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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SEss . III . CAS . 220-222 . 1931 . the State in which such real estate or other property is situated, upon Cond emnation pr o- ma king jus t compens ation th erefor, to be asc ertained and pai d ceedings . according to the laws of such State, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in the condemnation or expropriation of prop- erty for public purposes in such State . Amendment.


SEC . 3 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved . Approved, February 18, 1931 . February 5 51 1 9 8, .] 1931 . [P ublic, No. 68 0 .] CHAP . 221 .-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Tennessee River at or near Danville, Tennessee . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Tennessee River. Louisville and Nash- U nited States of America in Congress ass embled, That the consent ville Railroad Com- of Congress is hereby granted to Louisville and Nashville Railroad pang may bridge, at Company, a corporation organized and ei D anvdle , Tenn .

isting under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, its successors and assigns, to con- struct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge and approaches thereto across the Tennessee River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Danville, Tennessee, in accordance with Construction,

the provis ions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construc- Vol.34,p.84.

tion of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906 . Right to accuire real SEC. 2 . The right to sell, as sign, transfer, and mortgage all the esta te, approaches, etc. location, rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act is hereby granted to Lo uisville and Nashville Rai lroad Compan y, its succes sors and assigns ; and any party to whom such rights, powers, and privileges may be sold, assigned, or transferr ed, or who shall acquire the same Con dem nati on p ro- by mortgage foreclosure or otherwise, is hereby authorized to exer- ceedings.

cise the s ame as fully as though confer red herein directly upon such party . Amendment.


SEC . 3 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved . Approved, February 18, 1931 . Fe brua ry 18, 1931 . [s. 5688.] [Public, No. 681 .] CHAP . 222 .-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of New Ham pshire to co nstruc t, mai ntain, and o perate a bri dge or dike across Littl e Bay at or near Fox Point . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Lit i°l e Bay .

United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the consent New Ham psh ire may construct a bridge or of Congress is hereby granted to the State of New Hampshire to dike across, at Fox Po int, const ruct, maintai n, and operat e a bridge o r dike and ap proaches thereto across the Little Bay at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Fox Point, 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, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act . ato sapn pliegtofpea, SEC . 2. If tolls are charged for the use of such bridge or dike, etc. the rates of toll shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay the reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the bridge or dike and its approaches under economical management, and to pro vide a sinking fund sufficien t to amortize the cost of the bridge or dike and its approaches, incl uding reasonable interest and financing cost, as soon as possible under reasonable charges, but within a period of not to exceed thirty years from the completion Maintenance as free t h er e o f . After a sinking fund suf ficient for such amortization shall cods a after amortizing have been so provided, such bridge or d ike shall thereafter be main-