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APPENDIX IV 

 INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION 



In the matter of the Application of the St. Lawrence River 

 Power Company for the approval of the construction 

 and maintenance of a submerged weir in the South 

 Channel of the St. Lawrence River near the mouth of its 

 Power Canal at Massena, New York. 



INTERIM ORDER 



(September 14, 1918) 



Whereas, by its application dated July 25, 1918, as subsequently 

 amended with the permission of the Commission, the St. Lawrence 

 River Power Company, a corporation organized under the laws of 

 the state of New York, having its principal office at Massena, New 

 York, applied to this Commission for its approval of the construction 

 and maintenance of a submerged weir in the St. Lawrence river 

 extending from the existing jetty of the said company below the intake 

 of its power canal to Long Sault island in said river and being wholly 

 within the territory of the United States, which construction has been 

 authorized by the United States and approved by a permit of the 

 Secretary of War bearing number 38786/64, dated September 10, 

 1917, and attached to said application, which said permit contains, 

 among others, the following provisions: — 



"That, if future operations by the United States require 

 an alteration in the position of the structure or work herein 

 authorized, or if, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, it shall 

 cause unreasonable obstruction to the free navigation of said 

 water, the permittee will be required, upon due notice from the 

 Secretary of War, to remove or alter the structural work or 

 obstructions caused thereby without expense to the United 

 States so as to render navigation reasonably free, easy and 

 unobstructed; and if, upon the expiration or revocation of this 

 permit, the structure, fill, excavation or other modification of 

 the watercourse hereby authorized shall not be completed, the 

 permittee, at his own expense, and to such extent and in such 

 time and manner as the Secretary of War may require, shall 

 remove all or any portion of the uncompleted structure or fill 

 and restore to its former condition the navigable capacit\' of the 

 watercourse. No claim shall be made against the United State* 

 on account of any such removal or alteration;" and^ 

 Whereas, said application was first presented to the Commission 

 at its session at Atlantic City, New Jersey, on August 12, 1918, 

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