Chapter 222.
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CHAP. 222.— AN ACT Authorizing the Erie Railroad Company to construct a canal connecting the Hackensack River and Berrys Creek, Bergen County, New Jersey, as an aid to navigation, and for other purposes. March 3, 1911.[[S. 10883](/us/bill/36/s/10883).][[Public, No. 466](/us/bill/36/pl/466).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Berrys Creek, N. J.That the Erie Railroad Company, a corporation of the State of New York, its successors and assigns, is hereby authorized, for the purpose of removing perils and delays now incident to the navigation of Berrys Creek, Erie Railroad Company may construct canài to Hackensack River from.in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, through the presence of the bridge of the said Erie Railroad Company across said creek at a distance of about eight thousand seven hundred feet from the point where said creek empties into the Hackensack River Location.and of improving the navigation of said Berrys Creek, to construct a suitable canal, from a point in the center of Berrys Creek, northeast of the bridge of the Erie Railroad Company over said stream, to and into the Hack 1083ensack River: *Provided,**Proviso.*That no canal shall be constructed under this authority unless the plans for the same are approved Approval of plans.by the Corps of Engineers and the Secretary of War, who are authorized to impose such conditions as may be necessary to maintain the navigability of Berrys Creek Change in bridge permittedunimpaired.
And if said railroad company shall construct said canal to the approval of the Secretary of War, said railroad company shall be authorized and permitted to maintain a fixed bridge over Berrys Creek at a point where the main line of the railroad company now crosses said creek. Sec.2.That the right to alter, amend,Amendment.or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, March 3, 1911.