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 SEV ENTIE TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHs. 91, 92 . 1928 . 135 of this Act, subject only to review in a court of equity for fraud or gross mistake. Right to sell, etc ., SEC. 7. The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the conferred. rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Ac t, is hereby granted to the Madison Bridge Company, its successors 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 sa me by mortgage foreclosure or otherwise, is hereby auth orize d and empow ered t o exe rcise the same as fully as though conferred herein directly upon such corporation or person. Am endment. SE C. 8. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Ap prov ed, Febr uary 20, 1928 . February 20, 1925. CHAP. 92 .-An Act Auth orizin g the S istersv ille O hi o River Bridge Com- [H. R. 91ss.] pany, a corporation, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and [Public, No. 64 .] operate a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Sistersville, Tyler County, West Virgi nia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o America in Congress assembled, That in order to Shit River. f Si stersville Ohio facilitate interstate commerce, improve the postal service, and provide River Bridge Com- for military and other purposes, Sistersville Ohio River 13ridge Com- panymay bridge. pany, a corporation, its successors and assigns, be and is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Ohio River, at a point suitable to the interests n West Construction. of navigation, at or near the city of Sistersville, Tyler County, West vol. 34,1) .84 . Virginia, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Post, p .1629. Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act . SEC . 2 . There is her eby c onfer red up on Si sters ville Ohio River Right to co ndemn real estate, etc., for Bridge Company, a corporation, its successors and assigns, all such location, approaches, rights and powers to enter upon lands and to acquire, condemn, e tc' occupy, possess, and use real estate and other property needed for the location, construction, operation, and maintenance of such bridge and its approaches as are possessed by railroad corporations for rail- road 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 accord- ing to t he laws of such State, a nd the p roceeding s theref or shall be the same as in t he con demna tion o r exp ropri ation of pr opert y for Condemnatio n pro- public purposes in such State. cee din SEC. 3 . The said Sistersville Ohio River Bridge Company, a corpo- Tolls auth oriz ed. ration, its successors and assigns, is hereby authorized to fix and charge tolls for transit over such bridge, and the rates of toll so fixed shall be the leg al rates until c hanged b y the Sec retary o f War un der Vol- 34, p e ss. the authority contained in the Act of March 23, 1906. SEC. 4. After the completion of such bridge, as determined by the Acquisition author- ized, afte r co mplet ion, Secretary of War, either the State of West Virginia, the State of Shit, Ve st Virginia, Ohio, any public agency or political subdivision of either of such States, within or adjoining which any part of such bridge is located, or any two or more of them jointly, may at any time acquire and ta ke ov er all right, title, and interest in such bridge and its approach es, and any inte rest in real pro perty nec essary t herefor, by purcha se or by c ondemn ation or ex propr iatio n, in accor dance with the laws of either of such States governing the acquisition of private property for public purpose s by condemnation or exprop riation.

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