LAWS AFFECTING THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, UNITED STATES ARMY FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION. 1893-'94. 3155 LAWS AFFECTING THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, UNITED STATES ARMY. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION, 1893-'94. PUBLIC ACTS. 1894. CHAP. 12.-An Act To amend an Act of Congress approved May, January 22, twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety, granting to the Aransas Pass Harbor Company the right to improve Aransas Pass. Aransas Pass Harbor. Time for constructing work Vol. 26, p. 106. extended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Aransas Pass Harbor Company, which is engaged in the improvement of Aransas Pass under the provisions contained in an Act of Congress entitled "An Act for the improvenent of Aransas Pass," approved May twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety, is hereby relieved from the conditions of said Act which require the construction of said work to be commenced within one year from the date of its approval and to be diligently prosecuted by the expenditure of at least three hundred thousand dollars per annum thereafter, and to secure a navigable depth over the outer bar of fifteen feet of water within three years after the date of approval of said Act, and of twenty feet within five years from said date; and the said company is hereby authorized to continue and complete its work of ́improvement as set forth in said Act: Provided, That work shall be resumed by the said Aransas Pass Harbor Com- work. pany within six months from the date of approval of this act, and shall be diligently prosecuted to completion, and said company shall secure a navigable depth over the outer bar of at least twenty feet of water within two years from the date of approval of this act. And in the event of said Revocation on company failing to resume said work within the said six months, or failing to diligently prosecute the same, or to secure a navigable depth of twenty feet of water over the outer bar within the time required by this act, then Congress may revoke the privileges herein granted in relation to said improvement. SEC. 2. That the right of Congress to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby reserved. Approved, January 22, 1894. ENG 94 -217 3457 Proviso. failure. Amendment, etc. January 22, 1894. Dam across, anthorized Shawnee ty. CHAP. 15.-An Act To authorize the construction and maintenance of a dam or dams across the Kansas River, within Shawnee County, in the State of Kansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Kansas River of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That rized in the Chicago-Topeka Light, Heat, and Power Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Illi nois, its successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to construct and maintain a dam or dams across the Kansas River, at any suitable place or places within the county of Shawnee, in the State of Kansas: Provided, That on notice by the Secretary of Removal, etc. War that said dam or dams are material obstructions to navigation, said dam or dams shall be at once removed. or suitable lock or locks provided by the owner or owners thereof at his or their expense, so as not to interfere with by Secretary of navigation: And provided further, That if after due aud Provisos. Removal, etc., War. Recovery expense. sufficient notice in such case the owner or owners of said dam or dams shall neglect or fail to provide suitable lock or locks, or otherwise modify or remove said obstructions, in such manner as the Secretary of War may direct, the said Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause suitable lock or locks to be provided, or said obstructions to be removed or modified at the expense of the United States, and to institute proceedings against the person or of persons or corporation owning or controlling said dam or dams for the recovery of the expense thereof before the circuit court of the United States in and for the district in which said dam or dams may be located. Commencement SEC. 2. That the dam or dams herein provided for shall and completion. be commenced within one year from the date of approval of this act and completed within three years, under penalty of the forfeiture of the franchise herein granted. Amendment, etc. SEC. 3. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, January 22, 1894. January 22, 1894. CHAP. 18.-An Act To amend an Act approved September fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety, authorizing the New Orleans, Natchez and Fort Scott Railroad Company to construct two bridges across Boeat River, in Louisiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives River, of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Time for bridg the Act approved September fourth, eighteen hundred and Boeuf La. ing extended. ninety, entitled "An Act to authorize the construction of two bridges across Boeuf River, Louisiana," be, and is hereby, amended so that the time within which the actual construction of said bridges may be commenced is hereby extended for the period of oue year from the date of the approval of this Act. Approved, January 22, 1891. |