Chapter 49.
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CHAP. 49.— An act to authorize the Mississippi Water-Power and Boom Company, of Brainard, Minnesota, to construct a dam across the Mississippi River.April 15, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Dam across Mississippi River may be built by Mississippi Water Power and Boom Company, of Brainard, Minn. Canal and bridge. *Provisos*. That the consent of the Government is hereby given to the Mississippi Water-Power and Boom Company of Brainard, Minnesota, to construct across the Mississippi River, at some point not more than two miles from the limits of said city of Brainard, to be approved by the Secretary of War, a dam, canal and the appurtenances thereof, for water-power and other purposes, and in connection therewith a wagon and foot bridge for public travel: *Provided*, That the Government of United States may at any time Luck.construct in connection therewith a suitable lock for navigation purposes: *Provided also*, That the Government of the United States may at any Government may take possession.time take possession of said dam and control the same for purposes of navigation, by paying said company the actual cost of the same, but shall not do so to the destruction of the water-power created by said dam: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of War may at any time Navigation.require and enforce, at the expense of the owners, such modification and changes in the construction of said dam as lie may deem advisable in the interests of navigation; and that said dam shall, if necessary, be so built that boats and rafts may pass through the same, without the Litigation.imposition of any toll or charge: *And provided further*, That all suits relative to any obstruction of navigation arising from said dam may be tried in the United States circuit and district courts for Minnesota.
Sec. 2. Right to amend, etc., reserved. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved without any claim of any kind arising in favor of any party in consequence of such amendment or repeal. Approved, April 15, 1886.