Chapter 201. Granting the consent of Congress to the Big Sandy and Cumberland Railroad Company to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Tug Fork of Big Sandy River at Devon, Mingo County, West Virginia
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CHAP. 201.— An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Big Sandy and Cumberland Railroad Company to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Tug Fork of Big Sandy River at Devon, Mingo County, West Virginia.February 25, 1927.[[H. R. 5588](/us/bill/69/s/5588).][[Public, No. 649](/us/pl/69/649).] *Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in. Congress assembled*,Tug Fork of Big Sandy River.Big Sandy and Cumberland Railroad Company may bridge, at Devon, W.
Va. That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the Big Sandy and Cumberland Railroad Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Virginia and authorized to do business in the State of West Virginia, and operate railways in Kentucky, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Tug Fork of Big Sandy River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation at Devon. Mingo County, West Virginia, where the said Tug Fork forms the boundary line between the States of West Virginia and Kentucky, in accordance with the Construction.Vol. 34, p.84.provisions of the Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters, approved March 23, 1906.
Sec. 2. Right to sell, etc., granted.The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act is hereby granted to the Big Sandy and Cumberland Railroad Company, its successors and assigns, and any corporation to which such rights, powers, and privileges may be sold, assigned, or transferred, or which shall acquire the same by mortgage foreclosure or otherwise is hereby authorized to exercise the same as fully as though conferred herein directly upon such corporation.
Sec. 3. Amendment.The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 25, 1927.