Chapter 156. To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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CHAP. 156.— An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.July 17, 1914.[[H. R. 13985](/us/bill/63/hr/13985).][[Public, No. 142](/us/pl/63/142).] *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.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 and approaches thereto across the Mississippi River at or near the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, Construction.Vol. 34, p. 84.in accordance 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, *Proviso*.Tolls.however*, That reasonable rates of toll may be charged and received and no rate for passage of a single passenger on a railroad train shall exceed 25 cents.
Sec. 2. Amendment.That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, July 17, 1914.