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FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 3565, 3566. 1906. 537 grounds for birds by any law, proclamation, or Executive order, except under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by the Secretary of Agriculture. Sec. 2. That any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be Penalty. deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction in any United States court of competent jurisdiction, be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for a period not exceeding six months, or shall suffer both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court: Provided, That the provisions of this Act Prwm. _ shall not apply to the Black Hills Forest Reservation, in South Dakota. v¤]il.°}§lZx€2:.i’Za1l"°" . Approved, June 28, 1906. · CHAP. 3566.-An Act Permitting the building of a dam across the Mississippi June 26, 1906. River between the counties of Stearns and Sherbume, in the State of Minnesota. [H- R- · N . Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United [Publ]? _0 sm] States of Amerzea in Congress assembled, That the consent of Con ress §g“,‘§}“5’f§f,,§°il$§§,€, is hereby granted to The Saint Cloud Electric Power Company, aT4in- g>¤ig:gm?_¤Y d¤¤¤· nesota corporation, its successors or assigns, to construct and maintain ` across the Mississippi River a dam, canal, and works necessarily incident thereto for water power and supply purposes, and a lock for navigation purposes, which lock shall be orperated and kept in repair, as may be required by the Secretary of Vi ar, by the said company at its own expense, at any point between section seven, township one hun- Location. dred and twenty-three, ran e twenty-seven, in the county of Stearns and State of Mmnesota, and section twenty-five, township thirty-five, ` range thirty-one, and sections thirty and thirty-one, in township thirty- live, range thirty west, in Sherburne County, Minnesota: Provided, m°,P,m That the plans for the construction of such dam and a purtenant works includinga lock shall be submitted to and a proved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War before the commencement of the construction of the same: And provided farther, That the said The <>¤¤¤z¤¤- Saint Cloud Electric Power Company, its successors and assigns, shall not deviate from such plans after such approval, either before or after the completion of said structure, unless the modification of such plans shall have reviously been submitted toand received the approval of the Chief of liiingineers and the Secretary of War: Andprovzded further, That there shall be placed and maintained in connection with said dam a sinieemy. sluiceway, so arranged so as to permit logs, timber, and lumber to pass around through, and over mid dam without unreasonable delay or hinderance and without toll or chargles: And provided fart/ver, That the dam shall be so constructed t at the Government of the rneknnnnvignnen United States may at any time construct in connection therewith any further suita le lock for navigation purposes and may at any time without compensation control the said dam so far as shall be necessary for purposes of navigation, but shall not destroy the water power developed y said dam and structures to any greater extent than may be necessar to provide proper facilities for navigation, and that the Secretary of Efar may at any time require and enforce at the expense of the owners such modifications and changes in the construction of said dam as he may deem advisable in the interest of navigation: Amlprovided farther, That in consideration of the conveyance to the United mow.; ngns States of America by said corporation, or its successors or assigns, of such suitable tract or tracts of land as may be approved or selected by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of lVar for lock or other (purposes for such navigation as aforesaid, the right shall become an the same is hereby vested in the said The Saint Cloud Electric Power Company, its successors and assigns, to iiow and inundate with water any