Chapter 88. To authorize and empower the Rice Irrigation and Improvement Association, of the State of Louisiana, to construct a lock or locks and a dam in Mermentau River, in the State of Louisiana
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CHAP. 88.— An Act To authorize and empower the Rice Irrigation and Improvement Association, of the State of Louisiana, to construct a lock or locks and a dam in Mermentau River, in the State of Louisiana. January 10, 1903.[[Public, No. 18](/us/pl/57/18).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United, States of America in Congress assembled.*, Mermentau River, La.Rice Irrigation and Improvement Association may construct dam, etc., in.That the Rice Irrigation and Improvement Association, of the State of Louisiana, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct a lock or locks and a dam near the mouth of Mermentau River or at some suitable point in said river, to be approved 767by the Secretary of War: *Provided*, That said lock or*Proviso.*Payment of cost.Secretary of War to approve plans, etc. locks and a dam shall be constructed and paid for by said association.
The examination and surveys for the construction of said lock or locks and a dam. and the construction of the same, shall be subject to the supervision of the United States Engineers and done in accordance with plans and specifications to be furnished by said association, and approved by the Secretary of War. The work on said lock or locks and aConstruction. dam shall commence as soon as said association shall judge proper after the survey provided for above shall have been made, and plans and specifications for said lock or locks and a dam shall have been approved by the Secretary of War.
The maintenance of said lock or locksMaintenance.Unobstructed navigation. and dam shall devolve on said association, which shall at. all times keep same in a proper condition and so as not to interfere with free navigation of said river; nor shall said association, at any time, impose any toll for the passage of any craft through said lock or locks: *Provided further,* ThatFishways. such suitable fish wavs as may be prescribed by the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries shall be provided in the said dam by the said association.
Sec. 2. That this Act shall be null and voidTime limit. unless the privilege hereby granted shall be availed of within two years from the date hereof. Sec. 3. That the right to alter,Amendment. amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, January 10, 1903.