Chapter 16. Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Saint Joseph in the State of Missouri, or its assigns, to construct a bridge and approaches thereto across the Missouri River between the States of Missouri and Kansas
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Chap. 16: Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Saint Joseph in the State of Missouri, or its assigns, to construct a bridge and approaches thereto across the Missouri River between the States of Missouri and Kansas. Chapter 16 45 Stat. 54 1928-02-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 1 public Chapter 16.— An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Saint Joseph in the State of Missouri, or its assigns, to construct a bridge and approaches thereto across the Missouri River between the States of Missouri and Kansas.
February 3, 1928.[[H. R. 5547](/us/bill/70/hr/5547).][[Public, No. 12](/us/pl/70/12).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Missouri River.Saint Joseph, Mo., may bridge, between Buchanan County, Mo., and Doniphan County Kans. That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the city of Saint Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri, a municipal corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Missouri, relative to cities of the first class, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge and approaches thereto across the Missouri River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, between a point in Buchanan County, State of Missouri, and a point opposite in Doniphan County, State of Kansas, 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.
Sec. 2. There is hereby conferred upon the city of Saint Joseph,Right to acquire real estate, etc., for location, approaches, etc. its successors and assigns, all such rights and powers to enter upon lands and to acquire, condemn, occupy, possess, and use real estate and other property needed for the location, construction, operation and maintenance of such bridge and its approaches, as are possessed by railroad corporations for railroad purposes or by bridge corpora-55tions for bridge purposes in the State in which such real estate or other property is located, upon making just compensation therefor to be ascertained and paid according to the laws of such State, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in the condemnationCondemnation proceedings. and expropriation of property in such State.
Sec. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herebyAmendment. expressly reserved. Approved, February 3, 1928.
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