Chapter 580. Granting consent of Congress to Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras Bridge Company to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Rio Grande at Eagle Pass, Texas
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CHAP. 580.— An Act Granting consent of Congress to Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras Bridge Company to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Rio Grande at Eagle Pass, Texas.June 14, 1926. [[H. R. 3135](/us/bill/69/hr/3135).] [[Public, No. 388](/us/pl/69/388).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Rio Grande.Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras Bridge Company may bridge, at Eagle Pass. Tex. That the Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras Bridge Company its successors and assigns, alone or in connection with a company operating under sanction of the Mexican authorities on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, are hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Rio Grande at Eagle Pass, Texas, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, in accordanceConstruction.Vol. 34, p. 84. with the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March 23, 1906, and with the approval of the proper Mexican authorities.Consent of Mexico required.
Sec. 2. That the said Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras BridgeSworn statement of construction costs, etc., to be filed, after completion. Company, its successors and 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 Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras Bridge Company, its successor's and 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 theFindings of Secretary conclusive.
Secretary of War as to the 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 theRight to sell, etc., conferred. rights, powers, and privileges, conferred by the Act is hereby granted to the said Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras Bridge 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 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 herebyAmendment. expressly reserved. Approved, June 14, 1926.