Chapter 271. Granting the consent of Congress to maintain a bridge across the Rio Grande River
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CHAP. 271.— An Act Granting the consent of Congress to maintain a bridge across the Rio Grande River. March 4, 1923.[[H. R. 12378](/us/bill/67/hr/12378).][[Public, No. 522](/us/67/pl/522).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the consent Rio Grande.Citizens Bridge Company may bridge, Del Rio, Tex.of Congress is hereby granted to the Citizens Bridge Company, a corporation, and its successors and assigns, to maintain and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Rio Grande River at or near the city of Del Rio, State of Texas, in accordance with the, provisions Construction.Vol. 34, p. 84.Terminated If bridge by Del Rio and Las Vacas Company completed by July 1, 1925.*Ante*, p. 813.of the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March 23, 1906: *Provided*, That the authority hereby granted shall terminate and end on the 1st day of July, 1925, if within that time the Del Rio and Las Vacas Bridge Company, a copartnership organized and entered into under the laws of the State of Texas, shall construct and complete a bridge at or near said location in accordance with the authority given to said copartnership by the Act entitled:
“An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Rio Grande between the cities of Del Rio, Texas, and Las Vacas, Mexico,” approved July 1, 1922:*Provided further*, That nothing herein shall operate to extend the Time for completing other bridge not extended.time within which said Del Rio and Las Vacas Bridge Company are required by the Act approved July 1, 1922, to begin and complete said bridge. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment.expressly reserved.
Approved, March 4, 1923.