Chapter 69. To authorize the Oregon Trunk Railway of the State of Washington to construct a bridge across the Columbia River and Celilo Canal
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CHAP. 69.— An Act To authorize the Oregon Trunk Railway of the State of Washington to construct a bridge across the Columbia River and Celilo Canal. March 2, 1910.[[H. R. 17160](/us/bill/61/hr/17160).][[Public, No. 69](/us/pl/61/69).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Columbia River and Celilo Canal.Oregon Trunk Railway may bridge, at Celilo. That the Oregon Trunk Railway, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Washington, is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Columbia River, and the Celilo Canal, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Celilo, in the States of Washington and Oregon, in accordance with the Vol. 34, p. 84.provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March twenty-third, nineteen *Proviso*.Right of way across Celilo Canal lands.hundred and six: *Provided*, That in approving the plans for the bridge herein authorized, the Secretary of War may, subject to such terms and conditions as in his judgment are equitable, expedient, and just to the public, grant to the said Oregon Trunk Railway a right of way across the lands of the United States on either side of, and adjacent to, the said Celilo Canal, and also the privilege of occupying so much of said lands as may be necessary for the piers, abutments, and other portions of the bridge structure and approaches.
Sec. 2. Amendment. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, March 2, 1910.