Chapter 340. Granting the consent of Congress to the construction of a bridge across the Rio Grande
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CHAP. 340.— An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the construction of a bridge across the Rio Grande.May 19, 1926.[[H. R. 9346](/us/bill/69/hr/9346).][[Public, No. 253](/us/pl/69/253).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Rio Grande.El Paso Electric Company and El Paso and Juarez Traction Company may bridge, at El Paso, Tex. That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the El Paso Electric Company and to the El Paso and Juarez Traction Company, corporations organized and existing under and by virtue of the Jaws of the State of Texas, and their successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate an electric street railway, vehicular, and foot bridge, and approaches thereto, across the Rio Grande at a point suitable to the interests of navigation at or near the point where South Santa Fe Street in the city of El Paso crosses the Rio Grande in the county of El Paso, State of Texas (to replace the wooden bridge nowTo replace former bridge.Vol 25, p. 457. operated and used by said El Paso Electric Company and El Paso and Juarez Traction Company as assignees and successors of the Santa Fe Street Railway Company, a corporation, which by Act of Congress, passed and approved September 6, 1888, was granted authority to construct and operate said bridge), in accordance withConstruction.Vol. 34, p. 84. 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, such construction to be made only with the consent and approval of theConsent of Mexico required.
Republic of Mexico, Sec. 2. That the said El Paso Electric Company and the El Paso Sworn statement of construction costs, etc., to be filed after completion.and Juarez Traction 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 with the financing thereof.
Such itemized statementsInvestigation by Secretary of War. 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 El Paso Electric Company and the El Paso and Juarez Traction Company, its successors or assigns, in 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 the actual cost ofFindings to be a part of Department records. 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 theRight to sell, etc., conferred. rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act is hereby granted to the said EI Paso Electric Company and to the El Paso and 568Juarez Traction 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. Amendment.The light to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, May 19, 1926.