Chapter 1122.
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CHAP. 1122.— An act to authorize the Eagle Pass Water Supply Company and the Compania Proveedora de Aguas de Ciudad Porflrio Diaz to connect their water works communications across the Rio Grande River at Eagle Pass, Texas.September 30, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Eagle Pass Water Supply Company and the Compania Proveedora de Aguas de Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, may connect their water works, etc., across Rio Grande River at Eagle Pass, Tex.
That the Eagle Pass Water Supply Company, a corporation organized and created under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Texas, and the Compania Proveedora de Aguas de Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, created under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Coahuila, one of the States of the Republic of Mexico, be, and are hereby, authorized and empowered to construct, own, maintain, and operate their water connection by tubes, or otherwise, across the Rio Grande River, Location.between the city of Eagle Pass, in the State of Texas, and the city of Porfirio Diaz, formerly known as Piedras Negras, in the State of Coahuila, in the Republic of Mexico, as may be most convenient to FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Chs. 1122–1124. 1890.503 said corporations: *Provided*, That said connection shall not interfere*Provisos*. with the free navigation of said river; and in case of any litigationUnobstructed navigation.Litigation. arising from an obstruction, or alleged obstruction, to the free navigation thereof, caused, or alleged to be caused, by said connection of their water-pipes or hydraulic connections, the case may be tried before the districtJurisdiction.Removal of pipes, etc. court of the United States for the western district of Texas: *And provided, also*, That Congress reserves the right to withdraw the power and authority conferred by this act in case the free navigation of the river shall at any time be substantially or materially obstructed by said connections or pipes, or for any other reasons, and to direct the removal of said pipes or connections, or necessary modifications thereof, at the cost and expense of the owners of said pipes or connections, and Congress may at any time alter,Amendment, etc.Consent of Mexican authorities. repeal, or amend this act: *And provided further*, That the consent of the Mexican State of Coahuila and of the proper authorities of the Republic of Mexico shall have been obtained before the establishment of said pipes and connections.
Approved, September 30, 1890. Chapter 1123: to repeal sections thirty-nine hundred and fifty-two and thirty-nine hundred and fifty-three of Revised Statutes of the United States. Chapter 1123 26 Stat. 503 1890-09-30 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public
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