Chapter 82. To authorize the county of Elmore, Alabama, to construct a bridge across Coosa River, Alabama
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CHAP. 82.— An Act To authorize the county of Elmore, Alabama, to construct a bridge across Coosa River, Alabama. March 12, 1908.[[H. R. 13102](/us/bill/70/hr/13102).][[Public, No. 52](/us/pl/70/52).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the county of Elmore,Coosa River.Elmore county, Ala., may bridge, at Wetumpka. Alabama, be, and it is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Coosa River at or near Wetumpka, in the State of Alabama, in accordance with the provisionsVol. 34, p. 84. of the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six: *Provided*, That any bridge constructed under*Proviso*Construction. this Act shall be erected at sufficient height above the water of said river at high and low water stage to permit the free and easy passage of steamboats and other water-crafts navigating and accustomed to navigate the Alabama and Coosa Rivers, or shall be constructed a drawbridge subject to such regulations for the security of navigation below the Coosa and Alabama Rivers as the Secretary of War may prescribe.
Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herebyAmendment. expressly reserved. Approved, March 12, 1908.