Chapter 623. to authorize the improvement of the water-power in the Mississippi River at Little Falls, Minnesota
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CHAP. 623.— An Act to authorize the improvement of the water-power in the Mississippi River at Little Falls, Minnesota.July 3, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Little Falls Water-Power Company may build dam, etc., at Little Falls, Mississippi River, Minn.*Provisos.*Slaiceway, etc., for passage of logs, etc. That it shall be lawful for the Little Falls Water-Power Company of Minnesota to improve and develop the water-power in the Mississippi River at Little Falls, in the State of Minnesota, by constructing, maintaining, and operating in said river, at said Little Falls, dams, piers, sluice ways, canals, locks, ponds, breakwaters, abutments, and mill sites for manufacturing purposes: *Provided, *That there shall be placed and maintained in connection with said dam and other works a sluice-way, lock, or other fixture sufficient and so arranged as to permit logs, timber, and lumber to pass around, through, or over said dam or other works without unreasonable delay or hindrance, and without tolls or charges: *Provided further*, That the SecretaryChanges. of War may at any time require such changes and alterations to be made in said works, at the expense of said water-power company, as he may deem advisable and necessary in the interest of navigation.
Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, July 3, 1886.