Chapter 440. To authorize the Dauphin Island Railway and Harbor Company, its successors or assigns, to construct and maintain a bridge, or bridges, or viaducts, across the water between the mainland, at or near Cedar Point and Dauphin Island, both Little and Big; also to dredge a channel from the deep waters of
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CHAP. 440.— An Act To authorize the Dauphin Island Railway and Harbor Company, its successors or assigns, to construct and maintain a bridge, or bridges, or viaducts, across the water between the mainland, at or near Cedar Point and Dauphin Island, both Little and Big; also to dredge a channel from the deep waters of Mobile Bay into Dauphin Bay, and to dredge the said Dauphin Bay; also to construct and maintain docks and wharves along both Little and Big Dauphin islands. June 25, 1910.[[S. 7908](/us/bill/61/s/7908).][[Public, No. 322](/us/pl/61/322).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Mobile Bay, Ala.
Dauphin Island Railway and Harbor Company may bridge waters of. Location. That the Dauphin Island Railway and Harbor Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Alabama, be, and it is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge or bridges and approaches 869 thereto between the mainland at a point suitable to the interests of navigation at or near Cedar Point and Dauphin Island, both Little and Big, situated in Mobile County, State of Alabama, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction Vol. 34, p.84. of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six.
Sec. 2. That the consent of Congress is hereby given that the said Wharves and docks in Dauphin Bay, etc. company may build and maintain wharves and docks from Little Dauphin Island, also from Big Dauphin Island, into the waters adjacent thereto, namely, Mobile Bay, Dauphin Bay, Mississippi Sound, and the Gulf of Mexico, at such points and in accordance with such plans as may be recommended by the Chief of Engineers and approved by the Secretary of War. Sec. 3. That the consent of Congress is hereby further given that Channel to Dauphin Bay authorized. the said company may build, construct, or dredge a channel from the deep waters of Mobile Bay up to and into Dauphin Bay, cutting or dredging that certain portion of Dauphin Island necessary to construct a straight channel from the proper and most convenient point or points in said deep waters of Mobile Bay to and into Dauphin Bay; and that the consent of Congress is also given that the said company may construct or dredge a basin to the full extent of Dauphin Bay or any part thereof, said bay lying between Little Dauphin and Big Dauphin islands; and that it may use the dredged material in filling, Reclaiming lands. constructing, and reclaiming lands on or adjacent to Little Dauphin and Big Dauphin islands and that it may deposit same at other points which will not interfere with or endanger navigation: *Provided*, That *Provisos*.
Approval by Secretary of War, etc. the location, depth, width, and extent of said channel and basin shall be subject to the approval of the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War, and until approved by them the work of construction shall not be commenced: *And provided further*, That no portion of said dredged Deposit of dredged material. material shall be deposited in any navigable water until the place of deposit has been approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War, and the deposit of said material in navigable waters shall at all times be subject to the control of said Chief of Engineers and Secretary of War.
Sec. 4. That this Act shall not be construed as authorizing the Legal rights, etc. not impaired. invasion or impairment of the legal rights of any other person or corporation, nor as conferring any right, power, or privilege in conflict with, nor any infringement of, the laws of the State of Alabama; nor as authorizing the use or occupancy of any portion of the Fort Fort Games Reservation. Use restricted. Gaines Military Reservation, except in such manner as may be specifically recommended by the Chief of Engineers and approved by the Secretary of War.
Sec. 5. That the Act approved February fifth, nineteen hundred and Bridge, etc., by Mobile Railway and Dock Company repealed. Vol. 34, p. 10, repealed. six, entitled “An Act to authorize the Mobile Railway and Dock Company to construct and maintain a bridge or viaduct across the water between the end of Cedar Point and Dauphin Island,” is hereby repealed. Sec. 6. That the consent hereby given shall be considered as withdrawn Time of construction. and deemed to be revoked if actual construction of the work described in sections two and three hereof be not commenced within two years and completed within five years from the date of the approval of this Act.
Sec. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. Approved, June 25, 1910.