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Show PERMIT By Section 10 of an act of Congress, approved March 3, 1899, en iifedcr "An act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of ce ftitT" public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes," it is provided that it shall not be lawful to build or commence the building of any wharf, pier, dolphin, boom, weir1 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 on plans recommend by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of \\ ar; and it shall not be lawful I to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, I or capacity of, anv port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, lake, harbor of refuge-"* • inclosure 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; And whereas, Application has been made to the Secretary of War by The IMPERIAL IRRIGaTION: DISTRICT, of California,_________________________________ for authority to repair and rebuild the temporary diversion dam, or weir, constructed by said District across the Colorado River at or near Hanlon'a Reading, California., under War Department permit dated February 14, 1917, and to maintain the same until March 1, 1319; which work has be n recommended by the. Chief of Engineers. __ -4fic plans for which have boon rooommondod by the Chief of Engine-ore; Now therefore, This is to certify that the Secretary of War hereby authorizes the said work of re' airing toad rebuilding tie L-merial Irri ;u.tloi: iur.trict's to i- orar;. diversion dam, or v.eir, across t\£ Colorado Eiver at >>r near ! .lI,:.' ; Svartlsj, California, and 5r.aiiit;tinino- the liUTie ;.ntil .arch 1, 1919, ______________________ jn the following conditions: 1. That it is to be understood that this authority does nut five any property right* either in real estate or material, or any exclusive privileges; and tli.it it docs not aiithorize any injury to private property or invasion of private rights, or any infringement of Federal, State, or local laws or regulations, nor does it obviate the necessity of obtaining State vs.* nt to the work authorized. It merely expresses the assknt ok the Federal (Iovern- MENT SO FAR AS CONCERN'S THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF NAVIGATION. (See ('winnings V. CluWlgO, 188 U. S., 410.) 2. That the work shall be subject to the supervision and approval of the District Engineer, Engineer Department at Large, in charge of the locality, who may temporarily suspend the work at any time if, in his judgment, the interests of navigation so require. 3. That if any pipe, wire, or cable is herein authorized, it shall be placed and maintained with a clearance not less than that shown by the profile on the plan attached hereto. 4. That so far as any material is dredged in the prosecution of the work heroin authorized it shall be removed evenly, and no large refuse piles shall be left. It shall lie deposited to the satisfaction of the said district engineer and in accordance with his prior permission or instructions, either on shore above high water or at such dumping ground as may be designated by him, and where lie may so require, within or behind a good and substantial bulkhead or bulkheads, such as will prevent escape of the material into the waterway; and so far as the pipe, wire, or cable is laid in a trench, the formation of permanent ridges across the bed of the waterway shall be avoided and the back filling shall be so done as not to increase the cost of future dredging for navigation. If the material is to |