Chapter 254. Authorizing the county of Escambia, Florida, and/or the county of Baldwin, Alabama, and/or the State of Florida, and/or the State of Alabama to acquire all the rights and privileges granted to the Perdido Bay Bridge and Ferry Company by chapter 168, approved June 22, 1916, for the construction of a
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CHAP. 254.— An Act Authorizing the county of Escambia, Florida, and/or the county of Baldwin, Alabama, and/or the State of Florida, and/or the State of Alabama to acquire all the rights and privileges granted to the Perdido Bay Bridge and Ferry Company by chapter 168, approved June 22, 1916, for the construction of a bridge across Perdido Bay from Lillian, Alabama, to Cummings Point, Florida. March 2, 1927.[[H. R. 15822](/us/bill/69/hr/15822).][[Public, No. 671](/us/pl/69/671).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Perdido Bay, Fla. and Ala.Bridge across, Lillian, Ala., to Cunnings Point, Fla., may be acquired by counties of Escambia or Baldwin, or States of Florida or Alabama.Vol. 39, p, 235.
That the Perdido Bay Bridge and Ferry Company is hereby authorized to sell, assign, and transfer all the rights and privileges granted to it by the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Perdido Bay Bridge and Ferry Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Alabama, to construct a bridge over and across Perdido Bay from Lillian, Baldwin County, Alabama, to Cummings Point, Escambia County, Florida,” approved June 22, 1916, to the county of Escambia, Florida, or the county of Baldwin, Alabama, or the State of Florida, or the State of Alabama, or to any two or more of them jointly.
Sec. 2. To be operated as a tree bridge, if acquired. If the rights and privileges granted by such Act approved June 22, 1916, shall be acquired by any one or more of the parties designated in section 1, the bridge constructed under authority of said Act shall thereafter be maintained in accordance with all the terms, provisions, and conditions of said Act and shall be operated as a free bridge and no tolls shall be charged for the use thereof. Approved, March 2, 1927.