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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS . II. CHs. 327, 328. 1929 .

1309 to be built by the Dupo Bridge Company, a Missouri corporation, its successors and assigns, by an Act of Congress approved May 14, 1928, are hereby extended one and three years, respectively, from May 14, 1929 . SEC . 2 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Ante, p . 505, amended. Am endment . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Represe ntatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That in order Missouri River. Brownville Bridge to facilitate interstate commerce, improve the postal service, and company may bridge, provide for military and other purposes, th e Brownville Bridge at Brownville , Nebr . Company, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Missouri River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Brownville, Nebraska, in accordance with the construction. provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction Vol.34,p.84. of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act . Right to acquire real SEC . 2 . There is hereby conferred upon the Brownville Bridge es ta t e, e tc ., for location, Company, its successors and assigns, all such rights and powers to approaches, etc . 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 corporations for bridge purposes in the State in which such real estate or other property is situated, upon making just compensa- tion therefor, to be ascertained and paid according to the laws of such State, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in Condemnat ion pro- such

ceedings. the condemnation or expropriation of property for public purposes in such State. SEC . 3. The said Brownville Bridge Company, its successors and Tolls authorized . assigns, is hereby authorized to fix and charge tolls for transit over such bridge, and the rates of toll so fixed shall be the legal rates until changed by the Secretary of War under the authority contained vol .34,p.85. in the Act of March 23, 1906 . SEC . 4. After the completion of such bride as determined b

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y ized , aft er c omple tion, the Secre tary of Wa r, e ither the Stat e of Nebra ska, the State of by Nebraska, Mi s- Missouri, any public agency or political subdivision of either of sour, etc' such States, within or adjoining which any part of such bridge is located, or any two or more of them jointly, may at any time acquire and take over all right, title, and interest in such bridge and its approaches, and any interest in real property necessary therefor, by purchase or by condemnation or expropriation, in accordance with the laws of either of such States governing the acquisition of private property for public purposes by condemnation Compensation, if ac- quired by condemna- or expropriation . If at any time after the expiration of five years tion . after the complet ion of such bridge t he same is acquired by condemnation or expropriation, the amount of damages or com- pensa tion t o be a llowed shall not i nclude good w ill, g oing v alue, or prospective revenues or profits, but shall be limited to the sum of Lim itati ons . (1) the ac tual c ost of const ructin g such bridge and i ts app roache s, less a reasonable deduction for actual depreciation in value ; (2) the actual cost of acquiring such interests in real property ; (3) actual financing and promotion costs, not to exceed 10 per centum of the ex pressl y rese rved . Approved, February 26, 1929 . CHAP. 328.-An Act Authorizing the Brownville Bridge Company, its suc- February 26, 1929. [S . 4861 .] cessors and a ssigns, to c onstruct, ma intain, and o perate a bri dge across t he Mis- [Public, No . 814 .] souri River at or near Brownville, Nebraska .