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 53 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 570, 571-AUG. 7, 1939 [CHAPTER 570] AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to Frank O. Lowden, James E. Gorman, and Joseph B. Fleming, trustees of the estate of The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company, to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Missouri River at or near Randolph, Missouri. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to Frank O. Lowden, James E. Gor- man, and Joseph B. Fleming, trustees of the estate of The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company, their successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge and approaches thereto across the Missouri River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Randolph, Missouri, near river mile 370, as located by the Secretary of War, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters", approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act. SEC. 2. The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage, in whole or in part, the rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act is hereby granted to Frank O. Lowden, James E. Gorman, and Joseph B. Fleming, trustees of the estate of The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company, their successors and assigns, and any corporation to which, or any person to whom, such rights, powers, and privileges may be sold, assigned, or transferred, in whole or in part, or who shall acquire the same by mortgage, foreclosure, or otherwise, is hereby authorized to exercise the same as fully as though conferred herein directly upon such corporation or person. SEC. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, August 7, 1939. [CHAPTER 571] JOINT RESOLUTION To amend Public Resolution Numbered 46, approved August 9, 1935, entitled "Joint resolution requesting the President to extend to the International Statistical Institute an invitation to hold its twenty-fourth session in the United States in 1939". Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Public Resolution Numbered 46, approved August 9, 1935, entitled "Joint resolution requesting the President to extend to the International Statistical Institute an invitation to hold its twenty-fourth session in the United States in 1939" be amended as follows: After the word "hereby" insert the words, "authorized and". After the word "its" strike out the word "twenty-fourth" and insert the word "twenty-fifth". After the word "year" strike out the figures "1939" and insert the following: "1940; and to invite foreign governments to be represented by delegates at that session. "SEc. 2 . That the sum of $5,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the expenses of participation by the Government of the United States in the meeting of the International Statistical Institute to be held in the United States in 1940, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, without regard to the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; communication services; steno- 1265 August 7, 1939 [H. R. 726i2] [Public, No. 343] Missouri River. Bridge authorized across, at Randolph, Mo. 34 Stat. 84. 33 U. S. C. §§491- 498. Rights conferred. Amendment. August 7, 1939 [fl. J. Ies. S201 [l'll,. lies., No. 441 International Sta- tistical Institute, twenty-fourth session. 49 Stat. 570. Textual amend- ments. Invitation to foreign governments. Appropriation au- thorized.

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