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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 90, 91. 1928 . 133 road br idge, or a j oint r ailroa d and highway bridg e, as provid ed in char g es for me if railroad or combin ed this Act, the said Baton Rouge-Mississippi River Bridge Company, rai lroad and hig hwa y its successors and assigns, is hereby authorized to fix by contract oa with any person or corporation desiring the use of the same for the passage of railway trains, or street cars, or for placing water or gas pipe lines or telephone or telegraph or electric light or power lines, or for any other suc h purpose s, the te rms, cond itions, a nd rates of toll for such use ; but in the absence of such contract, the terms, conditions, and rates of toll for such use shall be determined by the Secretary of War as provided in said Act of March 23, 1906. SEC. 8 . The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the con erred to sell, etc., rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act is hereby granted to the Baton Rouge-Mississippi River Bridge Company, its suc- cessors and assigns, and any corporation to which or any person to whom such rights, powers, and privileges may be sold, assigned, or transferred, or who shall acquire the same by mortgage foreclosure or ot herwi se, i s he reby autho rize d and empo wered to exerc ise t he same as fully as th ough c onferr ed her ein dir ectly upon s uch co rpora- tion or person. SEC. 9. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. Approved, February 20, 1928. February 20, 1928. CHAP. 91 .-An Act Authorizing the Madison Bridge Company, its sue-	[H. R. 7916.] cessors and a ssigns, to c onstruct, ma intain, and o perate a bri dge across t he Ohio [Public, No. 63 .] River at or near Mad ison, Jefferson Coun ty, Indiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That in order Ohio Rive r. Mad is on Bridge to facilitate interstate commerce, improve the postal service, and company may bridge, provide for military and other purposes, the Madison Bridge Com- at Madison, Ira. pany, its successors and assigns, be and is hereby authorized to cons truct, mai ntain , an d ope rate a br idge and a ppro aches ther eto across the Ohio River, at a point suitable to the interests of naviga- tion, at or near Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the Construction, 34, p . 84. construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 19 06, an d subj ect to the c onditi ons and limit ations conta ined i n this Act. SEC. 2. There is hereby conferred upon the Madison Bridge Com- Right to acq uire real estate, etc., for location, pany, its successors and assigns, all such rights and powers to enter approaches, etc. upon lands and to acquire, condemn, occupy, possess, and use real estate and other property needed for the location, construction, oper- ation, and maintenance of such bridge and its approaches as are possessed by railroad corporations for railroad purposes or by bridge corporations for bridge purposes in the State in which such real estate or other property is situated, upon making just compensation therefor, to be ascertained and paid according to the laws of such condemnat ion pro- State, and the pr oceedi ngs th erefor shall be the same as in the co n- ceed'ngs. demnation or expropriation of property for public purposes in such State. SEC. 3. The said Madison Bridge Company, its successors and Tolls authorized. assigns, is hereby authorized to fix and charge tolls for transit over such bridge, and the rates of toll so fixed shall be the legal Vol.34,p.85. rates until changed by the Secretary of War under the authority contained in the Act of March 23, 1906. SEC. 4. After the completion of such bridge, as determined by Acquisition author- ized, after completion, the Secretary of War, either the State of Indiana, the State of by Indiana, Kentucky, Kentucky, any public agency or political subdivision of either of etc'

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