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 652 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 176-178 . APRIL 30, 1934 . Engineers and the Secretary of War as providing suitable facilities Construction . for navigation and operated as a free bridge, shall be a lawful Vol .34,p.84. ~ structure, and shall be subject to the conditions and limitations of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters ", approved March 23, 1906. Amendment. SEC. 2 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, April 30, 1934. [CHAPTER 177 .1 April 30,1934. AN ACT [H .R.8429.] To revive and reenact the Act entitled "An Act authorizing D . S . Prentiss, R . A . [Pub lic, No .187.] Salladay, Syl F. Histed, William M . Turner, and John H . Rahilly, their heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River a t or near the town o f New Boston, Illinoi s", approved March 3, 1931. Be it enacted by t he Senate and House of Repr esentatives of the Mississippi River. United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Act Authority to bridge, at New Boston, Ill ., approved March 3, 1931, granting the consent of Congress to D. S. revived . Prentiss, R. A. Salladay, Syl F. Histed, William M. Turner, and John H. Rahilly, their heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to Vol. 4s, p. 1503, construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto amended. across the Mississippi River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near the town of New Boston, Illinois, be, and Proviso. the same is hereby, revived and reenacted : Provided, That this Act Time limitation . shall be null and void unless the actual construction of the bridge and a pproac hes th ereto herei n refe rred t o be commen ced wi thin one year and completed within three years from the date of approval hereof. Amendment . SEC. 2 . The right to alt er, amend, or repeal this A ct is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, April 30, 1934. April 30, 1934. [H.R . 8477.] (Public, No . 188.1 Pot om ac Riv er . West Virgin ia may bridge, at Shepherds- town . Construction . Vol.34,p.84. Right to acquire real estate, etc., for location, approaches, etc . Condemnatio n pro- cee din gs . [CHAPTER 178 .] AN ACT Authorizing the State Road Commission of West Virginia to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Potomac River at or near Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia . Be it eiaaeted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to promote inte rstate commer ce, improve t he postal serv ice, and pro- vide for military and other purposes, the State Road Commission of West Virginia be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, main- tain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Potomac River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Shepherdstow n, Jefferson County, West Virginia ., in accorda nce wi th the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construc- tion of bridges over navigable waters ",approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act. SEC. 2 . There is hereby conferred upon the State Road Commis- sion of West Virginia 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, maintenance, and operation of such bridge and its approaches as are possessed by railroad corporations for railroad purposes or by bridge corpora- tions for bridge purposes in the State in which such real estate or other property is situated, upon mating just compensation there- for, to be ascertained and paid according to the laws of such State,