Chapter 459. Granting the consent of Congress to W
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CHAP. 459.— An Act Granting the consent of Congress to W. H. Crosby; W. H Andrews; E. G. Connette; Daniel Good; Henry May; Robert C. Gaupp; Edward Kener, junior; William F. MacGlashan; Eugene L. Falk; John W. Robinson; John M. Willys; Oliver Cabana, junior; Conrad E. Wettlaufer; H. A. Hurt; George J. Meyer Myron S. Hall; John Lord O’Brian; Frank S. McGraw; and William A. Morgan to construct a bridge across Niagara River within or near the city limits of Buffalo, and for other purposes.
September 7, 1916.[[H. R. 17235](/us/bill/64/hr/17235).][[Public, No. 268](/us/pl/64/268).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the consent of CongressNiagara River.W. H. Crosby, etc., may bridge, Buffalo, N. Y. is hereby granted to W. H. Crosby; W. H. Andrews; E. G. Connette; Daniel Good; Henry May; Robert C. Gaupp; Edward Kener, junior; William F. MacGlashan; Eugene L. Falk; John W. Robinson;
John M. Willys; Oliver Cabana, junior; Conrad E. Wettlaufer; H. A. Hurt; George J. Meyer; Myron S. Hall; John Lord O’Brian; Frank S. McGraw; and William A. Morgan, and their successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Niagara River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, within or near the city limits of Buffalo, in the county of Erie, in the State of New York, in accordance withConstruction.Vol. 34, p. 84. the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six: *Provided,* That subject to the provisions*Proviso*.May substitute tunnel. of this Act the Secretary of War may permit the persons herein named to construct a tunnel or tunnels under said river in lieu of the bridge herein authorized, in accordance with the foregoing Act approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six, so far as the same may be applicable.
Sec. 2. That this Act shall be null and void unless the constructionTime for construction. of said bridge or tunnels is commenced within two years and completed within five years from the date of approval hereof. Sec. 3. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herebyAmendment. expressly reserved. Approved, September 7, 1916.