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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss . I. CHs. 626, 627. 1928 Ext ension of wi nter- National Forests and the Yellowstone National Park, and to improve feed facilities or game and extend the winter-feed facilities of the elk, antelope, and other an .mals . game animals of Yellowstone National Park and adjacent land Proviso . Expenditures not to and for other purposes " Provided, That the total expenditures from exceed the contribution this appropriation shall not exceed the combined total of the sums con- of combined total with private, etc ., agencies. tributed by private or other agencies under the provisions of clause (a) of section 1 of said Act, and the appraised values of land donated or bequeathed under the provisions of clause (b) of section 1 of said Act . Approved, May 18, 1928 . May 18, 1M. [s .4034 .1 CHAP. 627.-An Act Authorizing the Calhoun Bridge Company, an Illinois [Public, No. 426 .1

corporation, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Illinois River at or near Grafton, Illinois. Be it e nacted by the Senate and Ho use of Repres entatives of t he CaRicer'

United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to alh s oun Bridge Company may bridge, promote interstate commerce, improve the postal service, and pro- at Qrafton, Ill .

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~ vide for military and other purposes, the Calhoun Bridge Company, an Illi nois co rporati on, it s succe ssors a nd ass igns, b e, and is her eby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Illinois River, at a point suitable to th e inte rests o f navig ation, at or near Gr afton, Illino is, in accord ance Con struction . 34,, P`° s4. with the provisions of the Act entitled "An act to regulate the con- struction of b ridges over n avigable wate rs," approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act . Construction as rail- SEC . 2 . The Calhou n Bridge Comp any, its succ essors and ass igns, ro ad or hig hway brid ge, or both . is authorized to construct, maintain, and operate such bridge and the necessary approaches thereto as a railroad bridge for the passage of railway trains or street cars, or both, or as a highway bridge for the passage of pedestrians, animals, and vehicles, adapted to travel on public highways, or as a combined railroad and highway bridge Right to acquire real for all such purposes ; and there is hereby conferred upon the said estate, etc., for location, Calhoun Bride Company, its successors and assigns, all such rights approaches, etc .

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e, and powers to enter upon lands and to acquire, condemn, occupy, possess, and use real estate and other property needed for the loca- tion, 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 jus t compensatio n therefor, t o be ascertain ed and paid according ~Con nddemnation Pro- to the laws of such State, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in the condemnation or expropriation of property for public purposes in such State . Acquiring of high- SEC . 3 . After the completion of such bridge, as determined by the way bri dge au tho r- iz ed, a fter comp leti on, Secretary of War, if the same is constructed as a highway bridge b y Illinois, etc • only, either the State of Illinois, any political subdivision thereof, 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 a ny interest i n real propert y necessary t herefor, by p urchase or by condemnation, in accordance with the laws of such State gov- erning the acquisition of private property for public purposes by Compensation if ac- conde mnation or ex propriation . If at any time after the expiration ti one a by condemna- tion . of twenty years after the completion of 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, Lim itat ions .

or prospective revenues or profits, but shall be limited to the sum