Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 33 : Section 402


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 402. Construction of bridges, etc., over Illinois and Mississippi Canal

      The provisions of section 401 of this title are made applicable
    alike to the completed and uncompleted portions of the Illinois and
    Mississippi Canal. Whenever the Secretary of the Army shall approve
    plans for a bridge to be built across said canal he may, in his
    discretion, and subject to such terms and conditions as in his
    judgment are equitable, expedient, and just to the public, grant to
    the person or corporation building and owning such bridge a right
    of way across the lands of the United States on either side of and
    adjacent to the said canal; also the privilege of occupying so much
    of said lands as may be necessary for the piers, abutments, and
    other portions of the bridge structure and approaches.



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