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 324 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHs. 230, 231 . 1928 . May remove b oiler s it is hereby, authorized to remove from the Municipal Hospita l from Veterans' Hos- pit al, recen tly sol d Building, recently sold by said city to the United States Veterans' thereto b y the city . Bureau Hospital Numbered 90, at Muskogee, Oklahoma, and retain title to the boilers in said Municipal Hospital Building, having been Vol.43,p. 1354. reserved when the sale of said hospital building was consummated, but which reservation was erroneously omitted from the deed con- veying said Municipal Hospital Building from said city to the United States Veterans' Hospital Numbered 90. Con diti ons. That such removal shall be at the expense of the city and shall not be undertaken until other arrangements for heating this hospital have been made by the United States Veterans' Bureau. Approved, March 21, 1928. March 22, 1928. CHAP. 231 .-An Act Authorizing E. K. Morse his heirs legal re res enta- [s .28 oo .] g p [Public, No. 180 .] tives, and assigns, to construc t, maintain, and operate a bridge acr oss the Dela - ware River at or near Burlington, New Jersey. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Delaware River. United States o f America in Congress assembled, Tha t in order to E. K. Morse may bridge, at Burlington, facilitate interstate commerce, improve the Postal Service, and pro- N.J. vide for military and other purposes, E. K. Morse, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to con- struct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Delaware River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, Vol .34,p .84o, p.84.. at or near Burlington, New Jersey, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to reulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act. Right to acquire real estate, etc., for location, SEC. 2. There is hereby conferred upon E. K. Morse, his heirs, legal approaches, etc. representatives, and assigns, all such rights and powers to enter upon lands and to acquire, condemn, 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 railroad purposes or by bridge cor- porations for bridge purposes in the State in which such real estate or other property is situated, upon making just compensation there- for, to be ascertained and paid according to the laws of such State, Condemnation pro- and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in the condemnation ceedings. or expropriation of property for public purposes in such State. Tolls authorized. SEC. 3. The said E. K. Morse, his heirs, legal representatives, 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 legal rates until Vol .34,p. ss. changed by the Secretary of War under the authority contained in the Act of March 23, 1906. Acquisition anchor- ized, afte r co mplet ion, SEC. 4. After the completion of such bridge, as determined by the by New Jerse y, Penn- Secretary of War, either the State of Newv Jersey, the Stae of sylva nia, etc' Pennsylvania, 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 take ove r al l ri ght, tit le, and inte rest in such bri dge and its approaches, an d any interes t in real pro perty necessar y therefor, by purchase or by condemnation or expropriation, in ac cor dan ce with the laws of either of such States governing the acquisition of Com pensation if aeo private property for public purposes by condemnation or expropria- quired by condemna . tion. If at any time after the expiration of twenty years after tion. the completion of such bridge the same is acquired by condemna- tion or expropriation, the amount of damages or compensation to be allowed shall not include good will, going value, or prospective Limitations. revenues or profits, but shall be limited to the sum of (1) the actual cost of constructing such bridge and its approaches, less a reasonable

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