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75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-C HS . 607-609-AUGUST 12, 1937 east to the east harbor line of said creek, be . and the same is hereby, declared to be not a navigable water of the United States within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United States . SEC. 2 . That any project heretofore authori zed by any Act of Congress, insofar as such project relates to the above described por- tion of Burr Creek in the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut, be, and the same is hereby, abandoned . SEC. 3 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expres sly re served . Be it ena cted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That in order to facilit ate in tersta te com merce, impro ve the postal servi ce, an d pro- vide for military and other purposes, the State Roads Commission of the State of Mar yland be, an d is h ereby, author ized t o cons truct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge and approaches thereto across Cambridge Creek, at a point suitable to the interests of navi- gation, in Cambridge, in Dorchester County, Maryland, in accord- ance wi th the provi sions of the Act e ntitled "An A ct to regula te the construction of bridges over navigable waters", approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act . SEC. 2. There is hereby conferred upon the State Roads Commis- sion of the State of Maryland all such rights and powers to enter upon lands and to acquire, condemn, occupy, possess, and use real estate and ot her pr operty neede d for the loc ation, const ructio n, op- eration, and maintenance of such bridge and its approaches as are possessed by railroad corporations for railroad purposes or by bridge corporations for bridge purposes in the State in which real estate or other property is situated, upon making just compensation there- for, to be as certai ned an d paid accor ding to the l aws of such State, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in the condemna- tion or expro priati on of proper ty for public purpo ses in such State . SEC . 3 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby express ly res erved . Ap prove d, A ugust 12, 1937 . [CHAPTER 609] JOINT RESOL UTION' Granting t he consent of Congres s to the m inimum-wag e compact ratified b y the Legislatures of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island . Reso lved by the Sena te and H ouse o f Represe ntatives o f t he United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the compact for estab- l ishin g uni form stan dards for cond ition s of empl oymen t, pa rtic u- la rly wi th reg ard to the m inimum wage, in Sta tes ra tifyin g the same, which was signed in Concord, New Hampshire, on May 29, 1934, by representatives of the Governors of Maine, New Hampshire, Connec- ti cut, M assach usetts , Rhod e Isla nd, -N ew York , and Pennsy lvania , and which was ratified by the Legislature of Massachusetts on June 633 Project s aban doned . Amendment, etc . Cambridge Creek. Maryland may bridge, at Cambridge . Co nstruc tion . 34 Stat.84 . 33U.S.C.°°491- 493 . Right to acquire real estate, etc . C ondemn ation pro- ceedings . Amendmen t . -4ugust 12, 1937 [73.J. Res.321] [Pub. Res., No.58] Interstate minimum wage, etc ., compact. Rat ificat ion by des- ignated States ap- pr oved a nd dec lared effective . Approved, August 12, 1937 . [CHAPTER 6081 AN ACT August 12, 1937 Authorizing the State Roads Commission of the State of Maryland to construct, [II. R. 78071 maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across Cambridge Creek, in or near Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, to replace a bridge already in existence . [Public, No . 2771