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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss. I. CHs. 768, 769. 1928 .

759 CHAP. 768.-An Act Providing for the transfer of a portion of the military

May 26, 1928 . reservation known as Camp Sherman, Ohio, to the Department of Justice .

[H.R . 10649.] [Public, No . 532 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Army. Portion United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary s eoma n Ohi o, Camp of War is hereby authorized and directed to transfer to the jurisdic- ferred to Department of tion of the De artment of Justice for use as a site for the industrial Justice as site for In- p

dustria l Reformator y . reformatory established under authority of the Act of January 7, Vol .43,p. 724. 1925, chapter 32, entitled "An Act for the establishment of a United States Industrial Reformatory," all that portion of the United States Des crip tion . military reservation known as Camp Sherman, Ohio, lying west of the Scioto River and south of a line beginning at a point in the center line of Portsmouth Street at the Scioto River and running thence southwesterly along the center line of Portsmouth Street to the center line of Columbus Avenue ; thence southeasterly along the center line of Columbus Avenue to the center line of Moundsville Street ; thence southwesterly along the center line of Moundsville Street to the center line of Egypt Pike ; thence northwesterly along the center line of Egypt Pike to its intersection with the center line of Sandusky Boulevard ; thence due west to the boundary line of the Government reservation . Appro ved, M ay 26, 1928 . May 26, 1028 . CHAP. 769.-An Act Authorizing B. F. Peek, G. A. Shallberg, and C. I. [H. R. 12235.] Josephson, of Moline, Illinois ; J. W . Bettendorf, A. J . Russell, and J . L . Hecht,

[Public, No . 533.] of Bettendorf and Davenport, Iowa, their heirs, legal representatives, and assigns , to construct, main tain, and operate a bridge across the Mi ssissippi River, at or near Tenth Street in Bettendorf, State of Iowa . Be it enacted b y the Senate and House of Representatives o f the Mississippi River . United States o f America in Congress assembled, That, in order B.F . Peek, etc., may to fa cilitate inte rstate commerc e, improve th e postal serv ice and bridge, at Bettendorf, provide for military and other purposes, B . F . Peek, G. A . Shallberg, and C . I . Josephson, of Moline, Illinois ; J. W . Bettendorf, A . J . Russell, and J. L. Hecht, of Bettendorf and Davenport, Iowa, their heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and ap- proaches thereto across the Mississippi River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Tenth Street in Bettendorf, State of Iowa, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled Construction. "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable Post3p .151 12 2, waters," approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act . SEC . 2 . There is hereby conferred upon B . F . Peek, G. A. Shall- Right to acquire real estate,ete .,forlocation, berg, and C . I . Josephson, of Moline, Illinois ; J . W. Bettendorf, approaches, etc . j A . J. Russell, and J. L . Hecht, of Bettendorf and Davenport, Iowa, their heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, all such rights and powers to enter upon lands and to acquire, condemn, occupy, possess, and use real estate and other property needed for the location, con- struction, operation, and maintenance of such bridge and its ap- proaches as are possessed by railroad corporations for railroad pur- poses or by bridge corporations for bridge purposes in the State in which such real es tate or other property is s ituated, upon making ust compensation therefor, to be ascertained and paid according to the l aws of such S tate, and the proceedings t herefor shall be the c eed ing s .~ation pro same as in the condemnation or expropriation of property for public purposes in such State . SEC . 3 . The said B . F. Peek, G. A . Shallberg, and C . I. Josephson, Toll authorized .. of Moline, Illinois ; J. W . Bettendorf, A . J. Russell, and J . L. Hecht, of Bettendorf and Davenport, Iowa, their heirs, legal representatives,