Chapter 1385. Authorizing Anton Brucken to construct locks and dams in Pond River, in the State of Kentucky, and to give the consent of Congress thereto
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CHAP. 1385.— An Act Authorizing Anton Brucken to construct locks and dams in Pond River, in the State of Kentucky, and to give the consent of Congress thereto. July 1, 1902. [[Public, No. 251](/us/pl/57/251).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Pond River, Ky.Anton Brucken authorized to construct locks and dams in. That whereas the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War have had submitted to them the plans and specifications for certain locks and dams proposed to be constructed in the bed of Pond River, a navigable stream running between Hopkins County and Muhlenberg County, in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, by one Anton Brucken, who hits proposed, on his private account and by voluntary subscriptions of interested parties, to construct such improvement in order to make said stream navigable, for Consent.rafts and barges during the whole year; and said Anton Brucken and his associates desire the consent and approval of Congress to said improvement, pursuant to section nine of an Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation 733of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for certain other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine,Vol. 30, p. 1151. said Anton Bracken be, and he is hereby, authorized to construct, erect, and operate a system of locks and dams in said Fond River, in Kentucky, according to such plans as may be approved by the ChiefPlans to be approved by Secretary of War, etc. of Engineers and the Secretary of War, for the use of himself and all other persons using said stream by way of traffic, without tolls, and the consent of Congress to said improvement is hereby conferred; *Provided, however,* That said Anton Bracken and his associates are in*Provisos.*Damage to private property.Right of removal reserved. no way relieved from the lawful consequences of any damage done by the work to private property, and the United States in no way relinquishes its rights to require the removal of any structure placed in said stream: *Provided further,* That unless availed of within threeTime of construction. years from the date of this Act the privilege hereby conferred shall cease and be determined.
Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herebyAmendment. expressly reserved. Approved, July 1, 1902.