Chapter 18. To extend the time for the completion of the municipal bridge approaches, and extensions or additions thereto, by the city of Saint Louis, within the States of Illinois and Missouri
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CHAP. 18.— An Act To extend the time for the completion of the municipal bridge approaches, and extensions or additions thereto, by the city of Saint Louis, within the States of Illinois and Missouri. February 13, 1924.[[H. R. 486](/us/bill/68/hr/486).][[Public, No. 13](/us/pl/68/13).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Mississippi River.Time extended for bridging, by Saint Louis, Mo.Vol. 34, p. 401;
Vol. 40, p. 436; Vol. 41, p. 1077. That the time for the construction and completion of the municipal bridge approaches, and also extensions or additions thereto, which said construction and completion was authorized by an Act entitled, “An 8Act to authorize the city of Saint Louis, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Missouri, to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River,” approved June 25, 1906, be, and the same is hereby, extended for the period of three years from February 11, Sec. 2.
Condemnation, etc., of approaches authorized. That for the purpose of carrying into effect the objects of this Act, the city of Saint Louis may receive, purchase, and also acquire by lawful appropriation and condemnation in the States of Illinois and Missouri, upon making proper compensation therefor, to be ascertained according to the laws of the State within which the same is located, real and personal property and rights of property, and in order to facilitate and support interstate commerce may make any and every use of the same necessary and proper for the acquirement, construction, maintenance, and operation of said municipal bridge approaches, and extensions or additions thereto, consistent with the laws of the United States.
Sec. 3. Amendment.*Proviso*.Additional approaches, etc., in East Saint Louis, Ill. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved: *Provided*, That the city of Saint Louis may construct approaches, additions, or extensions, in addition to those now existing, connecting said bridge with any railroad or highway within or through the city of East Saint Louis, Illinois; but before constructing such approaches, additions, or extensions the location thereof shall first have been approved by, and a certificate of public convenience and necessity therefor shall first have been obtained Subject to approval of Interstate Commerce Commission.from, the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Full jurisdiction and authority to consider and determine such questions is hereby conferred upon the Interstate Commerce Commission, in the same manner and to the same extent as in the case of other proceedings for Vol. 41, p. 477.certificates of public convenience and necessity under paragraphs (18), (19), and
(20)of section 1 of the Interstate Commerce Act. Approved, February 13, 1924.