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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. III. CHs. 510-512 . 1931 .

1527 March 4, 1931 . [s.6253.] [Public, No . 857 .] Missouri River . Missouri Valley Pipe L ine Company may bridge, near Sioux City, Iowa . Co nstruc tion . Vol.34,p.84. CHAP. 510 .-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Missou ri Valley Pipe Line Company of Iowa to construct, maintain, and operate a pipe-line bridge across the Missouri River . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativ es of t he United States of America in Congre ss assembled, That the con sent of Congress is hereby granted to Missouri Valley Pi pe Line Com - pany of Iowa, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a pipe-line bridge and approaches thereto across the Missouri River and approximately nine-sixteenths of a mile downstream from the bridge of Sioux City Bridge Company across the Missouri River at Sioux City, Iowa, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable water," approved March 23, 1906 .

Right to sell, etc ., SEC . 2 . Th e right to sell, assign, transfer , and mo rtgage a ll the conferred . rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act is hereby granted to M isso uri Vall ey P ipe Line Com pany of Iowa, its successors and assigns, and any corporation to which such rights, powers, and privi- leges may be sold, assigned, or transferred, or which shall acquire the same by mortgage foreclosure or otherwise, is fully authorized to exercise the same, as fully as though conferred herein directly upon such corporation . SEC . 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved . Approved, March 4, 1931 . Amendment. CHAP . 511 .-An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing

March 2

[s.929 , 1931 . 26262.] the construction of a bridge across the Monongahela River at or near Star City, [Public, No . 858 .] West Virginia . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of t he United States o f America in Con gres s as semb led, That the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Monongahela River, at or near Star City, West Virginia, authori zed to be buil t by the Mono ngahela Bridg e Compa ny, its successors and assigns, by an Act of Congress approved May 16, 1930, are hereby extended one and three years, respectively, from May 16, 1931 . SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby ex pressly reserved . Approved, March 4, 1931 . M ononga hela R iver . Time for bridging, at Star City, W. Va ., ex- te nded . Ante, p. 803. Amendment. March 4, 1931. CHAP. 512 .-An Act To amend Pub lic Act N umber ed 6 24, S even ty-f irst [S .6 263 .] Congress .

[Public, No . 859.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of t he United States of America in Congress ass embled, That section 2 of Public Act Numbered 624, Seventy-first Congress, is amended by adding before the period at the end thereof a colon and the following proviso : " Provided, That no such city or county shall exercise any rights or powers herein granted unless and until a majority of the electors of such city or county, voting at a general election, shall have expressed their approval of the exercise of such rig hts or powers, or if a special election is held therefor, unless and until 60 per centum of the ele ctor s vo ting at such ele ctio n sh all have ex pressed their ap proval o f the ex ercise o f such r ights an d powers " . Approved, March 4, 1931 . Missouri River . A ct au thori zing bridge across, at Omaha, Nebr ., etc., amended . Ante, p . 1094, ame nd- ed. Acquisition of loca- tion, etc ., subject to approval of electors .