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54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3 D SESS.-CHS. 291, 292-JUNE 8, 1940 [CHAPTER 291] 259 AN ACT June 8, 1940 To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge [H. .R.9094] across the Mississippi River at or near Winona, Minnesota. [Public, No. 580] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River, at or near Winona, Minnesota, authorized to be built by the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin, jointly or separately, by an Act of Congress approved June 28, 1938, as extended by an Act of Congress approved July 25, 1939, are hereby extended one and three years, respectively, from the date of approval of this Act. SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, June 8, 1940. [CHAPTER 292] AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River at or near Ogdensburg, New York, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River at or near Ogdensburg, New York, authorized to be built by the Saint Lawrence Bridge Commission and its successors and assigns, by an Act of Congress approved June 14, 1933, and hereto- fore extended by Acts of Congress approved June 8, 1934, May 28, 1935, April 11, 1936, August 12, 1937, and April 26, 1939, are hereby extended one and three years, respectively, from the date of approval of this Act. SEC. 2 . That so much of section 4 of the Act of June 14,1933 (48 Stat. 141), which reads as follows: "The bridge constructed under the authority of this Act shall be deemed an instrumentality of interna- tional commerce authorized by the Government of the United States, and said bridge and ferry or ferries and the bonds issued in connection therewith and the income derived therefrom shall be exempt from all Federal, State, municipal, and local taxation.", is repealed, and in lieu thereof the following language is substituted in said section 4, to wit: "The bridge hereby authorized or the income therefrom shall be subject to Federal, State, municipal, or local taxation only to the extent that a like structure or the income therefrom owned and oper- ated by a public authority or public agency of the State of New York shall be subject to taxation. The bonds or obligations of the Commis- sion, from time to time outstanding. and the income derived therefrom shall be subject to taxation in the hands of the holders thereof." SEC. 3 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, June 8, 1940. Mississippi River. Time extended for bridging, at Winona, Minn. 52 Stat. 1214; 53 Stat. 1082. Amendment, etc. June 8, 1940 [H. R. 94111 [Public, No. 681] Saint Lawrence River. Time extended for bridging, at Ogdens- burg, N. Y. 48 Stat. 141, 927; 49 Stat. 301 , 1202; 60 Stat. 631; 63 Stat. 621. Tax exemption, repeal. 48 Stat. 143 . Taxation of bridge or income therefrom; extent. Bonds, etc. , taxa- tion. Amendment, etc.