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Statement showing rank and duties of officers of Corps of Engineers-Cont'd.

RANK AND NAME.

DUTIES.

SECOND LIEUTENANTS.

(continued.)

Robert McGregor.....

ADDITIONAL SECOND

LIEUTENANTS,

Edgar Jadwin..

On duty with Company A, Battalion of Engineers. Under instruction at the U. S. Engineer School. Member of general court-martial convened at Willets Point, N. Y., June 8, 1891.

Charles Keller.....

Herbert Deakyne.....

On duty under the immediate orders of Captain Casey. On duty with Company A, Battalion of Engineers. On duty with Company B, Battalion of Engineers. Mess Officer, Post of Willets Point, N. Y. Under instruction at the U. S. Engineer School. Member of general court-martial convened at Willets Point, N. Y., June 8, 1891.

On duty with Company A, Battalion of Engineers. On duty with Company C, Battalion of Engineers. Acting Ordnance Officer, Post of Willets Point, N. Y. Under instruction at the U. S. Engineer School.

On duty with Company B, Battalion of Engineers. On duty with Company A, Battalion of Engineers. Under instruction at the U. S. Engineer School.

Charles S. Bromwell... On duty with Company C, Battalion of Engineers. On duty with Company B, Battalion of Engineers. Under instruction at the U. S. Engineer School.

U. S. AGENTS.

S. T. Abert..

William F. Smith, Major of Engineers, U. S. A., Retired.

U. S. CIVIL ENGINEER.

M. Meigs....

In charge of the improvement of the harbor at Breton Bay,
Leonardtown, and at entrance of St. Jerome Creek, Md.
In charge of the improvement of Patuxent River, Md.;
of the rivers Rappahannock, Chickahominy, Mattaponi,
Totusky, York, Pamunky, and Staunton, Va., and Dan,
Va. and N. C.; of channel in Potomac River through flats
in front of landing at Mount Vernon, and of Nomini
Creek, Va.

In charge of the improvement of the harbors at Wilmington,
Del, Cambridge, Md., Onancock and Cape Charles City
and Chenton Inlet, Va., and ice harbor at New Castle,
Del. In charge of the improvement of the Maurice River,
N. J., Broadkiln, St. Jones, Appoquinnimink, and Smyrna
rivers, and Duck and Mispillion and Broad creeks, Del.,
Susquehanna River, Md. and Pa., Choptank, Wicomico,
Manokin, Chester, Elk, and North East rivers, and of
Fairlee Creek or Inlet, Md., and inland water way from
Chincoteague Bay, Va., to Delaware Bay at or near Lewes,
Del. In charge of examination of Murderkill, Broad
Creek, and Mispillion rivers, Del., La Trappe, Turners
Creek, Rock Hall Harbor, Nanticoke River, the north-
west fork of same, Linchester River, Susquehanna River,
above Havre de Grace, Broad Creek, and Warwick, Md.,
and Tangier Harbor, Va. In charge of survey to locate the
canal between Rehoboth Bay and Delaware Bay-a part
of the proposed water way from Chincoteague Bay, Va.,
to Delaware Bay; of Murderkill and Mispillion rivers,
Del., Rock Hall Harbor, Susquehanna River above Havre
de Grace, La Trappe and Warwick rivers, and Broad and
Turner creeks, Md. In charge of removal of wrecks of
schooners Maria Green in Jacksons Creek, Chester River,
Md., and of Mary A. Rhodes in Smyrna River, Del.

On duty under the immediate orders of Major Mackenzie.

LAWS

AFFECTING

THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS,

UNITED STATES ARMY,

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION.

1890-'91.

477

LAWS

AFFECTING

THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, UNITED STATES ARMY.

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION, 1890-'91.

PUBLIC ACTS.

CHAP. 3.-An act to authorize the Lake Charles Road and Bridge Company, of December 11, Lake Charles, Louisiana, to construct and maintain bridges across English Bayou 1890. and Calcasieu River.

Louisiana.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Lake Charles States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the Road and Bridge Company may Lake Charles Road and Bridge Company, a corporation created and bridge English existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Louisiana, or Bayou and Calits assigns, to erect, construct, and maintain a bridge over the English casieu River at Bayou and a bridge over Calcasieu River, in the State of Louisiana, at certain points in such points upon said bayou and river in township nine south and Location. range eight west as may be found advantageous. Said bridges shall be constructed to provide for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all Wagon, kinds, for the transit of animals, foot-passengers, and of all kinds of and footbridges. commerce, travel, or communication, and said corporation may charge and receive such reasonable tolls therefor as may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War.

