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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 25 STAT. · October 12, 1888 · Chapter 1091

Chapter 1091.

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CHAP. 1091.— An act to authorize the construction of a highway bridge across that part of the waters of Lake Champlain which separates the islands of North Hero and South Hero, in the county of Grand Isle, in the State of VermontOctober 12, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,North Hero and Grand Isle, Vt., may build bridge between North Hero and South Hero Islands, Lake Champlain. That the proper authorities of the towns of North Hero and Grand Isle, in the county of Grand Isle, in the State of Vermont, be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and use a highway bridge at a suitable point across the channel which lies between the islands of North Hero and South Hero and between the two towns aforesaid.
Sec. 2. Secretary of War to prescribe regulations, etc.That the structure authorized by the preceding section shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of such waters as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, and shall be provided with such suitable and convenient Draw.draw as the said Secretary shall deem needful for the proper purposes of navigation, of width not less than that of the draw in the bridge between the towns of Alburg and North Hero, Vermont; and the maintenance and management of said structure shall be subject to Vol. 22, p. 423.such of the provisions of section six of chapter fifty-two of the acts of the second session of the Forty-seventh Congress as the Secretary of War may, from time to time, deem needful; and the authority to erect and continue said bridge shall be subject to revocation and modification by law whenever the public good shall, in the judgment of the Secretary of War so require, without any expense or charge to the United States.
Sec. 3. Amendment.That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, October 12, 1888. Chapter 1092: to make enlisted men of the Signal Corps responsible for public property. Chapter 1092 25 Stat. 552 1888-10-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-23 50 1 public
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