and the Osage Indian Reservation, in the Territory of Oklahoma, on section nine, township twenty-one east, of range eight east. Said

Wagon and foot bridge.

bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, foot passengers, and all kinds of commerce, travel, and communications, and said corporationFIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 238, 239. 1897. may charge and receive such reasonable tolls therefor as may be permitted by the laws of the Territory of Oklahoma.

Sec. 2.

Lawful structure and post route.

That the bridge constructed under this Act shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized as a post route, upon which no charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph

Postal telegraph.

companies, and the United States shall have the right of way across

Provisos.

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

said bridge and approaches for postal telegraph purposes: Provided, That before the construction of any bridge herein authorized is commenced the said company shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of such bridge and a map of the location, giving sufficient information to enable the Secretary of War to fully and satisfactorily understand the subject; and unless the plan and location of such bridge are approved by the Secretary

Aids to navigation.

of War the structure shall not be built: Provided further, That any bridge constructed under authority of this Act shall at all times be so kept and managed as to oiler reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels and other water craft through or under said

Lights, etc.

structure, and for the safety of vessels passing at night there shall be displayed on said bridge, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as may be prescribed by the Light-House Board.

Sec. 3.

Commencement and completion.

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 approval of this Act.

Sec. 4.

Amendment, etc.

That Congress shall have power at any time to alter, amend, or repeal this Act, or any part thereof, if in its judgment the public interests so require.