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 75TH CONGRESS, issr SESSION-CHS. 306-30S-JUNE 9, 193 7 SEC. 2 . There is hereby conferred upon the State Roads Commis- sion of the State of Maryland and the State Highway Department of the State of 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, operation, and maintenance 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 real estate or other property is situated, upon making just compensation therefor, to be ascertained and paid according to the laws of such State, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in the condemnation or expropriation of property for public purposes in such State. SEC. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, June 9, 1937. [CHAPTER 307] AN ACT Authorizing the county of Wahkiakum, a legal political subdivision of the State of Washin gton, to con stru ct, mai ntai n, and oper ate a free high way bri dge across the Columbia River between Pugpt Island and the mainland, Cathlamet, State of Washington. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, Tha t the conse nt of Congress is hereby granted to the county of Wahkiakum, a legal political subdivision of the State of Washington, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge and approaches thereto across the Columbia River between Puget Island and the mainland, Cathlamet, State of Washington, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, in accordance with the pro- visions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters", approved March 23, 1906, and subjec t to the co nditi ons a nd lim itati ons co ntain ed in said Act. SEC. 2 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, June 9, 1937. (CHA PTE R 3 08] 251 Right to acquire real estate, etc ., for loca- tion, etc . Condem nation p ro- ceedings . Amendment . June 9, 1937 [13. R. 48011 [Public, No . 140] Columbia River . IVahkiakum County, Wash ., may bridge, Puget Island to Cathlamet . 34 Stat . 84. 33 C. S. C.°°491- 498 . Amendment. AN ACT June 9, 1937 To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge 	[H . R. 5467] across the Mississippi River between Saint Louis, Missouri, and Stites, Illinois . [Public, No . 1411 Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missis sippi Rive r, at or near a poi nt on Bro adway betw een Florida and Mfullanphy Streets in the City of Saint Louis, Missouri, and a point opposite thereto, in the town of Stites, in the county of Saint Clair, State of Illinois, and connecting with S aint Clai r Avenue extended in said town, authorized to be built by the county of Saint Clair, Illinois, by an Act of Congress approved August 30, 1935, heretofore extended by Act of Congress approved May 1, 1936, are hereby further extended one and three years, respectively, from August 30, 1937. SF-c. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, June 9, 1937. Mississippi River. Time ex ten ded for bridging, Saint Louis, Mo ., to Stites, Ill. 49 Stat. 1057, 1253 . Amendment.