Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 66.djvu/779

 66

STAT.]

733

PUBLIC LiAW 565-JULY 16, 1952

entitled "An Act to provide for the alteration of certain bridges over navigable waters of the United States, for the apportionment of the cost of such alterations between the United States and the owners of such bridges, and for other purposes" (33 U.S.C. sec. 511), are amended to read as follows: "The term 'bridge' means a lawful bridge over navigable waters of the United States, including approaches, fenders, and appurtenances thereto, which is used and operated for the purpose of carrying railroad traffic^ or both railroad and highway traffic, or if a State, county, municipality, or other political subdivision is the owner or joint owner thereof, which is used and operated for the purpose of carrying highway traffic. "The term 'bridge owner' means any State, county, municipality, or other political subdivision, or any corporation, association, partnership, or individual owning, or jointly owning, any bridge, and, when any bridge shall be in the possession or under the control of any trustee, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, or lessee, such term shall include both the owner of the legal title and the person or the entity in possession or control of such bridge." SEC. 2. Section 6 of such Act of June 21, 1940 (33 U.S.C. sec. 516), is amended by striking out the following: '"'"Provided, That the part of the cost of alteration of any bridge for both highway and railroad traffic, attributable to the requirements of traffic by highway, shall be borne by the proprietor of the highway:". SEC. 3. In the administration of this Act, hearings and other procedures shall be exempted from the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (60 Stat. 237), except as to the requirements of section 3 thereof. SEC. 4. Section 13 of such Act of June 21, 1940 (33 U.S.C. sec. 523), is amended by striking out the words "used for railroad traffic". Approved July 16, 1952.

Public Law 565

54 Stat. 497.

5 USC 1001 note.

CHAPTER 890

AN ACT To amend the Act of February 7, 1905, as amended, authorizing the Kensington and Eastern Railroad Company to construct a bridge across the Calumet River.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of February 7, 1905, as amended, authorizing the Kensington and Eastern Railroad to construct a bridge across the Calumet River, is amended to read as follows: "SECTION 1. The Kensington and Eastern Railroad Company, a railroad company organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, its successors and assigns, are hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Calumet River in the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 36, township 37 north, range 14 east of the third principal meridian, in Cook County, Illinois, at a point about three hundred and fifty feet south of the north line of the said section, the said point being about eight-tenths of a mile upstream from the bridge of the New York, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad Company, located near Hegewisch, in the State of Illinois. "SEC. 2. The bridge authorized by section 1 of this Act may be either a drawbridge or a fixed bridge as approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of the Army: Provided, That changes in type,

July 16, 1952 [H. R. 8190]

C a l u m e t River bridge. 33 Stat. 703.

