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· FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 425. 1899. 115] nilake sutflh recommendations as he may deem desirable in connection t erewit . , Sec. 9. Tfhat it lshall not be lawful to construct or commence the con- i getmjmtegsbvsi struction o any ridge, dam dike or causeway over or in any port if -4 , ., i . · . roadstead, haven, harbor, caiial, navigable river, or other navigable LZ? water of tlhe United States until the consent of Congress to the build- pp ° ` ing of suc structures shall have been obtained and until the plans for the same shall have been submitted to and approved by the Chief of Engineers and by the Secretary of War: Provided, That such structures f;"';;};-ams ,0 m1_ may he built under authority of the legislature of a State across rivers molds on_ wma and other waterways the navigable portions of which lie wholly within ‘”*‘°“>' ‘"°’“” S°““°· the limits of a single State provided the location and plans thereof are submitted to and approved by the Chief of Engineers and by the Secretary of War before construction is commenced: And provided _further,’éIh)at wheph plans for any bridge or other structure have been p1;>:;*i¤=i¤¤ f rom approv y the ief of Engineers and by the Secretary of War it ‘ shall not be lawinl to deviate from such plans either before or after completion of the structure unless the moditication of said plans has previously been submitted to and received the approval of the Chief of Engineers and of the Secretary of War. Sec. 10. That the creation of any obstruction not affirmatively No qbstrnciiou to authorized by Congress, to the navigable capacity of any of the waters {',’{,`§g"”°" "°"'“"“"` of the United States is hereby prohibited· and it shall not be lawful W9=k¤ ¤¤¤1*<l·» imto build or commence the building of any wharf, pier, dolphin, boom, be mm f°rbldd°°' weir, breakwater, bulkhead, jetty, or other structures in any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, navigable river, or other water of the United States, outside established harbor lines, or where no harbor lines have been established, except og plans recommendeddby the Chief 0 of Engineers and authorized by the ecretary of War- an it shall not _E¤¤¤v¤¤ip¤¤· ¤1t¤r=» be lawful to excavate or till, or in any manner to alterdor mtpdilfy the i,iY§°‘°$;;,}Z?°l§.°I.'{{,’Z°;;'i course location condition or capacity o any port roa stea aven 1** - harboia canal, lake, harbor of retuge, or ihclosure within the limits of any breakwater, or of the channel of any navigable water of the United , States, unless the work has been recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War prior to beginning the same. \ Sec. 11. That where it is made manifest to the Secretary of War that h 1¤¤¤»i;nsi»me¤¤ or the establishment of harbor lines is essential to the_ preservation and “’b°" "‘°“· protection of harbors he may and is hereby authorized to cause such lines to be established beyond which no pieis, wharves, bulkheads, or th k h ll b , te ded or de osits made except under such o erworssa eex n p . - regulations as may be prescribed from time to tinie by him: Iwovided, {fsgygfghmuu fm Tl13h Wl10D6V6P lll1C S60l'8t3l‘y of W3? gl‘8llhS to {lilly PBPSOII 0I' ])8!'S0llS tide water lisplaced. permission to extend piers, wharves, bulkheads, or other works, or to ( make deposits in any tidal harbor or river of the United States beyond any harbor lines established under authority of the United States, he shall cause to be ascertained the amount of tide water displaced by any such structure or by any such deposits and he shall if he deem it necessary, require the parties to whom the permission is7gi_ven to make compensation for such displacement either by excavatingin some part of the harbor, including tide-water channels between high and low water mark to such an extent as to create a asin for as much tide water as mziy be displaced by such structure or by such deposits, or in any other mode that may be satisfactory to him. _ _ I sm;. 12. That every person and every corpogataon that shall violate of1;•;·;:?;;¤rés ¤>¤¤·>¤¤ an of the provisions of sections nine ten an e even o this Act or ` any rule or regulation made by the Secretary of War in pursuance of the provisions of the said section fourteen, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars nor less than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment (in the case of a_natural_person) not exceeding one year, or by both such punishments, m the discretion of the court.