Chapter 775. granting the consent of Congress to the Gateway Bridge Company for construction of a bridge across the Rio Grande between Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico,” approved February 26, 1926
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Chap. 775: To amend the Act entitled “An Act granting the consent of Congress to the Gateway Bridge Company for construction of a bridge across the Rio Grande between Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico,” approved February 26, 1926. Chapter 775 45 Stat. 764 1928-05-26 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 775.— An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act granting the consent of Congress to the Gateway Bridge Company for construction of a bridge across the Rio Grande between Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico,” approved February 26, 1926.
May 26, 1928.[[H. R. 12100](/us/bill/70/hr/12100).][[Public, No. 539](/us/pl/70/539).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Act Rio Grande.Vol. 44, p. 133, amended.entitled “An Act granting the consent of Congress to the Gateway Bridge Company for construction of a bridge across the Rio Grande between Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico,” approved February 26, 1926, is amended to read as follows:
Gateway Bridge Company may bridge, between Brownsville, Tex., and Matamoros, Mexico. " “That in order to facilitate international commerce, improve the postal service, and provide for military and other purposes, the Gateway Bridge Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Rio Grande River, so far as the United States has jurisdiction over the waters of such river, at a point suitable to the Construction.Vol. 34, p. 84.interests of navigation, between Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled ‘An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,’ approved March 23, 1906, subject to the conditions and limitations Approval of Mexico required.contained in this Act, and subject to the approval of the proper authorities in the Republic of Mexico.
Right to acquire real estate, etc., in Texas for location, approaches, etc. “Sec. 2. There is hereby conferred upon the Gateway Bridge 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 765purposes or by bridge corporations for bridge purposes in the State of Texas, upon making just compensation therefor to be ascertained and paid according to the laws of such State, and the proceedings Condemnation proceedings.therefor shall be the same as in the condemnation or expropriation of property for public purposes in such State.
“Sec. 3. The said Gateway Bridge Company, its successors and Tolls authorized.assigns, is hereby authorized to fix and charge tolls for transit over such bridge in accordance with any laws of Texas applicable thereto, 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 Vol. 34, p. 85.March 23, 1906. “Sec. 4. The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the Right to sell, etc., conferred.rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act is hereby granted to the Gateway 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 person.
“Sec. 5. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment.expressly reserved.” " Approved, May 26, 1928.
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