Chapter 150.
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CHAP. 150.— AN ACT To authorize J. W. Vance, L. L. Allen, C. F. Helwig, and H. V. Worley, of Pierce City, Missouri; A. B. Durnil, D. H. Kemp, Sig Soloman, J. J. Davis, S. A. Chappell, and W. M. West, of Monett, Missouri; M. L. Coleman, M. T. Davis, Jared R. Woodfill, junior, J. H. Jarrett, and William H. Standish, of Aurora, Lawrence County, Missouri; and L. S. Meyer, F. S. Heffernan, Robert A. Moore, William H. Johnson, J. P. McCammon, M. W. Colbaugh, and W. H. Schreiber, of Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, to construct a dam across the James River, in Stone County, Missouri, and to divert a portion of its waters through a tunnel into the said river again to create electric power.
February 24, 1911.[[S. 574](/us/bill/36/s/574).][[Public, No. 412](/us/bill/36/pl/412).] February 24, 1911. [S. 574.] [Public, No. 412.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That J. W. Vance, L. L. Allen, C. F. Helwig, and H. V. Worley, of Pierce City, Missouri; James River.A. B. Durnil, D. II. Kemp, Sig Soloman, J. J. Davis, S. A. Chappell, and W. M. West, of Monett, Missouri; M. L. Coleman, M. T. Davis, Jared R.
Woodfill, junior, J. II. Jarrett, and William II. Standish, of Aurora, Lawrence County, Missouri; and L. S. Meyer, F. S. Heffernan, Robert A. Moore, William H. Johnson, J. P. McCammon, M. W. Colbaugh, and W. II. Schreiber, of Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, their heirs and assigns, be, and they are hereby, J. W. Vance and others may dam, in Big Bend of.authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a dam in the Big Bend of the James River, in section twenty-two, township twenty-three north, range twenty-four west, in the county of Stone and State of Missouri, across the said James River at said point, and to impound thereat in what is known as the Lower Narrows of the Big Bend of the said James River the waters of said river, and by canal and tunnel to divert and conduct across said narrows such portion of the water of said river, through said tunnel into said river again, as may be necessary for electric-power purposes.
Construction, etc.The construction, maintenance, and operation of the dam herein authorized, as well as the determination of the rights and obligations under the permission granted hereby, shall be in all respects in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the Act Vol. 34, p. 386.approved June twenty-third, nineteen hundred and ten, entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to regulate the construction of dams across navigable waters,’ approved June twenty-first, nineteen hundred and six.
” Sec.2.That the right to alter, amend,Amendment.or repeal this Act in whole or in part is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 24, 1911.