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Public Law 62–347
To authorize the cities of Bangor and Brewer, Maine, to construct or reconstruct, wholly or in part, and maintain and operate a bridge across the Penobscot River, between said cities, without a draw.
Approved August 23, 1912
Statutory text
An Act
To authorize the cities of Bangor and Brewer, Maine, to construct or reconstruct, wholly or in part, and maintain and operate a bridge across the Penobscot River, between said cities, without a draw.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the city of Bangor and the city of Brewer, both being municipal corporations organized under the laws of the State of Maine and located in the county of Penobscot, on opposite sides of the Penobscot River, in said State of Maine, and the successors in interest of said cities, are hereby authorized to
Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.
construct and reconstruct, wholly or in part, upon plans to be approved by the Secretary of War, and maintain and operate a bridge and necessary and convenient approaches thereto and abutments and piers therefor across and in said Penobscot River, substantially in the location of the present highway bridge between said cities, without having or constructing any draw or other means therein for the passage of navigation or shipping other than what may pass between the approaches and piers and under the spans of such bridge as the same may be constructed or reconstructed.
Sec. 2.
That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby
Amendment
expressly reserved.
Approved, August 23, 1912.