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TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 95. 1830.

Statute I.May 14, 1830.

Draw to bemade, &c.

$6000 appro,priated.

Lamps to bekept, &c.

Width may bereduced to 24feet, &c.

Form of warps.

Sec. of Warto be the inspec-tor of this work.

Appropriationmade condition-ally.

Passage overbridge not to beinterrupted formore than sixtydays.

Penalty.

Consequencesofrefusal of Cor-poration to, &c.

Another drawto be made.

$2,000 appro-priated, undersame stipula-tions, &c.

Chap. XCY.— An Act to alter the bridge and drams across the Potomac, fromWashington city to Alexandria.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the corporation ofGeorgetown, in the District of Columbia , be, and they are hereby, autho-rized, within six months from the passing of this act, to form a draw inthe bridge leading from Washington city to Alexandria, across the Poto-mac river , not less than sixty-six feet in length, nor less than twelve feetwide; and for defraying the expense of making said draw, the sum ofsix thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of anyunappropriated money in the treasury.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Washington Bridge Com-pany shall hereafter be required to keep eight reflecting lamps, to belighted during the night, of which four shall be at the principal draw,two at the smaller draw, and one at each end of the bridge ; and inrepairing said bridge, the company may, and hereby are, permitted toreduce the width of the bridge to twenty-four feet, leaving four feet onone side of said bridge for foot-passengers, which shall, by a strong andsufficient railing, be separated from the carriage-way.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, in making said draw, theopposite side of the warps, above and below the bridge, shall be curvedoff in circular form; and the sides of the spaces covered by said draw,shall be sufficiently and strongly planked up on each side; and saidbridge company shall remove from the passage through it, all obstructionsto safe navigation.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That so soon as the Secretaryof War shall be fully satisfied that the work contemplated by this act tobe done, under the superintendence and authority of the corporation ofGeorgetown , is properly and sufficiently well done, and is entirely safe forthe passing of wagons, then, and not before, shall the appropriation hereinbe paid, or so much of the same as shall be sufficient to meet theexpenses of making said draw.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That said corporation of George-town shall not interrupt the passage across said bridge for a longer periodthan sixty days, under the penalty of paying to the bridge company, anamount equal to ten dollars, for each and every day over sixty days, thatthe passing of said bridge may be interrupted.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That if said company shall refuseto the corporation of Georgetown the right to execute the provisions ofthis act, then the rights and provisions in favour of said company,secured by the second section of this act, shall be null and void, and ofno effect.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That if the said company shallrefuse to permit the alteration in the draw herein provided for, and shall,within thirty days after the passage of this act, notify the corporation ofGeorgetown of such refusal, then this act, and every thing therein con-tained, shall cease to have effect.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the corporation of Washington ,in the said District of Columbia , be authorized to form a draw in saidbridge, over the eastern channel of said river, thirty-five feet wide; forwhich purpose the sum of two thousand dollars is hereby appropriated,and is to be applied in the same manner, by the corporation of Washing-ton , to the construction of the said last-mentioned draw, as the appro-priation in the first section of this act is to be made and applied by thecorporation of Georgetown , to the construction of the first-mentioneddraw ; and, further, that all the provisions of this act, relating to the first-mentioned draw and the corporation of Georgetown , shall apply to thedraw last mentioned and the corporation of Washington .