Chapter 437. Granting to the Muscle Shoals Power Company right to erect and construct canal and power stations at Muscle Shoals, Alabama
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CHAP. 437.— An Act Granting to the Muscle Shoals Power Company right to erect and construct canal and power stations at Muscle Shoals, Alabama. March 3, 1899. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the consent of CongressMuscle Shoals Power Company may construct canal, etc., at Muscle Shoals, Ala. is hereby given to the Muscle Shoals Power Company, a corporation created and organized under a charter granted by the legislature of the State of Alabama, its successors or assigns, to erect, construct, operate, and maintain inlet and outlet races or canals and a power station or stations at a point or points at or near the Muscle Shoals in Tennessee River, and to make such other improvements as may be necessary within said limits for the development of water power and transmission of the same: *Provided,* That the constructions hereby*Provisos.*No interference with Muscle Shoals Canal, etc,Approval of Secretary of War. authorized do not in any way interfere with the Muscle Shoals Canal, or with navigation of said river: *Provided further,* That until the plans and location of the works herein authorized, so far as they affect the interests of navigation, have been approved by the Secretary of War, the improvements shall not be commenced or built, and the Sec- 1352 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Chs. 437–439. 1899. retary of War is authorized and directed to fix reasonable charges for use of said power. Sec. 2. Commencement and completion. That unless the work herein authorized be commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof, the privileges hereby granted shall cease and be determined. Sec. 3. Amendment. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, March 3, 1899.