Chapter 183. To authorize the Saint Louis Southwestern Railway Company to repair, alter, or rebuild certain bridges in the State of Arkansas
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CHAP. 183.— An Act To authorize the Saint Louis Southwestern Railway Company to repair, alter, or rebuild certain bridges in the State of Arkansas.June 26, 1912. [[S. 6479](/us/bill/62/s/6479).] [[Public, No. 202](/us/pl/62/202).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Bridges in Arkansas.Saint Louis Southwestern Railway Company may rebuild, etc., across White, Arkansas. Saline, Ouachita, and Red Rivera.Vol. 22, p. 109.
That the Saint Louis South-western Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Missouri as the successor in interest of the Texas and Saint Louis Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Missouri and Arkansas and heretofore duly authorized by Act of Congress approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to construct, maintain, and operate bridges across the White, Arkansas, Saline, Ouachita, and Red Rivers in the State of Arkansas, be, and it is hereby, authorized to alter, repair, or rebuild the bridges on its line of railroad across the White, Arkansas, Saline, Ouachita, and Red Rivers in the State of Arkansas.
ThisConstruction.Vol. 34, p. 84. authority is, in all respects, to be exercised subject to and in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges on navigable waters,” approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six; and whenever the provisions of said Act approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, differ from or are inconsistent with the provisions of said Act approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six, and this Act, the same are hereby repealed: *Provided*, That this Act*Proviso*.Changes in bridge across Saline River. shall not be construed as legalizing the construction nor as authorizing the reconstruction of the bridge across Saline River as it now exists, but in rebuilding said bridge such changes shall be made therein as the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may deem necessary and order in the interest of navigation.
Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herebyAmendment. expressly reserved. Approved, June 26, 1912.