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Show FILE PERMIT. By Section 10 of an act of Congress, approved March 3, 1899, entitled " An act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain 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, 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 on plans recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War; and it shall not be lawful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of, any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, lake, harbor of refuge, or inclosure within the limits of any breakwater, or of the channel of anv 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 I' rri.i T\ l?,:.?i'T ll me?, of California,----------------------------'•------------------------------------ for authority to repair and rebuild It.; temporary diversion dam: or weir (originally constructed under the authority of War Department permit dated February 1-', 1017) located in the Colorad River at or near Itjilon'.i " auxin- at the :site ol •• *. i: on the **p hereto attached, .'and tc maintain said .structure until Jn.l- l, 11CC, as recommended by the Chief of Engineers; Now therefore, This is to certify that the Secretary of War hereby authorizes the said work of repairing t-ai rebuilding tl.o Irrxsrial Ir:l;tilcn *>i -u- lot' • txyar^ •iver.-lon ikji or v;oir In tie ¦lolorudo ~ivsr :.t or ixr-.r '. kilos' : .equine tni -In-t:iinin ¦'.< ¦ >¦ imt.il ?vly 1, 1920r ilJSon the following conditions 1. That it is to ho understood that this authority does not give any property rights either in real estate or material, or any exclusive privileges: and that it don not authorize any injury to private pro|>ertv 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 assent to the work authorized. It mkrkly kximjkssks tub as: knt of THE FEDERAL UoVBRN-ment so kak as coNCKHNs TiiK Pi'BLlf KKiHTs ok XAV1OAT1ON. (See Cummings v. Chicago, 188 V. S., 410.) 2. That the work shall be subjeci to the suj>ervision and approval of the District Kngineer, Kngineer 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. .'{. That if any pipe, «ire, 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 herein authorized it shall be removed evenly, and no large refuse piles shall be left. It shall be (lejM)sited to the satisfaction, (if the said district engineer and in accordance with his prior |M>rmission or instructions, either on shore above high water or at such dumping ground as may be designated by him, and where he 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 ih|m>, 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 |
