Public Law 70–176

That the Duluth and Superior Bridge Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, and its successors in interest, be, and they are hereby, authorized to replace the three-hundred-foot steel span of the bridge of the said Duluth and Superior Bridge Company across the Saint Louis River between Rices Point, Minnesota, and Connors Point, Wisconsin, built pursuant to Acts of Congress approved, respectively, April 24, 1894, and August 4, 1894, which three-hundred-foot steel span adjoined the Wisconsin end of the draw span of said bridge and was heretofore destroyed by a steamship collision, with a twenty-two span frame trestle, which has now been erected under temporary permit from the Secretary of War of the United States; and to maintain said twenty-two span frame trestle in place of the said metal span and as a part of the bridge provided for in said Acts of Congress; and to replace the said twenty-two span frame trestle from time to time as the same maybe required with a like or similar structure or structures of similar type, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the said Acts of Congress: Provided, however, That the said present twenty-two

Proviso.

Approval of Secretary of War required.

span frame trestle shall not be renewed or replaced until detailed plans and specifications for such renewal or replacement shall have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War.

Sec. 2.

The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment.

expressly reserved.