Note 415 — Chapter VI · The Extension of Federal Control over Postroads
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Pensacola Telegraph Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co., 96 U. S. 1 (1878). Congress may authorize the secretary of war to lease upon terms agreed upon any excess of water power which results from the conservation of the flow of a river, and the works which the government may construct. U. S. v. Chandler-Dunbar Water Power Co., 229 U. S. 53 (1913).