Chapter 140. To authorize the American Niagara Railroad Corporation to build a bridge across the Niagara River between the State of New York and the Dominion of Canada
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CHAP. 140.— An Act To authorize the American Niagara Railroad Corporation to build a bridge across the Niagara River between the State of New York and the Dominion of Canada. February 27, 1923.[[S. 4358](/us/bill/67/s/4358).][[Public, No. 450](/us/pl/67/450).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the American Niagara River.American Niagara Railroad Corporation may bridge, Tonawanda, N. Y.Niagara Railroad Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York, its successors and assigns, be, and it hereby is, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto for general railway and highway purposes and with a way for the passage of pedestrians and of motor-driven and horse-drawn vehicles, across the Niagara River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, near the city of Tonawanda, New York, and across Grand Island, in accordance with the provisions of Construction.Vol. 34, p. 81.the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March 23, 1906: *Provided*, That said *Provisos*.Vehicle and passenger ways.bridge shall contain and furnish adequate and suitable ways for the passage in both directions of horse-drawn and motor-driven vehicles and a way for pedestrians: *And provided further*, That before the Consent of Canada to be obtained.construction of the said bridge shall be begun all proper and requisite authority therefor shall be obtained from the Government of the Dominion of Canada.
Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment.expressly reserved. Approved, February 27, 1923.