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 72d CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 230, 231 . JUNE 10, 1932. egress from the said lighthouse reservation : Provided, That should Reversion „ the State of Delaware fail to keep and hold the said strip of land u ser . for roadway purposes or devote it to any use inconsistent with said purposes then titl e to said land sha ll revert to and b e reinves ted in the United States and the deed or instrument of conveyance shall recite said reversionary rights herein reserved. Approved, June 10, 1932. 295 for non. [CHAPTER 231 .] AN ACT Autho rizi ng t he F ort Hanc ock- Porv enir Brid ge C ompa ny, its succ esso rs a nd aan R o,is3z. assigns, o construct, maintain and operate a bride across the Rio Grande Ei'uhue, e, ub l No. 1611 .] 6i at FrHancock, Teas. 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 to Fa Rio t Grande. rows facilitate international commerce, improve the postal service, and nir Bridge Co mpan y provide for military and other purposes, the Fort Hancock-Porvenir Hanco k .Tex. Fort Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, auth orize d to const ruct, mai ntain , an d . operate a bride and approach es theret o across the Rio G rande, s o far as the Unite d States has jurisdiction over the waters of such river, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at Fort Hancock, Texas, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the Construction . construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, A Vol 34 pproval of Me xic o 1906 s ubject to the cond itions an d limitat ions cont ained in this Act, required . and su bject to the appro val of th e proper authoriti es in the Republic of Mexico. SEC. 2 . There is hereby conferred upon the Fort Hancock-Porvenir Acquisition of real estate, etc ., for loea. Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, all such rights and tion, approaches, etc . powers to enter upon lands and to acquire, condemn, occupy, possess, and use real estate, and other property in the State of Texas 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 corporations for bridge purposes in the State of Texas, upon making just compensation therefor, to be ascertained and paid acedrding to the laws of such State, and Condemnation pro, the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in the condemnation or ceed`ags ' expropriation of property for public purposes in such State. SEc. 3. The said Fort Hancock-Porvenir Bridge Company, its suc- Toll * au thori zed. cessors 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 the Secretary of War under the authority Vol. 34, p. 85. contained in the Act of March 23, 1906. SEc. 4. The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the Ri ght to sell, etc ., rights, powers, and privileges, conferred by this Act is hereby c0II18Cf~' granted to Fort Hancock-Porvenir 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 trans- ferred, 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 person. SEc. 5. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. Approved, June 10, 1932. I