Chapter 375. to authorize the removal of an obstruction to the navigation of Broad Creek, in the State of Delaware
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CHAP. 375.— An Act to authorize the removal of an obstruction to the navigation of Broad Creek, in the State of Delaware.June 8, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Broad Creek, Del.Bridge across, declared an obstruction. That the bridge over Broad Creek, a navigable stream upon which improvements have been made by appropriations authorized by Congress, erected and maintained by the Delaware Railroad Company and its lessee, near the town of Laurel in the State of Delaware, is hereby declared to be an obstruction to the navigation of said Broad Creek and detrimental to the commerce thereof. 178FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Chs. 374, 375. 1888. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed to serve uponSecretary of War to have a draw constructed. the said Delaware Railroad Company and its lessee in the manner prescribed by the laws of the State of Delaware for the service of papers upon corporations, a notice in writing, requiring said company or its lessee, within three months from the time of such notice, to remove said obstruction by placing in said bridge and maintaining therein a draw of sufficient width and dimensions to admit the free and easy passage of all steamboats and other vessels navigating said stream and in case of refusal or neglect of said railroad company or its lessee to place in said bridge a suitable draw as required by the aforesaid notice, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to cause a draw to be placed therein, and the cost and expense of such draw shall be a legal charge against the said railroad company and its lessee.
Sec. 3. That such sum of money as may be necessary to executeAppropriation. the provisions of this act by the Secretary of War is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, to be paid out on the requisition of the Secretary of War. Approved, June 8, 1888.