Chapter 187. Declaring certain trestles of the Washington County Railroad Company to be lawful structures
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CHAP. 187.— An Act Declaring certain trestles of the Washington County Railroad Company to be lawful structures. April 12, 1900. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Washington County Railroad. Certain trestles belonging to, declared lawful structures. That the trestle on the Eastport Branch of the Washington County Railroad, being the property of the Washington County Railroad Company, and running from the extreme point of land south of Pleasant Point, in the town of Perry, county of Washington and State of Maine, to the extreme northern end of Carlows Island, in the town of Eastport, in said county and State; and a certain other trestle, also the property of said railroad 75 company, in the East Machias River, in said county of Washington and State of Maine, at the extreme end of said river, near the village of East Machias, in said county and State, be, and both of said trestles hereby are, declared to be lawful structures: *Provided*, That such modifications *Proviso*. —changes of position, etc. are made in their present position, condition, and elevation as the Secretary of War may order in the interests of navigation.
Approved, April 12, 1900.