Chapter 894. Authorizing the Vai Verde County Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Rio Grande at or near Langtry, Texas
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Chap. 894: Authorizing the Vai Verde County Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Rio Grande at or near Langtry, Texas. Chapter 894 45 Stat. 983 1928-05-29 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 894.— An Act Authorizing the Vai Verde County Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Rio Grande at or near Langtry, Texas.
May 29, 1928.[[H. R. 13318](/us/bill/70/hr/13318).][[Public, No. 604](/us/pl/70/604).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Rio Grande.Val Verde County Bridge Company may bridge, at Langtry, Tex. That in order to facilitate international commerce, improve the postal service, and provide for military and other purposes, the Vai Verde County 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 Langtry, Texas, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the constructionConstruction.
Vol. 34, p. 84. of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March 23, 1906, subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act, and subject to the approval of the proper authorities in Mexico.Approval of Mexico. Sec. 2. There is hereby conferred upon the Vai Verde CountyRight to acquire real estate, etc., in Texas, forlocation, approaches, etc. 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 purposes 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, andCondemnation proceedings. 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 Vai Verde County Bridge Company, its successorsTolls authorized. and 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 containedVol. 34, p. 85. in the Act of March 23, 1906. Sec. 4. 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 Vai Verde County 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 984 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 herebyAmendment. expressly reserved.
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