Chapter 2574. Permitting the building of a dam across the Mississippi River in the county of Morrison, State of Minnesota
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CHAP. 2574.— An Act Permitting the building of a dam across the Mississippi River in the county of Morrison, State of Minnesota. June 4, 1906. [[H. R. 17758](/us/bill/34/hr/17758).] [[Public, No. 193](/us/pl/34/193).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the consent of CongressMississippi River.Pike Rapids Power Company may dam, etc., in Morrison County. Minn.*Post.* p. 1219. is hereby granted to The Pike Rapids Power Company, a Minnesota corporation, its successors or assigns, to construct and maintain across the Mississippi River a dam, canal, and works necessary incident thereto for water power and supply purposes at. any point between section twenty, township one hundred and twenty-eight north, range twenty-nine west, and section seventeen, in township thirty-nine, range thirty-two, in Morrison County, Minnesota: *Provided,* That the*Provisos*.Secretary of War to approve plans, etc. plans for the construction of said dam and appurtenant works shall be submitted to and approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War before the commencement of the construction of the same: *And provided further,* That the said TheChanges.
Pike Rapids Power Company, its successors or assigns, shall not deviate from such plans after such approval, either before or after the completion of said structures, unless the modifications of such plans shall have previously been submitted to and received the approval of the Chief of Engineers and of tile Secretary of War: *And provided further,* That there shall be placed and maintained in connection withSluiceway. said dam a sluiceway so arranged as to permit logs, timber, and lumber to pass around, through, and over said dam without unreasonable delay or hindrance, and without toll or charges: *And provided further. *That the dam shall be so constructed that the Government of theLock.
United States may at any time construct in connection therewith a suitable lock for navigation purposes, and may at any time, without compensation, control the said dam so far as shall be necessary for the purposes of navigation, but shall not destroy the water power developed by said dam and structures to any greater extent than may be necessary to provide proper facilities for navigation, and that the Secretary 210of War may at any time require and enforce, at the expense of the owners, such modifications and changes in the construction of said dam as he may deem advisable in the interests of navigation.
Sec. 2. Fishways.That suitable fishways, to be approved by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, shall be constructed and maintained at said dam by said corporation, its successors or assigns. Sec. 3. Litigation.That in case any litigation arises from the building of said dam, or from the obstruction of said river by said dam or appurtenant works, cases may be tried in the proper courts as now provided for that purpose in the State of Minnesota, or in the courts of the United Existing law not affected.States: *Provided,* That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers, or to exempt said structures from the operation of same.
Sec. 4. Amendment.Time of completion.*Post*. p. 1220.That the right to amend, alter, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved: and the same shall become null and void unless the construction of the dam hereby authorized is commenced within one year after the passage of this Act and completed within three years thereafter. Approved, June 4, 1906.