Chapter 14. To legalize a bridge across the Pend Oreille River, in Stevens County, Washington
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CHAP. 14.— An Act To legalize a bridge across the Pend Oreille River, in Stevens County, Washington. August 16, 1911.[[S. 144](/us/bill/62/s/144).][[Public, No. 14](/us/pl/62/14).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Pend Oreille River, Idaho and Washington Northern Railway Company’s bridge in Stevens County, Wash., legalized. That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the Idaho and Washington Northern Railway Company, a corporation of the State of Idaho, its successors and assigns, to maintain and operate a bridge and approaches thereto now constructed across the Pend Oreille River, at or near where said river flows through Box Canyon in Stevens County, in the State of Washington, such maintenance and operation to be subject to, and in accordanceVol. 34, p. 84. with, the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the *Provisos*.Approval of Secretary of War, etc.construction of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six: *Provided,* That in the judg-19ment of the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War the bridge as built provides suitable and proper facilities for present and prospective navigation, and is in all respects satisfactory to navigation interests; and if, in their judgment, any changes in said bridge are necessary to meet the aforesaid conditions, such changes shall be immediately made by the said company at its own expense: *Provided further,*Plans, etc.
That drawings showing the plans and location of the said bridge as built shall be filed in the War Department within thirty days of the approval of this Act. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herebyAmendment. expressly reserved. Approved, August 16, 1911.