Chapter 20. Authorizing the construction of a bridge, and approaches thereto, across the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River at or near Matewan Station, in Mingo County, West Virginia
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CHAP. 20.— An Act Authorizing the construction of a bridge, and approaches thereto, across the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River at or near Matewan Station, in Mingo County, West Virginia. August 16, 1911.[[H. R. 11477](/us/bill/62/hr/11477).][[Public, No. 20](/us/pl/62/20).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Tug Fork of Bi Sandy River.Blackberry, Kentucky, and West Virginia Coal and Coke Co. may bridge, Matewan.
W. Va. That the Blackberry, Kentucky, and West Virginia Coal and Coke Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of West Virginia, its successors 21and assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge, and approaches thereto, across Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation at or near the point where Blackberry Creek empties into the said river, and within one mile and a half of the station of Matewan, Mingo County, West Virginia, in accordance with the provisions of the ActVol. 34, p. 84. entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six.
Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herebyAmendment. expressly reserved. Approved, August 16, 1911.