Chapter 214. Authorizing the Los Indios Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Rio Grande at or near Los Indios, Texas
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Chap. 214: Authorizing the Los Indios Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Rio Grande at or near Los Indios, Texas. Chapter 214 45 Stat. 1183 1929-02-15 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 2 public Chapter 214.— An Act Authorizing the Los Indios Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Rio Grande at or near Los Indios, Texas.
February 15, 1929.[[H. R. 15006](/us/bill/70/hr/15006).][[Public, No. 758](/us/pl/70/758).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Rio Grande.Los Indios Bridge Company may bridge, at Los Indios, Tex. That in order to facilitate international commerce, improve the postal service, and provide for military and other purposes, the Los Indios Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Rio Grande, so far as the United States has jurisdiction over the waters of such river, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Los Indios, Texas,Construction.Vol. 34, p. 84. in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled ‘An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March 23, 1906,Approval of Mexico required. subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act, and subject to the approval of the proper authorities in Mexico.
Sec. 2. There is hereby conferred upon the Los Indios BridgeRight to acquire real estate, etc., in Texas for location, approaches, etc. Company, 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 in the State of Texas 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 corporations for bridge purposes in the State of Texas upon making just compensation thereforCondemnation proceedings. to be ascertained and paid according to the laws of such State, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in the condemnation or expropriation of property for public purposes in such State.
Sec. 3. The said Los Indios Bridge Company, its successors andTolls authorized. assigns, is hereby authorized to fix and charge tolls for transit over such bridge in accordance with any laws of Texas applicable thereto, 1184Vol. 34, p. 85.and the rates of toll so fixed shall be the legal rates until changed by the Secretary of War under the authority contained in the Act of March 23, 1906. Sec. 4. Right to sell, etc., conferred.The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act is hereby granted to the Los Indios Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, and any corporation to which or any person to whom such rights, powers, and privileges may be sold, assigned, or transferred, or who 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 or persons.
Sec. 5. Compensation, if acquired by Texas, etc., by condemnation, etc.If such bridge shall at any time be taken over or acquired by the State of Texas or by any municipality or other public subdivision, or public agency thereof, by purchase, condemnation, or expropriation, the amount of damages or compensation to be allowed shall not include good will, going value, or prospective revenues or Limitations.profits, but shall be limited to the sum of
(1)the actual cost of constructing such bridge and its approaches, less a reasonable deduction for actual depreciation in value,
(2)the actual cost of acquiring such interests in real property,
(3)actual financing and promotion costs, not to exceed 10 per centum of the sum of the cost of constructing the bridge and its approaches and acquiring such interests in real property, and
(4)actual expenditures for necessary improvements. Sec. 6. Amendment.The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 15, 1929.
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