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PUBLIC LAW 85-640-AUG. 14, 1958

thereby, and shall also be liable in a civil action for all damages that may accrue from such breach. SEC. 6. That said association shall continue to maintain the present connections of lines and permit the future connections of lines to and supply water for nearby Department of Agriculture installations and shall continue to maintain the present watering troughs and supply water as at present for the use of animals lawfully grazing upon such national forest or at such other place along said pipeline, in lieu thereof, as the officer in charge of such national forest shall from time to time direct. SEC. 7. This Act shall not become effective until said association shall have filed with the Secretary of Agriculture a release and quitclaim by Southern Pacific Company, a corporation, successor in interest of the El Paso and Rock Island Railway Company, of all right, title and interest in and to the right-of-way for said Eagle Creek pipeline granted by said Act of Congress of March 4, 1915 (38 U. S. Stat. L. 1195). SEC. 8. The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to extend the rights herein granted for such additional periods and on such terms and conditions as he may then deem appropriate and in the public interest. Approved August 14, 1958.

Water sut^ply.

Effective date.

Extension rights.

Public Law 85-640 ^^^ - ^ ^ ' ^ Relating to the procedure for altering certain bridges over navigable w a t e r s.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of June 21, 1940, 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" (54 Stat. 497), as amended by the Act of July 16, 1952 (66 Stat. 732), is hereby further amended as follows: (a) By amending the first sentence of section 5 to read as follows: "After approval of such general plans and specifications by the Secretary, and after notification of such approval, the bridge owner shall, in such manner and within such times as the Secretary may prescribe, take bids for the alteration of such bridge in accordance with such general plans and specifications." (b) By adding the following after the word "provided" at the end of section 5: ": Provided, That where funds have been appropriated for part only of a project, the bridge owner may take bids for part only of the work. In the event the bridge owner proceeds with the alteration through the taking of successive partial bids, the bridge owner shall, if required by the Secretary, submit a revised guaranty of cost after bids are accepted for successive parts of the work." (c) By adding the following after the word "navigation" at the end of section 6: ": And provided further. That where the bridge owner proceeds with the alteration on a successive partial bid basis the Secretary is authorized to issue an order of apportionment of cost for the entire alteration based on the accepted bid for the first part of the alteration and an estimate of cost for the remainder of the work. The Secretary is authorized to revise the order of apportionment of cost, to the extent he deems reasonable and proper, to meet any changed conditions."

August 14, 1958 [s. 2158]

bridges.

33 USC 511-523.

Bids.

33 USC 515.

Apportionment of cost. 33 USC 516.

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