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f SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SESS . II. CHs. 836, 837. 1930.

855 sions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906, subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act, and subject to the approval of the proper authorities in Canada . SE C . 2 . There is hereby conferred upon Robertson and Janin Com- pany, its successors and assigns, all such rights and powers to enter upon lands and to acquire, condemn, occupy, possess, and use real estate and other property in the State of Minnesota needed for the location, construction, operation, and maintenance of such bridge and its approaches as are possessed by railroad corporations for rail- road purposes or by bridge corporations for bridge purposes in the State of Minnesota upon making just compensation therefor to be ascertained and paid according 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 . SEC. 3. The said Robertson and Janin Company, its succe ssors and assigns, is hereby authorized to fix and charge tolls for transit over such bridge in a ccordance with any laws of Minnesota appli- cable thereto, and the rates of toll so fixed shall be the legal rates until changed by the Secretary of War under the authority con- tained in the Act of March 23, 1906 . SEC . 4. The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act is hereby g ranted to R oberts on an d Jan in Com pany, its succes sors and as signs , and any corporation to which or any persons to whom such rights, powers, and privileges may be sold, assigned, or transferred, or who shall acquire the same by mortgage foreclosure or otherwise, is hereby authorized and empowered to exercise the same as fully as though conferred herein directly upon such corporation or person . SEC . 5 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved . Approved, July 3, 1930 . Construction . Vol.34, p.84. Approval of Canada required. Righ t to acquire, etc ., land conferred . Payment therefor . Tolls . Vol. 34, p.84. Right to sell, etc ., co nfe rred . Amendment. CHAP . 837 .-An Act To provi de fo r the creat ion of the Colon ial N ationa l

July 3, 1930. [H. R. 12235 .1 Monument in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes .

[Public, No . 510.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That upon procla- Co lon ial National Monument, Va mation of the President, as herein provided, sufficient of the areas Land s set apart for . he reinafter sp ecified for the purpos es of this Act shall b e establish ed Post, p. 3041. and set apart as the Colonial National Monument for the preser- vation of the historical structures and remains thereon and for the benefit and enjoyment of the people . SEC . 2 . That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereby, Examination of des- '

ignated areas for inclu- authorized and directed to make an examination of Jamestown sion. Island, parts of the city of Williamsburg, and the Yorktown battle field, all in the State of Virginia, and areas for highways to connect s aid island, city, and battle fiel d with a vi ew to determ ining the a rea or areas thereof desirable for inclusion in the said Colonial National Monument, not to exceed two thousand five hundred acres of the said ba ttle field or five hundred feet in width as to such connecting areas and upon completion thereof he shall make appropriate Boundaries est ab- lishedd by procla mation . recommendations to the President, who shall establish the boundaries Post, p .1069 . o f said na tional mon ument by proclamati on : Pr ovide d, That the Area rosy be in- boundaries so established may be enlarged or diminished by subse- creased, etc . q uent proc lamation o r proclam ations of the Presid ent upon the r ecomm endat ions of the Secr etary of th e Inte rior, any such e nlarg e- ment only to include lands donated to the United States or pur- ch ased by the United States without resort to condemnation .