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 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 119-121. 1921. 219 Sec. 25. That if any provision of this Act, or the application thereof ,§Q,§__}§g“Yo,g* *2:% to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, the validity of io meet iemaiifder or the remainder of the Act and of the application of such provision to Act' other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. Sec.  That all_Acts or parts of Acts in any way inconsistent with ,,_§,§}§Q’,‘f"‘S‘°°"°"“’°' the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, and this Act shall take effect on its passage. . Approved, November 9, 1921. be€HAPiI12k(.—1;An ActdT(c; autlgori? the cogsgruction <§:(p2)dge across Pearl River, N°v°§P§i.:yl';1g21° weenee ean`ri  and Rankin Cmmtnzyl _ _  .ya erry an etween n County, Mississippi, [rutile, I\0.88.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives pif the United P lm, States of America in Congress assembled, That the Pearl iver Valley rgb ring; vsusy Lumber Company is hereby authorized to construct a bridge across {,“,‘§'}‘b°§,,(§,§,f“ §j‘,,§k§ Pearl River, at a point suitable to the interests of navi ation, Fsrgigg °*i8¤*>Y Fafbetween Meeks Ferry and Grigsbys Ferxgl and between hgidison m ` County`, Mississippi, and Rankin County, `ssissippi, in accordance $<$Sg¥;¤¤*ig¥;· with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the con- ’p` ' struction of brid es over navi able waters," approved March 23, 1906. ‘°‘”“’“""‘°"‘· Sec.  That age right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby express y reserve . Approved, November 14, 1921. CHAP. 121.-An Act To authorize the construction of drawless bridges across a N°i1?1!i1ii?reig§59m' certain portion of the Charles River in the State of Massachusetts.  Be it enacted the Senate and House 0 Re esentatives of the United . States of Amerilbg in Congress assembled,fTh§ti the Metropolitan Park  v°iS¤·1a§)es Commission, or any town or city, or any other public body authorized §§,§&°“j§‘§h§f,{§§§; bg by the State of Massachusetts, all or any of them, be, and they hereby gxgggddizvsgigs and are, authorized to construct, at any time hereafter, drawless bridges rm¢,piée4. ° across the Charles River in the State of Massachusetts connecting Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge and_ Massachusetts Avenue in Boston, and at any ipther pongits npcénrgnlidt r1v¢:n·lnthnear,hon1:aiE>ovn PWM said Massachusetts venue: r e, a said ri ges s a e a He, tygm least twelve feet above the ordinary level of the water in the basin gh over the main ship channel, and the piers and other obstructions to the flow of the river shall be constructed in such form and in such Compensation ,0, places as the Secretary of War shall approve: Promdedjurther, That g:¤1¤:g8¤;°(:_<;k gggww efore the construction of said bridges or any of them is began, the State of Massachusetts shall, by legislative enactment, provide for adequate compensation for the owner, owners, lessee, or lessees of property abutting on said river above any of the said bridges, for damages, if any, caused to said property or easehold interests therein by reason of interference with the access by water to said property, due to the construction of bridges without draws: And provided sms commissioners further, That the said legislative enactment shall provide for the masses. appointment of three commissioners to hear the {parties 111 interit and assess the damages to said protperty; their ecision as to t_`e amount of damages and questions o fact to be_final; said commissioners to be appointed by_ the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Except as inconsistent herewith, this Act shall be sub]ect construction. to the provisions of an Act entitled An, Act to regdulate the con- V0,_3,,P_,,,_ struction of bridglns over navggable waters, approved _ arch _23, 1906. ,_mmmm,_ Sec. 2. That the right to ter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, November 14, 1921.