Chapter 69. Granting the consent of Congress to the highway department of the State of Alabama to construct a bridge across the Tombigbee River near Jackson, on the Jackson-Mobile road between Washington and Clarke Counties, Alabama
240 words·~1 min read·
/statutes-at-large/vol-44/chapter-69-18126054·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
CHAP. 69.— An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the highway department of the State of Alabama to construct a bridge across the Tombigbee River near Jackson, on the Jackson-Mobile road between Washington and Clarke Counties, Alabama. March 22, 1926.[[H. R. 8390](/us/bill/69/hr/8390).][[Public, No. 58](/us/pl/69/58).] *Be it enacted in the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Tombigbee River.Alabama may bridge, near Jackson.
That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to’ the highway department of the State of Alabama and its successors and assigns to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Tombigbee River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Jackson, on the Jackson-Mobile road between the counties Construction.Vol. 34, p. 84.of Washington and Clarke, in the State of Alabama, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March *Proviso*.Approval of traffic capacity required.23, 1906: *Provided*, That such bridge shall not be constructed or commenced until the plans and specifications thereof shall have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers as being also satisfactory from the standpoint of the volume and weight of the traffic which will pass over it.
Sec. 2. Amendment. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, March 22, 1926.