Chapter 18.
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CHAP. 18.— Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to issue temporary permits for additional diversions of water from the Niagara River. January 19, 1917.[[S. J. Res. 186](/us/bill/64/sjres/186).][[Pub. Res., No. 45](/us/bill/64/pubres/45).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of War be,Niagara River.Additional diversion of water permitted from, above the Falls. and he is hereby, authorized to issue permits, revocable at will, for the diversion of water in the United States from the Niagara River above the Falls for the creation of power to individuals, companies, or corporations which are now actually producing power from the waters of said river, in additional quantities which, with present diversions, shall in no case exceed the capacity of the generating machinery of the permittee and tenant companies now installed and ready for operation, nor an amount sufficient to enable the permittee to supply the now existing hydroelectric demands of the individuals, companies, or corporations which said permittee and tenant companies are now supplying, but not in excess of the capacity of power-using appliances of said consumers now installed and ready for operation: *Provided,* That in*Provisos*.Maximum. no event shall the total quantity of water diverted in the United States from said river above the Falls for power purposes exceed in the aggregate a daily diversion at the rate of twenty thousand cubic feet per second: *And provided further,* That this resolution shall remain inExpiration of permits. force until the first day of July, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and no longer, at the expiration of which time all permits grantedRights restricted. hereunder shall terminate, unless sooner revoked; and nothing herein contained shall be held to confirm, establish, or confer in or upon any such permittee any right in or to the water which he is now diverting 868Punishment for use after termination.or which he may be authorized to divert hereunder.
Any such permittee who without further authority of Congress diverts after the time herein named for the expiration of such permit any part of the additional amount of water, authorized by Congress to be diverted for the first time under this resolution, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine not exceeding $2,000 nor less than $500, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year nor less than thirty days, or both in the discretion of the court; and each and every day on which such violation occurs or is committed shall be deemed a Corporations liable for acts of agents, etc.separate offense: *Provided,* That where such violation is charged against the company or corporate body, the offense shall be taken and deemed to be that of any director, officer, agent, or employee of such company or corporate body ordering, directing, or permitting the same.
Approved, January 19, 1917.