Chapter 211. To authorize the Grand Rapids Water Power and Boom Company, of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, to construct a dam and bridge across the Mississippi River
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CHAP. 211.— An Act To authorize the Grand Rapids Water Power and Boom Company, of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, to construct a dam and bridge across the Mississippi River. February 27, 1899. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Grand Rapids Water Power and Boom Co. may bridge, etc., Mississippi River at Grand Rapids, Minn.Dam, etc., for waterpower purposes. That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the Grand Rapids Water Power and Boom Company, of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, its successors and assigns, to construct across the Mississippi River, at a point within the limits of the village of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, to be approved by the Secretary of War, a dam, canal, and works necessarily incident thereto, for waterpower purposes, and a wagon and foot bridge if desired in connection therewith for the purpose of travel.
Said dam shall be so constructed that there can at any time be constructed in connection therewith a *Provisos.*Government control, etc.suitable lock for navigation purposes: *Provided,* That the Government of the United States may at any time take possession of said dam without compensation and control the same for purposes of navigation, but shall not do so to the destruction of the water power created by said dam to any greater extent than may be necessary to provide Construction, etc.proper facilities for navigation: *Provided also,* That said dam shall be so constructed that it will not at any time raise the water surface, at a point three hundred feet above said dam, to an elevation higher than FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Chs. 211, 212. 1899. 905 the floor of the sluices of the reservoir dam built by the Government at Pokegama Falls on the Mississippi River, in section thirteen, township fifty-five, range twenty-six west of the fourth principal meridian, Minnesota: *Provided further,* That said dam shall be so constructed asPassage of sawlogs to provide for the free passage of saw logs without tolls or charges; and the said company shall construct and maintain, at its own expense,Fishways. suitable fishways, to be approved by the United States Fish Commissioner; and the said company, its successors and assigns, shall makeChanges. such change and modification in said dam, canal, and works incident thereto, and said bridge, as the Secretary of War may from time to time deem necessary in the interests of navigation, at its own cost and expense: *Provided further,* That in case any litigation arises from theLitigation. obstruction of the channel by said dam, canal, and works incident thereto, or such bridge, the case may be tried in the proper court of the United States in the district in which said works are situated.
Sec. 2. That the right to amend, alter, or repeal this Act is herebyAmendment. expressly reserved. Sec. 3. That this Act shall be null and void unless said dam hereinCommencement and completion. authorized be commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof. Approved, February 27, 1899.