Tolls.

etc.,

Construction.
Draws.

Width.

Proviso.

SEC. 2. That each of said bridges shall be constructed as drawbridges, with an opening over the center of the channel of such width as the Secretary of War shall determine, and which shall not be less than thirty feet in the clear across English Bayou and not less than fifty feet in the clear across Calcasieu River: Provided, also, That said draws shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage Opening of boats, vessels, or other water-craft, and in no case shall unnecessary draws. delay occur; and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridges as the Light-House Board shall prescribe, and such sheer booms or other structures as may be necessary to safely guide vessels, etc. boats, rafts, or other water-craft safely through said draw-openings as shall be designated and required by the Secretary of War.

of

Lights, etc.
Sheer booms,

of

SEC. 3. That said bridges shall be built and located under and sub- Security of ject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said bayou navigation. and river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, and to secure that object the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of War to approve the bridges and a map of the location, giving for the space of one mile plans, etc. above and one mile below the proposed location the topography of the banks of the bayou and river, the shore-lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the current at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the streams, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plans and locations are approved by the Secretary of War the bridges shall not be built, and

Changes in should any changes be made in the plans of said bridges during the plans. progress of construction such change shall be submitted to the approval of the Secretary of War.

Amendment,

etc.

changes.

SEC. 4. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act, or to require any changes in such structures, or their entire removal at the Structural expense of the owners thereof, whenever the Secretary of War shall decide that the public interest requires it, and the right to prescribe Regulations, such rules and regulations in regard to toll and otherwise as may be deemed reasonable, are expressly reserved.

etc.

Commencement and completion.

SEC. 5. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridges herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date thereof. Approved, December 11, 1890.

December 26,

1890.

CHAP. 33.—An act anthorizing the city of Albany, in the county of Linn, State of Oregon, to construct a bridge across the Willamette River, in said State.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Albany, Linn Co., Oregon, may States of America in Congress assembled, That the city of Albany, in the bridge Willa-county of Linn, State of Oregon, be authorized and permitted to build mette River at a wagon and foot bridge across the Willamette River, at such point as Albany, Oregon. Wagon a may be selected opposite the said city, and between the counties of foot, or wagon, Linn and Beaton, in said State of Oregon. Such bridge may also, at foot, and railroad the option of said city, be so constructed as to be available as a railbridge. road bridge: Provided, That in either case said bridge shall not interProviso. fere with the free navigation of said river, and in case of any litigation Free naviga- arising from any obstruction, or alleged obstruction, to the free navition. gation of said river by reason of the construction of said bridge, the cause may be tried before the circuit court of the United States in and for the district in whose jurisdiction any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be.

Litigation.

Construction

optional. Provisos. Spans.

Piers.

SEC. 2. That such bridge, built under the provisions of this act, may, at the option of the city of Albany, be built as a draw-bridge, or with unbroken, continuous spans, provided, if such bridge shall be made with unbroken, continuous spans the main span shall be over the main channel of such navigable river, and shall be of such width and the lowest part of the superstructure shall be of such height above extreme highwater mark as the Secretary of War may prescribe, and such bridge shall be at right angles to, and its piers parallel with, the channel or Draw-bridge current of said river. And if such bridge, built under this act, shall opening. be constructed as a draw-bridge the same shall be constructed with the opening over the center or channel of the river, and shall be of such width and character of construction as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, and the piers of such bridge shall be parallel with the current, and the draw of such bridge shall be over the main or deep channel of Opening of the river: Provided also, That said draw shall be opened promptly upon a reasonable signal for the passage of boats, and in no case shall unnecessary delay occur in opening said draw.

Width, etc.
Piers.

Draw.

draw.

Lights, etc.
Proviso.

And said city of Albany shall maintain at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on such bridge as the LightHouse Board shall prescribe: Provided also, That said bridge, at the option of the said city of Albany, may be used for the passage of wagons or vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals and foot passengers for such reasonable rate of toll as may be approved from time to Optional toll or time by the Secretary of War, but the same may, at the option of the city of Albany, be a free bridge for the passage of vehicles and foot passengers thereon.

free bridge.

route.

Lawful struc SEC. 3. That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this act ture and post-shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post-route, and shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other postroads in the United States, and no higher charge shall be made for Railroad the transmission over the same of the mails, troops, or munitions of war of the United States or for other passengers or freight passing over said bridge than the rate per mile paid for transportation over Postaltele. any railroad leading to said bridge. And the United States shall have the right of way for a postal telegraph across said bridge and its approaches.

charges.

graph.

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