Chapter 25. Granting the consent of Congress to the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad Company, its successors and assigns, to construct a bridge across the Little Calumet River in Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois
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CHAP. 25.— An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad Company, its successors and assigns, to construct a bridge across the Little Calumet River in Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois.January 8, 1927.[[H. R. 10929](/us/bill/69/hr/10929).][[Public, No. 540](/us/pl/69/540).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Little Calumet River. That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad Company and its successors and assigns, 934Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad Company may bridge, in Cook County, Ill.to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge and approaches thereto across the Little Calumet River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation in Thornton Township, in the county of Cook, in the State of Illinois, in accordance with the provisions of Construction.Vol. 34, p. 84.the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March 23, 1906.
Sec. 2. Right to sell, etc., conferred.The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act is hereby granted to the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and Saint Louis 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.That the right to alter, amend, or appeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, January 8, 1927.