Chapter 312. To authorize the city of Norfolk, Virginia, to construct a combined dam and bridge in Lafayette River at or near Granby Street, Norfolk, Virginia
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CHAP. 312.— An Act To authorize the city of Norfolk, Virginia, to construct a combined dam and bridge in Lafayette River at or near Granby Street, Norfolk, Virginia. February 24, 1925.[[S. 3398](/us/bill/68/s/3398).][[Public No. 462](/us/pl/68/462).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the consentLafayette River.Norfolk, Va., may dam and bridge. of Congress is hereby granted to the city of Norfolk, a municipal corporation, situated in Norfolk County, State of Virginia, to construct, maintain, and operate a combined dam and bridge in Lafayette River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Granby Street, Norfolk, Virginia: *Provided*, That the*Provisos*.Approval of plans. work shall not be commenced until the plans therefor have been submitted to and approved by the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, and by the Secretary of War: *Provided further*, That thisNo authority for developing power, etc.
Act shall not be construed to authorize the use of such dam to develop water power or generate hydroelectric energy. Sec. 2. That the authority granted by this Act shall cease andTime of construction of dam. be null and void unless the actual construction of the dam hereby authorized is commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of approval of this Act: *Provided*, That*Proviso*.Termination of authority on notice from Federal Power Commission of interfering with water-power development. from and after thirty days’ notice from the Federal Power Commission, or other authorized agency of the United States, to said city, that desirable water-power development will be interfered with by the existence of said dam, the authority hereby granted to con974 struct, maintain, and operate said dam shall terminate and be atGrantee of power project may remove, etc., dam. an end; and any grantee or licensee of the United States proposing to develop a power project at or near said dam shall have authority to remove, submerge, or utilize said dam under such conditions as said commission or other agency may determine, but such conditions shall not include compensation for the removal, submergence, or utilization of said dam.
Sec. 3. Amendment. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 24, 1925.