Chapter 121. To authorize the construction of drawless bridges across a certain portion of the Charles River in the State of Massachusetts
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CHAP. 121.— An Act To authorize the construction of drawless bridges across a certain portion of the Charles River in the State of Massachusetts. November 14, 1921.[[H. R. 6152](/us/bill/67/hr/6152).][[Public, No. 89](/us/pl/67/89).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Metropolitan Park Charles River.Drawless bridges authorized across, by State authorities, between Boston and Cambridge, Mass.*Post*, p. 1264.Commission, or any town or city, or any other public body authorized by the State of Massachusetts, all or any of them, be, and they hereby are, authorized to construct, at any time hereafter, drawless bridges across the Charles River in the State of Massachusetts connecting Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge and Massachusetts Avenue in Boston, and at any other points upon said river at, near, or above said Massachusetts Avenue; *Provided*, That said bridges shall be at *Proviso*.Height, etc.least twelve feet above the ordinary level of the water in the basin over the main ship channel, and the piers and other obstructions to the flow of the river shall be constructed in such form and in such places as the Secretary of War shall approve: *Provided further*, That Compensation for damages to property owners required.before the construction of said bridges or any of them is begun, the State of Massachusetts shall, by legislative enactment, provide for adequate compensation for the owner, owners, lessee, or lessees of property abutting on said river above any of the said bridges, for damages, if any, caused to said property or leasehold interests therein by reason of interference with the access by water to said property, due to the construction of bridges without draws: *And provided further*, That the said legislative enactment shall provide for the State commissioners to assess.appointment of three commissioners to hear the parties in interest and assess the damages to said property; their decision as to the amount of damages and questions of fact to be final; said commissioners to be appointed by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.
Except as inconsistent herewith, this Act shall be subject to the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction Construction.Vol. 34, p. 84.of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March 23, 1906. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment.expressly reserved. Approved, November 14, 1921.