Chapter 98. For the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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CHAP. 98.— An Act For the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.March 2, 1913.[[H. R. 25762](/us/bill/62/hr/25762).][[Public, No. 406](/us/pl/62/406).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Mississippi River.Baton Rouge Bridge and Terminal Company may bridge, Baton Rouge, La. That the Baton Rouge Bridge and Terminal Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Louisiana, its successors and assigns, be, and are hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, in accordanceVol. 34, p. 84. with the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six: *Provided*, That said bridge*Proviso*.Highway traffic. shall be so constructed, maintained, and operated that, in addition to its use for railroad trains and trolley cars, it shall provide for a separate roadway and approaches and continuous use by the public as a highway bridge, to be used for all kinds of highway traffic andTolls. travel, for the transit of which reasonable rates of toll may be charged and received, but no rate for passage of a single passenger on a railroad train shall exceed twenty-five cents.
Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herebyAmendment. expressly reserved. Approved, March 2, 1913.