Chapter 501. Authorizing the Pea River Power Company to erect a dam in Coffee County, Alabama
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CHAP. 501.— An Act Authorizing the Pea River Power Company to erect a dam in Coffee County, Alabama. February 23, 1906. [[H. R. 7085](/us/bill/59/hr/7085).] [[Public. No. 20](/us/pl/59/20).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Pea River, Ala.Pea River Power Company may dam.Location. That the Pea River Power Company, a corporation, be, and is hereby, authorized to erect, build, have, and maintain a steel and concrete dam, or dam of other material, on Pea River, at a point four miles below, or about four miles below, *Provisos.*Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.the town of Elba, in Coffee County, State of Alabama: *Provided,* That the plans of said dam shall be submitted to and be approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War before construction is Changes.commenced: and the Secretary of War may at any time require and enforce, at the expense of the owners, such modifications in the construction of said dam as he may deem advisable in the interests of Sluiceways.navigation: *Provided further.* That there shall be placed and maintained in connection with said dam a sluiceway so arranged as to permit logs, timber, and lumber to pass around, through, or over said dam without unreasonable delay or hindrance and without toll or charges:
Fishways.and suitable fishways, to be approved by the United States Fish Commission, shall be constructed and maintained on said dam. Sec. 2. Time of construction.That this Act shall be null and void unless the dam herein authorized is commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof. Sec. 3. Amendment.That the right to amend or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 23, 1906.