Chapter 262. Granting the consent of Congress to the highway department of the State of Tennessee to construct a bridge across the Tennessee River on the Linden-Lexington Road in Perry and Decatur Counties, Tennessee
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CHAP. 262.— An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the highway department of the State of Tennessee to construct a bridge across the Tennessee River on the Linden-Lexington Road in Perry and Decatur Counties, Tennessee.May 7, 1926.[[H. R. 9506](/us/bill/69/hr/9506).][[Public, No. 198](/us/pl/69/198).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Tennessee River.Tennessee may bridge, in Perry and Decatur Counties.
That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the highway department of the State of Tennessee and its successors and assigns to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Tennessee River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, on the Linden-Lexington Road in Perry and Decatur Counties in the State of Tennessee, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled,Construction.Vol. 34, p. 84. “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act.
Sec. 2. The State Highway Department of the State of Tennessee,Tolls authorized. its successors and assigns, is hereby authorized to fix and charge just and reasonable tolls for the use of such bridge, and the rates of toll so fixed shall be the legal rates until the Secretary of War shall prescribe other rates of toll as provided in the Act of March 23, 1906.Vol. 34, p. 86. Sec. 3. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herebyAmendment. expressly reserved. Approved, May 7, 1926.