Chapter 165.
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CHAP. 165.— AN ACT To authorize the construction of drawless bridges across a certain portion of the Charles River in the State of Massachusetts. February 27, 1911.[[H.R. 26150](/us/bill/36/hr/26150).][[Public, No. 424](/us/bill/36/pl/424).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Metropolitan Park Commission, Charles River.or any town or city, or any other public body authorized by the State of Massachusetts,Bridges authorized across between Cambridge and Boston, Mass.all or any of them, be, and they hereby are, authorized to construct, at any time hereafter, drawless bridges across the Charles River in the State of Massachusetts connecting River Street in Cambridge and Cambridge Street in the Brighton district, so called, of Boston, and at any other points upon said river, at, near, or above said Cambridge and River Streets: *Provided,**Provisos*.That said bridges shall be at least twelve feet above the ordinary level of the water Height, etc.in the basin over the main ship channel, and the piers and other obstructions to the flow of the river shall be constructed in such form and in such places as the Secretary of War shall approve: *Provided further,* Compensation to owners of abutting property.That before the construction of said bridges Commission to assess damages.or any of them is begun, the State of Massachusetts shall by legislative enactment provide for adequate compensation Construction.for the owner, owners, lessee or lessees of property abutting on said river above any of the said bridges, for damages if any caused to said property or leasehold interests therein by reason of interference with the access by water to said property, due to the construction of bridges without draws: *Provided further,* That said legislative enactment shall provide for the appointment of three commissioners to hear the parties in interest and assess the damages to said property; their decision as to the amount of damages and questions of fact to be final; said commissioners to be appointed by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.
Except as inconsistent herewith, this Act shall be subject to the provisions of an Act Vol. 34, p. 84.entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. Sec.2.That the right to alter, amend, Amendment.or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 27, 1911.