Chapter 15. To authorize the construction and maintenance of a dam or dams across the Kansas River, within Shawnee County, in the State of Kansas
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CHAP. 15.— An Act To authorize the construction and maintenance of a dam or dams across the Kansas River, within Shawnee County, in the State of Kansas.January 22, 1894. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Kansas River.Dam across, authorized in Shawnee County. That the Chicago-Topeka Light, Heat, and Power Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, its successors and assigns, be,, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to construct and maintain a dam or dams across the Kansas River, at any suitable place or places within the county of Shawnee, in the State of Kansas: *Provided*, That on notice*Provisos*.Removal, etc. by the Secretary of War that said dam or dams are material obstruc- 28tions to navigation, said dam or dams shall be at once removed, or suitable lock or locks provided by the owner or owners thereof at his or their expense, so as not to interfere with navigation:Removal, etc., by Secretary War. *And provided further*, That if after due and sufficient notice in such case the owner or owners of said dam or dams shall neglect or fail to provide suitable lock or locks, or otherwise modify or remove said obstructions, in such manner as the Secretary of War may direct, the said Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause suitable lock or locks to be provided, or said obstructions to be removed or modified at the expense of the United States, and to institute proceedings against the person or persons or corporation owning or controlling said dam or dams for the Recovery of expense.recovery of the expense thereof before the circuit court of the United States in and for the district in which said dam or dams may be located.
Sec. 2. That the dam or dams herein provided for shall be commencedCommencement and completion. within one year from the date of approval of this act and completed within three years, under penalty of the forfeiture of the franchise herein granted. Sec. 3. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herebyAmendment, etc. expressly reserved. Approved, January 22, 1894.