Chapter 20. To declare the international railway bridge over the Saint Lawrence River, near Hogansburg, New York, a lawful structure
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CHAP. 20.— An Act To declare the international railway bridge over the Saint Lawrence River, near Hogansburg, New York, a lawful structure. February 14, 1902.[[Public, No. 12](/us/pl/57/12).] Whereas by Act of Congress entitled “An Act to authorize the construction Preamble. Vol. 29, p. 603.and maintenance of a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, authority was granted for the construction of a bridge across the southerly channel of the Saint Lawrence River from a point on the right or southerly bank thereof, near the village of Hogansburg, New York, as in said Act set forth; and Whereas said bridge was not completed until after the expiration of three years from the date of approval of said Act, but is now completed and is in operation and in use as a post route and for purposes of commerce with a foreign nation:
Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That said bridge be, and the St. Lawrence River. Bridge at Hogansburg, N. Y., a lawful structure. Rights, etc., confirmed.same is hereby, declared to be a lawful structure. Sec. 2. That the rights, powers, privileges, and franchises granted in and by said Act of Congress be, and the same arc hereby, confirmed in the Northern New York Railroad Company, its successors and *Proviso.* Prior act continued.assigns: *Provided, however,* That all obligations and duties imposed in and by said Act shall also remain in force.
Approved, February 14, 1902.