Chapter 217. To authorize the construction of a bridge across Saint John River at Fort Kent, Maine
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CHAP. 217.— An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across Saint John River at Fort Kent, Maine. July 30, 1914.[[H. R. 16579](/us/bill/63/hr/16579).][[Public, No. 157](/us/pl/63/157).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the consent of Congress Saint John River.Maine and Canada may bridge, between Fort Kent and Clair.is hereby given to the construction, maintenance, and operation by the State of Maine and the Dominion of Canada jointly of a bridge across the Saint John River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, between Fort Kent village, corporation in Fort Kent, Maine, in the county of Aroostook and State of Maine, and the parish of Clair, also commonly known as the parish of Saint Francis, in the county of Madawaska and Province of New Brunswick.
Said bridge Construction. Vol. 34, p. 84.*Proviso*.shall be constructed in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six: *Provided*, That the construction of said bridge shall not be commenced Consent of Canada required.until the consent of the proper authorities of the Dominion of Canada for the erection and construction of the structure shall have been obtained.
Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment.expressly reserved. Approved, July 30, 1914.