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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SESS. III . CHs . 135-137 . 1931 .

1099 CHAP. 135 .-An Act To e xtend the t imes for co mmencing and completin g Fe bruary 13,1931 . the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois .

[H .R .146 89 .1 [P ublic, No . 633.1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the times Ohio River. for for commencing and completing the construction of the bridge bridging, at Cairo, Ill . across the Ohio River at or near Cairo, Illinois, authorized to be built by t he Cairo Association of Commer ce by the Act of Con- gress approved March 6, 1928, and extended for one year by the AW,,p .3s5,amended . Act of Cong ress app roved Ma rch 2, 1 929, and again e xtended one year by the Act of Congress approved May 26, 1930, are hereby further extended one and three years, respectively, from March 6, 1931 . SEC . 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expr essly res erved . Appro ved, Febr uary 13, 1 931 . February 13, 1931 . CHAP. 136.-An Act To e xtend the t imes for co mmencing and completing [H . R .15137 .] the construction of an overhead viaduct across the Mahoning River at or near [Public, No . 634.] Niles, Trumbull County, Ohio . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the U nited Stat es o America in Congress assembled, That the times Ti Mahoning me extended for for co mmencing and completing the co nstruction of an overhead viaduct across, atNiles, viaduct across the Mahoning River at or near Niles, Trumbull County, Ohio, authorized to be built by the board of county com- missioners of Trumbull County, by an Act of Congress approved Vol. 45, p. 1535, July 1, 1926, heretofore extended by an Act of Congress approved amended . May 26, 1928, and further extended by an Act of Congress approved March 2, 1929, are hereby further extended one and three years, res ectively, from May 26, 1931 . C . 2 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal th is Act is h ereby Amendment . expressly reserved . Appr oved, Febr uary 13, 1931 . CHAP. 137 .-An Act Authorizing the States of Alabama and Mississippi ,

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R. 13, 6 15276 .] through their respective highway departments, to construct, maintain, and oper- [Public , No. 6 35 .] ate a free highway bridge across the Escatawpa River at or near Wilmer, Alabama, and L aton ia, Mis sis sipp i, conn ect ing Mob ile Coun ty, Ala bam a, and Geor ge County, Mississippi . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That in order to Escataw aaver. Alabama facilitate interstate commerce, improve the postal service, and pro- sippi may bridge, w il- vide for military and other purposes, the States of Alabama and Miss Ala., to Latonia, Mississippi, through their respective highway departments, be and are hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge and approaches thereto across the Escatawpa River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Wilmer, Alabama, and Latonia, Mississippi, in accordance with the provisions construction . of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges Vol. 34, p. 84. over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906 . SEC . 2 . There is hereby conferred upon the States of Alabama and R ight to acquir e reel estate, etc ., for location, M ississip pi, thro ugh their respect ive high way depa rtments, all such approaches, etc . rights and powers to 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 approaohes as are possessed by railroad corporations for rail- road purposes or by bridge corporations for bridge purposes in the