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said railroad shall cross any State or county road, said Company shall keep good and
sufficient causeways or other adequate facilities for crossing the same; and said railroad
shall not be so constructed as to prevent the public from using any street, road, or high-
way, along or across which it may pass ; and when said railroad shall be built across any
navigable stream, said Company shall erect a bridge sufficiently high on which to cross,
or shall construct a drawbridge, so that in no case shall the free navigation of such
stream be obstructed. When any person shall own land on both sides of said road, said
Company, when required so to do, shall make, and keep in good repair, one causeway or

other adequate means of crossing the same.
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§ 16. Said Company shall have power to extend, construct, maintain, and operate
their said railroad or branches, beyond the limits of this State, and are hereby authorized
to make contracts for the same, and shall have power to contract for, and construct, all
necessary bridges over navigable streams, so the same may in nowise interfere with

the free navigation of the same.
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This Act to take effect, and be in force, from and after its passage.

Approved February 9, 1857.