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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS. I. Ciis . 312-314 . 1928 .

403 SEC. 5. That nothing in this Act contained shall be so construed as to prevent Congress from altering, amending, or repealing the same. Approved, April 3, 1928 . CHAP. 313.-Joint Resolution To provide for the expenses of participation

April 3,1928 . by the United States in the Second Pan American Conference on Highways at

[S.J. Res.3o.] Rio de Janeiro .

[Pub. Res., No.24.] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pan American Con- State s of Ame rica in Cong ress ass embl ed, That there is hereb y fe Second . on H ighw ays, . authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not Expenses authorized otherwise appropriated, the sum of $15,000 for the expenses of par- for participating

n' at

Rio de Janeiro . ticipation by the United States in the Second Pan American Confer- Pest, p. 913. ence on Highways at Rio de Janeiro, incl uding the compensation of employees, transportation, subsistence or per diem in lieu of subsistence (notwithstanding the provisi ons of any other Act), including expenses of delegates in visiting Colombia and Venezuela in connection with the conference, and such miscellaneous and other expe nses as the Pres iden t sh all deem pro per . Approved, April 3, 1928 . CHAP. 314.-An Act Authorizing J . E . Turner, his heirs, legal representa- April 4,1928 . tives, or assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ocmulgee

[H. R.9831.] Rive r at or near Fit zger ald, Geo rgia .

[Public, No . 236 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Ocmu lgee Riv er . United States of America in Congress assembled, That in orde r J. E. Turner may to promote interstate commerce, improve the postal service, and Ggage, at Fitzgerald, provide for military and other purposes, J . E . Turner, his heirs, legal representatives, or assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Ocmulgee River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation at or near a point on the said Ocmulgee River where a line would cross the said Ocmulgee River were it extended from Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia, in a northeasterly direction thro ugh McRa e in Tel fair Cou nty, Geo rgia, in acc orda nce 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 Post, p. 1447. subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act .

Acquisition author . SEC . 2 . After the completion of such bridge, as determined by ized, after completion, the Secretary of War, either the State of Georgia, any political by Georgia, etc . subdivision thereof within or adjoining which any part of such bridge is loc ated, 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 neces- sary therefor, by purchase or by condemnation, in accordance with ce dingsmnation pro . the laws of such State governing the acquisition of private property Compensation if ac - for public purposes by condemnation or expropriation . If at any quired by cond emna - time after the expiration of twenty years after the completion of tionh such bridge the same is acquired by condemnation or expropriation, the amount of damages or compensation to be allowed shall not include good will, going value, or prospective revenues or profits, Limi tati ons . but shall be limited to the sum of (1) the actual cost of constructing such bridge and its approaches, less a reasonable deduction for actual depreciation in value; (2 ) th e ac tual cos t of acq uiri ng s uch interests in real property; (3) actual financing and promotion cost, Amendment, etc .