Chapter 430. To authorize the construction and maintenance of a dike on Olalla Slough, Lincoln County, Oregon
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CHAP. 430.— An Act To authorize the construction and maintenance of a dike on Olalla Slough, Lincoln County, Oregon. June 25, 1910.[[H. R. 26458](/us/bill/61/hr/26458).][[Public, No. 312](/us/pl/61/312).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the legal officers of Olalla Slough, Oreg. Olalla diking district may construct a dike across. the Olalla diking district, organized under the laws of the State of Oregon, be, and hereby are, authorized to construct upon the foundation already laid, and to maintain a dike across the Olalla Slough, in Lincoln County, Oregon, with a gate therein so constructed and maintained as to be readily opened and easily operated for the purposes of navigation.
Said gates may be closed for such time as to Closing gates. prevent the overflowing by the tides of the lands above the dike under regulations to be prescribed from time to time by the Secretary of War: *Provided, however*, That the work now existing shall not be *Proviso*. Approval of plans. legalized nor shall any new work be commenced until the plans therefor have been filed with and approved by the Secretary of War and Chief of Engineers. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved.
Approved, June 25, 1910.