Chapter 407. To authorize the maintenance and operation of dams across the Saint Croix River at Baileyville and Grand Falls, Maine
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CHAP. 407.— An Act To authorize the maintenance and operation of dams across the Saint Croix River at Baileyville and Grand Falls, Maine. August 25, 1916[[S. 5202](/us/bill/64/s/5202)][[Public, No. 234](/us/pl/64/234)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Saint Croix River.Dams authorized across, Bayley ville and Grand Falls, Me. That the consent of Congress is hereby given to the maintenance, use, and operation by the Saint Croix Water Power Company of the State of Maine and the Spragues Falls Manufacturing Company (Limited) of the Dominion of Canada of the two dams built by the said companies, jointly, across the Saint Croix River at Baileyville and Grand Falls, Maine; and the *Provisos*.Approval by International Joint Commission.said dams are hereby declared to be lawful structures: *Provided*, That the construction, maintenance, and operation of the said dams, and the diversion thereby of the waters of said river, shall have received the approval of the International Joint Commission, so far Vol. 36, p. 2450.as such approval may be required under the provisions of the Boundary Waters Treaty between the United States and Great Britain ratified May fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, and proclaimed by the President of the United States May thirteenth, nineteen hundred Plans, etc., to be approved by Secretary of War.and ten: *And provided also*, That the plans and locations of said dams shall receive the approval of the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War.
Sec. 2. Subject to laws regulating dams.Vol. 36, p. 593. That the dams herein authorized, and their maintenance and operation, shall be subject to and in accordance with all the pertinent provisions of the laws of the United States now in force, or which may hereafter be enacted by Congress to regulate and govern the construction of dams across navigable waters. Sec. 3. Amendment. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, August 25, 1916.