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 388 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CHs. 290, 291 . 1928 . Condemnation pr o- paid according to the laws of such State, and the proceedings therefor ceedings. shall be the same as in the condemnation or expropriation of prop- ert for public purposes in such State. Tolls authorized. EC. 3 . The said B and P Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, is hereby authorized to fix and charge tolls for transit over such bridge in accordance with any laws of Texas applicable thereto, and the rates of toll so fixed shall be the legal rates until changed by Vol.34,p.85. the Secretary of War under the authority contained in the Act of March 23, 1906. conferred. sell, etc ., SEC. 4. The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act is hereby granted to the B and P 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 tra nsfe rred, or who shall acquire the same by mortgage foreclosure or otherwise, is hereby authorized and empowered to exercise the same as fully as though conferred herein directly upon such corporation or persdn. Amendmen t. SEC. 5 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, March 29, 1928. March 29, 192 8. [H. R. 10373.] C H A P. 2 91 .-An Act Authorizing the Plattsmouth Bridge Company, its [Public, No. 221 .] successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Pla tt Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the smi ou th River. Bridge United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to latts Company may bridge, facilitate interstate commerce, improve the Postal Service, and pro- at Plattsmouth, Nebr. vide for military and o ther purposes, the Plattsm outh Bridge Co m- pany, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to con- struct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Missouri River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, Construction. at o r near Platt smout h, Neb raska, in ac corda nce wi th the pro- Vol.34,p.84. visions of the Act entitled "An 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. Ri ght to require real estate, etc., for location, SEC. 2 . There is hereby conferred upon the Plattsmouth Bridge approaches, etc. Company, its successors and assigns, all such rights and powers to enter upon lands and to acquire, condemn, occu py, possess, a nd use real estate and other property needed for the location, construc- tion, operation, 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 compensa- tion therefor, to be ascertained and paid according to the laws of ceeedingsmnation pro- such State; and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in the condemnation or expropriation of property for public purposes in such State. Tolls authorized. SE C. 3. T he said Platt smouth Bridge Company, its successors an d assigns, is hereby auth orized to fix and charge t olls for trans it over such bridge, and the rates of toll so fixed shall be the legal rates until changed by the Secretary of War under the authority Vol.34,p.85. contained in the Act of March 23, 1906. Acquisition author- ized, aft er c omple tion, SEC. 4. After the completion of such bridge, as determined by the by Nebraska, I owa, Secretary of War, either the State of Nebraska, the State of Iowa, etc ' 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 over all right, title, and interest in such bridge and its approaches, and

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