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 72d CONG RESS. SESS. Ii. CH. 271 . MARCH 4, 1933 . 1557 OHI C RI VER AT sIsTERSvr LLF , W EST VIRGINIA viOe,iRiver ratSisters- ill ters- SEC. 7. That the times for commencin and completing the con- bridging Time aextended for struction of a bridge authorized by an ct of Congress approved February 20, 1928, to be built by the Sistersville Ohio River Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, ac ross the Ohio River at or near v voie4, ppa3 55' 1m' Sistersville, Tyler County, West Virginia, heretofore extended by Acts of Congress approved March 2, 1929, and February 7, 1931, are hereby further extended one and three years, respectively, from February 20, 1933. POTOMAC RIVER NEAR DAHLGREN, VIRGINIA Dahlgren, Var ne ar SEC. 8 . (a) That in order to facilitate interstate commerce, improve the postal service, and provide for military and other pur- Bridge construction. poses, the George Washington-Wakefield Memorial Bridge, Inc ., its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a highway or combined highway and railroad bridge and approaches thereto across the Potomac River at a point Location. suitable to the interests o fnavigation from a point in the vicinity of Dahlgren in the northeastern end of King George County, in the State of Virginia, to a point south of Popes Creek, in the county of Charl es, in t he S tate of Mary land ,'in acc orda nce with the pro visi ons of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges Col. t 34, p. rct S4r over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act. (b) There is hereby conferred upon the said George Washington- pr Acquisition of ap. Wakefield Memorial Bridge, Inc ., its successors 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 and terminals as are possessed by railroad cor- porations for railroad purposes, or by bridge corporations for bridge purposes in the State or States 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 State or States, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in the condemna- tion and expropriation of property for public purposes in such State or States. (c) The said George Washington-Wakefield Memorial Bridge, Toll rates. Inc., 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 legal rates until changed by the Secretary of War under the Vol.34,p. as. authority contained in the Act of March 23, 1906 . Acquisition author- (d) After the completion of such bridge, as determined by the ilea af ter com pletion , Secretary of War, either the State of Virginia, the State of Mary- e CVirginia,Maryland, land, 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 mor e of the m jo intl y, may at any t ime acqu ire and take over all right, title, and interest in such bridge and its approaches, and any interests in real property necessary therefor, by purchase, or by condemnation or expropriation, in accordance with the laws of either of such States governing the acquisition of private property for public purposes by condemnation or expro- priation. If at any time after the expiration of twenty years after Conveyance snbiect only to indebtedness, the completion of such bridge the same is acquired by condemnation et c , for construction, or expropriation, the amount of damages or e,)mpensution to be etc . allowed shall not include good will, going value, or prospective revenues or profits, but shall be limited to the sui, ; of (1) the actual cost of constructing such bridge and its approaches, fens a reasonable 1