Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 48 Part 1.djvu/533

 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 97-99 . MARCH 27, 1934 . SEC. 3. Where necessary for such electrification, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may issue permits to construct conduit systems throug h or under th e surfaces of public street s or other District of Columbia or United States property : Provided, however, That three ducts therein shall be reserved for the use of the United States and the District of Columbia. SEC. 4 . Nothing herein contained shall be construed as limiting or abr idging the a uthor ity of the W ar Dep artme nt, th e Comm is- sioners of the District of Columbia, or of the Interstate Commerce Comm issi on. SEC. 5. The said railroad companies shall be liable for any accident to, or injurie s sustained b y, any person by reason of any act or omission of the railroad companies or by their agents or servants duri ng t he c onst ruct ion, ins tall atio n, m aint enan ce, or o pera tion of the electrical equipment and apparatus of the railroad trains. Approved, March 27, 1934. [CH APTER 98 .1 507 Construction of con- duit systems. Proviso. Go vernment use of thr ee ducts. Jur isdiction not abridged. Lia bility for inj uries. Vol.45,p. 600. AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the Louisiana Highway Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent Louisi pana"may of Congress is hereby granted to the Louisiana Highway Commis- bridge, at Baton Rouge . sion, an administrative body created and acting under the constitu- tion and laws of the State of Louisiana, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge, or a railway bridge in combination with a free highwa y bri dge, a nd app roache s the reto across the Mississippi River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters ", approved March 23, 1906 . SEC . 2 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, March 27, 1934 . March 27, 1934 . [s.3067.] [Public, No 1 .38 .] Construction. Vol.34,p.84. Amen dment . [CHAPTER 99 .] AN ACT To prevent the loss of the title of the United States to lands in the territories or territorial possessions through adverse possession or prescription . Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Representatives of the United States of America in Cong ress ass embl ed, That here after no Lands in the territo- prescription or statute of limitations shall run, or continue ries or possessions . to run, Ti tle of Un ited against the title of the United States to lands in any territory or through states not adverse be lost cse possession or place or territory under the jurisdiction or control of sessi on or prescri ption . the. United States, including the Philippine Islands ; and that no title to any such lands of the United States or any right therein shall be acquired by adverse possession or prescription, or otherwise than by convey ance from the United State s. Approved, March 27, 1934. March 27, 1934. [H. R. 5863.]	 [Public, No. 139 .]