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55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., IST SESS.-CHS. 374-376-AUG. 18 , 1941 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. 7 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Rightto amend, etc. expressly reserved. Approved, August 18, 1941. [CHAPTER 375] AN ACT To permit construction, maintenance, and use of certain pipe lines for petroleum and petroleum products in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia be, and are hereby, authorized and empowered to grant permission to Steuart Brothers, Incor- porated, a corporation organized in the State of Delaware, lessee of square south of 1048 bounded by M Street Southeast on the north, Fourteenth Street Southeast and Water Street Southeast on the east, and Virginia Avenue on the south, in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, its successors and assigns, to lay down, construct, maintain, and use not more than five pipe lines for the carriage of petroleum and petroleum products with such auxiliary steam lines as may be necessary from a point or points within said square south of 1048 due north in and through M Street Southeast to the right-of-way of the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad; and also the right to lay down, construct, maintain, and use not more than five pipe lines for the carriage of petroleum and petroleum products with such auxiliary steam lines as may be neces- sary from a point or points within square south of 1048 due north to the said M Street, thence westwardly along the said M Street to its intersection with Thirteenth Street Southeast, thence south in and along the said Thirteenth Street to the Anacostia River. SEC. 2. That all the construction and use provided for herein shall be under such regulations and rentals as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may make and establish in connection therewith and all plans and specifications for such construction shall be subject to their approval. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall have full authority to designate the location and to cause such repairs or relocation of said pipe lines as the public necessity may require, any such repairs or relocation to be at the expense of the Steuart Brothers, Incorporated, its successors or assigns. SEO. 3. That no permission granted or enjoyed hereunder shall vest any title or interest in or to the land within Thirteenth Street South- east or M Street Southeast. SEC. 4. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly reserved. Approved, August 18, 1941. [CHAPTER 376]N ACT AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the Department of Highways, Commonwealth of Virginia, to construct, maintain, and operate two free bridges across the New River, one at Bluff City and the other at Eggleston, in the State of Vir- ginia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the Department of Highways, Com- monwealth of Virginia, to construct, maintain, and operate two free highway bridges and approaches thereto across the New River, at August 18, 1941 [H. R. 4582] [Public Law 2261 District of Colum- bia. Petroleum pipe lines, construction, etc. Regulations and rentals. Approval of plans, etc. Property rights. August 18, 1941 [H. R . 47321 [Public Law 2271 New River. Bridges authorized acrss, at Bluff City and Eggleston, V. 637