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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 45 STAT. · May 16, 1928 · Chapter 574

Chapter 574. Granting the consent of Congress to Howard Seabury to construct, maintain, and operate a dam to retain tidal waters in an unnamed cove which is situated and extends from Cases Inlet into section 28, township 21 north, range 1 west, Willamette meridian, in Pierce County, State of Washington

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Chap. 574: Granting the consent of Congress to Howard Seabury to construct, maintain, and operate a dam to retain tidal waters in an unnamed cove which is situated and extends from Cases Inlet into section 28, township 21 north, range 1 west, Willamette meridian, in Pierce County, State of Washington. Chapter 574 45 Stat. 571 1928-05-16 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 1 public 571 Chapter 574.— An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Howard Seabury to construct, maintain, and operate a dam to retain tidal waters in an unnamed cove which is situated and extends from Cases Inlet into section 28, township 21 north, range 1 west, Willamette meridian, in Pierce County, State of Washington. May 16, 1928.[[H. R. 12379](/us/bill/70/hr/12379).][[Public, No. 394](/us/pl/70/394).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the consent Cases Inlet, Wash.Howard Seabury may construct dam for retaining tidal waters in cove extending from.of Congress is granted to Howard Seabury to construct, maintain, and operate, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, a dam for the purpose of retaining tidal waters in an unnamed cove which is situated and extends from Cases Inlet into section 28, township 21 north, range 1 west, Willamette meridian, in Pierce County, State of Washington.
Work shall not be commenced on such dam until the plans therefor, including plans for all accessory works, Plans, etc., subject to approval of Secretary of War.are submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers, who may impose such conditions and stipulations as they deem necessary to protect the interests of the United States, which may include the condition that Howard Seabury shall construct, maintain, and operate, in connection with such dam, and without expense to the United States, a lock, boom, sluice, or any other structure or structures which the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers at any time may deem necessary in the interests of navigation, in accordance with such plans as they may approve.
This Act shall not be construed to authorize the use of such dam Use restriction.to develop water power or to generate hydroelectric energy. Sec. 2. The authority granted by this Act shall terminate if the Time limit.actual construction of the dam hereby authorized is not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of the passage of this Act. Sec. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herebyAmendment. expressly reserved. Approved, May 16, 1928.
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Granting the consent of Congress to Howard Seabury to construct, maintain, and operate a dam to retain tidal waters in an unnamed cove which is situated and extends from Cases Inlet into section 28, township 21 north, range 1 west, Willamette meridian, in Pierce County, State of Washington
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