Pennsylvania Act 1907-226 — DAMS, WHARFS, ETC., PROHIBITED WITHOUT APPROVAL

Act text

DAMS, WHARFS, ETC., PROHIBITED WITHOUT APPROVAL
                  Act of May 28, 1907, P.L. 299, No. 226              Cl. 74
                                  AN ACT

     To provide that no dam, wall, wing-wall, wharf, pier,
        embankment, abutment, projection, or other obstruction, nor
        any addition thereto, shall be constructed, erected, or built
        in or along any public or navigable river, or stream
        heretofore declared a public highway, within this
        Commonwealth; nor shall the course, current, or cross-section
        thereof be changed or diminished, without the approval of the
        Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania; and to require maps,
        plans, profiles, specifications, information, and data
        relating thereto to be submitted to said Commission.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the
     passage of this act, no person or persons, corporation, county,
     city, borough, or township shall construct, erect, or build, in
     or along any public or navigable river, or stream heretofore
     declared a public highway, within this Commonwealth, any dam,
     wall, wing-wall, wharf, pier, embankment, abutment, projection,
     or other obstruction of such river or stream, nor make any
     addition to any existing dam, wall, wing-wall, wharf, pier,
     embankment, abutment, projection, or other obstruction of any
     such river or stream, nor in any manner change or diminish the
     course, current, or cross-section of any such river or stream,
     unless and until the said person or persons, corporation,
     county, city, borough, or township shall have submitted to the
     Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania complete maps, plans,
     profiles, and specifications of, and such other information and
     data as the said Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania may
     deem necessary relating to, the proposed dam, wall, wing-wall,
     wharf, pier, embankment, abutment, projection, or other
     obstruction, or addition thereto, and a majority of the members
     of the said Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania shall have
     approved the same: Provided, however, That the provisions of
     this act shall not prohibit the making of necessary temporary
     repairs to existing dams, walls, wing-walls, wharves, piers,
     abutments, or projections.