53 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , IST SESS.-CHS. 316, 318 -JULY 17, 18 , 1939
"(13) Nothing contained in the Officers' Competency Certificates
Convention, 1936, nor in this section, shall be deemed to extend any
provision of section 2 of the Act of March 4, 1915, as amended
(U. S. C., 1934 edition, Supp. IV, title 46, sec. 673), or to alter,
modify, or repeal any statute of the United States in effect on the
effective date of this section, except as hereinbefore provided.
"(14) This section shall become effective on October 29, 1939:
Provided, That licenses may be issued by boards of local inspectors
in accordance with the provisions of this section at any time prior to
such date.
"(15) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section."
Approved, July 17, 1939.
[CHAPTER 318]
AN ACT
Creating the City of Dubuque Bridge Commission and authorizing said Com-
mission and its successors to purchase and/or construct, maintain, and operate
a bridge or bridges across the Mississippi River at or near Dubuque, Iowa, and
East Dubuque, Illinois.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to
facilitate interstate commerce, improve the postal service, and pro-
vide for military and other purposes, the City of Dubuque Bridge
Commission (hereinafter created, and hereinafter referred to as the
"Commission"), and its successors and assigns be, and are hereby,
authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge or bridges
and approaches thereto, across the Mississippi River at or near the
cities of Dubuque, Iowa, and East Dubuque, Illinois, at a point suit-
able to the interest of navigation, subject to the conditions and limi-
tations contained in this Act. For like purposes said Commission,
or its successors and assigns, are hereby authorized to purchase, recon-
struct, maintain, and operate all or any existing bridges for vehicular
traffic crossing the Mississippi River at or near the city of Dubuque,
Iowa, and may acquire control of any or all such existing bridges by
purchase of stock in any corporation owning any such bridges, or
y a conveyance from such corporation and in any case, said Com-
mission shall be authorized to maintain and operate said bridge or
bridges subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this
Act.
SEC. 2. There is hereby conferred upon the Commission and its
successors and assigns the right and power to enter upon such lands
and to acquire, condemn, occupy, possess, and use such privately
owned real estate and other property in the State of Iowa and the
State of Illinois as may be needed for the location, construction,
operation, and maintenance of any such bridge and its approaches,
upon making just compensation therefor, to be ascertained and paid
according to the laws of the State in which such real estate or other
property is situated, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same
as In the condemnation of private property for public purpose in
said State, respectively. The Commission, its successors, and assigns,
is further authorized to enter into agreements with the States of
Illinois and Iowa, and any political subdivision thereof, for the
acquisition, lease, or use of any lands or property owned by such
State or political subdivision.
SEC. 3. The Commission and its successors and assigns are hereby
authorized to fix and charge tolls for transit over such bridge or
1051
Labor, etc.,
provi-
sions.
38 Stat. 1164 .
46U.S.C.§673;
Supp. IV, §673.
Effective date.
Proviso.
Issue of licenses
prior thereto.
Appropriations au-
thorized.
July 18, 1939
[S. 955]
[Public, No. 189]
Mississippi River.
Bridge authorized
across, Dubuque,
Iowa, to East Du-
buque, Ill.
Existing bridges for
vehicular traffic, pur-
chase, maintenance,
etc.
Acquisition of real
estate, etc.
Agreements author-
lied.
Tolls authorized.
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