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 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 268-270. 1922. 819 reason to obtain the same by purchase and acquire a valid title thereto _ the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, cause roceedings to be instituted to acquire such land or easement for the glnited States by condemnation of said land or easement, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General of the United States to institute Institutivn, ctc-, by and conduct such proceedings upon the request of the Secretary of Amméy G°°°m1' the Treasury: Pravidedfurther, That all expenses of said proceedings §Q,‘;,",f,§,°,0 pay 8,, eX_ and any award that may be made thereunder shall be paid by the p<>¤¤¤S· said person, com any, or corporation, to secure which payment the Secretary of the ll`reasury may require the said person, compan, or B d I corporation to execute a proper bond in such amount as he may dyeem °° °r °Xp°°s°S` necessary before said proceedings are commenced} ’ ° Approved, July 1, 1922. CHAP. 269.—An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the county of Norman llglliiyilgil and the town and village of Halstad, in said county, in the State of Minnesota, and [Public, N0- 274-} the county of Traill and the town of Herber , in said county in the State of North Dakota, to construct a bridge across the Red lliver of the North on the boundary line between said States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Conlgiress Nggg Ri"' °‘ *h° is hereby anted to the count of Norman and the town and v` age Norman County and of Halstacir in said county, in the State of Minnesota, and the county ¥§l§i°g3,m1°'{,';°$3 $22 of Traill and the town of Herberg, in said coimty, in the State of lg§{,§éeN· mk-· my North Dakota, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and ` approaches thereto across the Red River of the North, at a point Lmum. suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near the section line between sections twenty-four and twenty-tive, township one hundred and forty—five north, range forty-nine west, fifth rincipal meridian, on the oundary line between Minnesota and Iliorth Dakota, in C0 stm ti accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regu- VoIi.34,‘i>.08x·l; late the construction of. bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Am°¤dm°¤*· expressly reserved. Approved, July 1, 1922. CHAP. 270.-An Act Granf the consent of Co ess to the Louisiana Develo Jul I- lmmentllompany to construct a liiiiige across the Red1%.iver at or near Grand Ecorg; Louisiana. ’ Be it enacted by the Senate and House oz/' Representatives of the United Red Ri States of Amerika in Congress assemble, That the consent of Con- Loasiaiiih Developgress is hereby granted to the Louisiana Development Company and 'g§§g‘,;°_°‘g“,§’_§<{‘YEé{,‘,“g; its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and_ operate a Labridge and approaches thereto across Red River at a pomt suitable ‘ to the interests of navigation at or near Grand Ecore, in the parish of Natchitoches, State of Louisiana, in accordance with the pro- _ visions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of €‘§,§‘F§Qf‘§,‘}‘§,'jj bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby ‘““"“"“‘°“‘· expressly reserved. Approved, July 1, 1922.