Chapter 290. Granting consent of Congress to TexasCoahuila Bridge Company for construction of a bridge across the Rio Grande between Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Mexico
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CHAP. 290.— An Act Granting consent of Congress to TexasCoahuila Bridge Company for construction of a bridge across the Rio Grande between Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Mexico.May 13, 1926.[[H. R. 4034](/us/bill/69/hr/4034).][[Public, No. 218](/us/pl/69/218).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and. House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Rio Grande.Texas-Coahuila Bridge Company may bridge between Eagle Pass, Tex., and Piedras Negras, Mexico.
That the consent of Congress be, and is hereby, granted to the TexasCoahuila Bridge Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Texas, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto at a point suitable to the interest of navigation across the Rio Grande Construction.Vol. 34, p. 84.between Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Mexico, in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations of this Act: *Proviso*.Consent of Mexico required.*Provided*, That the consent of the proper authorities of the Republic of Mexico to the construction, maintenance, and operation of the bridge shall also be obtained.
Sec. 2. Sworn statement of costs to be filed after completion.That the said TexasCoahuila Bridge Company, its successors or assigns, shall, within ninety days after the completion of the bridge constructed under the authority of this Act, file with the Secretary of War an itemized statement under oath showing the actual original cost of such bridge and its approaches and appurtenances, which statement shall include any expenditures actually made for engineering and legal services; and any fees, discounts, and other expenditures actually incurred in connection Investigation by Secretary of War.with the financing thereof.
Such itemized statements of cost shall be investigated by the Secretary of War at any time within three years after the completion of such bridge, and for that purpose the said TexasCoahuila Bridge Company, its successors or assigns, in 533 such manner as may be deemed proper, shall make available and accessible all records connected with the construction and financing of such bridge, and the findings of the Secretary of War as to theFindings made part of War Department records. actual cost of such bridge shall be made a part of the records of the War Department.
Sec. 3. The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the Right to sell, etc., granted.rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act is hereby granted to the said TexasCoahuila Bridge Company, its successors or 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 and empowered to exercise the same as fully as though conferred herein directly upon such corporation.
Sec. 4. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment.expressly reserved. Approved, May 13, 1926.