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 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, Sess. 11. Cns. ssc-ess. 1925. 1093 CHAP. 386.-An Act Authorizing the sale of the United States Veterans’ Mardi 2,1925- Bureau hospital at Corpus Christi, Texas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Director Corpus Christi, Ter, of the United States Veterans’ Bureau is hereby authorized to have Bdileiiu hbgpitgltglam appraised and after advertisement to sell to the highest bidder or bidders as a whole or in parcels in his discretion and on such terms as he deems proper the United States Veterans’ Bureau hospital reservation at Corpus Christi, Texas, and to make, execute, and deliver all needful conveyances. The director shall have the right to _ reject any and all bids. The net proceeds of such sale or sales shall D`s°°°m °f°'°°°°ds° be paid into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. Approved, March 2, 1925 , CHAP. 387.-An Act To provide and adjust penalties for violation of the navigation laws, and for other purposes. [Public, No. 518.1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States p{ America in Congress assembled, That there be S,,gY°°m °“sS°“g°' vw added at the en of section 4472, Revised Statutes, as amended, the *`·“i°m°bH¢S °¤- _ provision: “That the owner of any automobile in which all fire has Kui;°;1§§1,?§{Zf'§§§°§,E,‘§Z not been extinguished and the motors stopped immediately after §?,§dm°°°' when °¤ the automobile has taken its position on any vessel found on navi- Vol} 33. xi 1301, gable waters of the United States and in which such fires do not °"`£T`S$dS;,,, 4472,p_$65, remain extinguished and the motors remain idle until the vessel is made fast to the wharf or ferry bridge at which she lands shall incur a penalty of not more than $500, for which the automobile shall be liable.” Approved, March 2, 1925. _ March 2, 1925. CHAP. 388.—An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled "An Act to [$.4087.} ggtlgcgriae the construction of a bridge across the Sabine River at or near Orange, [Public. No- 519.1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act ap- §,1',{,*§°§,§Q‘,;§,,d ,0, proved May 13, 1920, authorizing the Orange Chamber of Com· ¥,;gg¤i¤¤· M 0¤¤¤¤¤, merce, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate v61.4i,p.SSS,Sme¤u· a bridge and approaches thereto across the Sabine River at or near °°‘ the city of Oran e, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, revived and reenacted: Provided, That this Act shall be null and void unless the Pane. _ actual construction of the bridge be commenced within one year and T““"°“’°“’““°"°“‘ completed within three years from the date of approval hereof. _ Sec. 2. The States of Texas and Louisiana, or either of them, or m2`;;*§qu*;;e any political subdivision or subdivisions thereof, within or adjo1n· assess bridge. ing which said bridge is located, may at any time acquire all right, title, and interest in said bridge and approaches thereto constructed under the authority of this Act, for the purpose of maintaining and operating such bridge as a free bridge, by the payment to the owners of the reasonable value thereof, not to exceed in any event the Pm Construction cost thereof: Provided, That the said State or States, ·1—.,u,',,°[;3.,,.-.,,1;.,,,,,,,, or political subdivision or divisions, may operate such bridge as a ¥°°”· toll bridge not to exceed five years from date of acquisition thereof. Ammdmm Sec. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby ex- ‘ pressly reserved. , Approved, March 2, 1925.