Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-03-15
:. piyer Improvement Bill.

1..;ons aud supleee a.
e0i,, rs prescribed in this Act ,n,p,Gss
as arc .ra,;on of any river or tributaries
the nas . .,,;s state, by deepening, clear
thers and strengthening the eh = ,
ny No and by the construction OF aal'.S
thereoi' .,arein. and by canals to con-
any, ~, herewith, or otherwise II Necessary,
~ shall in no case or IN any ' l',a.
Oa' IN obstruct or impede navigation
IrA'e - stream by the erection therein
up .nv dam or other obstruction oe'ow
= =, head Of steamboat Navigation upon
'n !, n team, and may take and receive
sap. ao,nts of toll for the passage OF
susa as RATS, timber, logs, lumber, piling'
~ :,soa5 ties, telegraph or telephone
'a, through such river and It's
pow .~ss when the navigation shall be
a.s improved as the Board Oh otale
and commissioners may prescribe as
herein provided. 49,
Ger q. Such person, company or
corporation shall make and iile with the
e.ore,arv of the Board of State Land
,,;ss;oners, certificate which shall
,necify First, the name of the person.
,o,,pauv or corporation; Second, the
..~.a,n and the section OF the stream,
i. nayieation of which it is proposed to
;,unrove and the character and extent OF
~ enforcement to be made; Third, the
.,,.e IN this State where principal office
for the transportation of business is To-
.,.ed. Fourth, the time when it is in
tended to begin work and the probable
lime il will take to complete the work IN
order TO make the stream available tor
The uses intended by this Act; Fifth, a
statement of the probable amount OF
e.n;tal required to perform said work
under the provisions of this Act; Sixth,
IN the Ist day of December of each year
said person, company of corporation
shall make all annual report to the Land
Roard of the character Of the improve
meuts made during the year, and the
amount expended in making said inn
movements, the number of thousand feet
Of lumber, logs, or other timbers, hoated
on said stream, the amount of tolls re.
ceiyed for any or all of the timber sc
aoated which statement shall be a sworn
statement.
Sec. 3. Upon compliance with the
first five provisions of the last preceding
section, any person or corporation
operating under this Act shall be authoriz
ed in writing by the State Board of Lane
Commissioners to improve the navigation
Of any stream, if the said Board shall b.
Of the opinion after proper investigation
that the proposed improvements shall b.
public benefit, and that such person
company or corporation is the prope
one to make the same, and said Boar
shall fix the time within which said i'm
provements shall be completed and il
case of failure to complete said improve
ments within the time specified, sal
person, company or corporation shal
forfeit all rights to collect tolls of an
person or persons whatsoever, who shal
use for purposes of navigation the in
proyements made by said person
company or corporation, unless the tim
for completing the same shall have bee
previously extended by said State Boar
OF Land Commissioners upon good caus
shown. Provided, that any person
company or corporation making al
plication to said Board for permit to in
prove any stream, as in this Act, provides
shall cause to be published in son
newspaper of general circulation, publish
ed in the country where said improv
nients are to be made, or il said improy
rnents are to be made in more than OF
county, then in each of said counties,
notice that application has been made
said Board, stating in said notice Il
maine OF the stream and the porto
thereof intended to be improved and Il
date at which the Board will hear sa
application, which notice shall
published for period of fifteen days.
Sec. 4. Whenever any portion of sa
works shall be completed to the sat
faction of said Board, and it is so far II:
iul that in the opinion of said Board to
should be charged for the use there,
SAID Board may fix the tolls to be pa
Tor the use of such portion until t
whole OF said work is completed, a
Whenever said improvements have be
completed and accepted by said Boa
the rate of toll of which any perse
company or corporation operating unt
ms Act may charge for running raj
timbers, logs, lumber or other floatabl
SUBJECT to tolls, through said improy
stream shall be fixed by the said Boa
and may be graduated with reference
ihe distance run upon the portion
SAID stream improved by said pers
company or corporation, and shall
DE increased without the consent of S
BOARD but may be changed from time
time BY said Board: Provided, that
maximum toll that may be fixed by $
hoard cannot exceed twenty-five &c
PSI thousand feet, board measure, for
Instance not exceeding fifty miles, I
cents per thousand feet, board meas
iof any distance over fifty miles, and
exceeding one hundred miles; sever