Chapter 417. Granting the consent of Congress to Missouri Valley Pipe Line Company of Iowa to construct, maintain, and operate a pipe-line bridge across the Missouri River
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CHAP. 417.— An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Missouri Valley Pipe Line Company of Iowa to construct, maintain, and operate a pipe-line bridge across the Missouri River. March 3, 1931.[[S. 6161](/us/bill/71/s/6161).][[Public, No. 804](/us/pl/71/804).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Missouri River.Missouri Valley Pipe Line Company may bridge, between Nebraska and South Dakota. That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to Missouri Valley Pipe Line Company of Iowa, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a pipe-line bridge and approaches thereto across the Missouri River from a point in either Dakota or Dixon Counties in the State of Nebraska to a point in either Union or Clay Counties in the State of South Dakota, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation: *Provisos.*Approval of plans. *Provided*, That the work shall not be commenced until the plans therefor have been submitted to and approved by the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, and by the Secretary of War: *Provided further*, Conditions imposed.That in approving the plans for said pipe-line bridge such conditions and stipulations may be imposed as the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War may deem necessary to protect the present and future interests of the United States.
Sec. 2. Rights 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 Missouri Valley Pipe Line Company of Iowa, 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 fully authorized to exercise the same, as fully as though conferred herein directly upon such corporation.
Sec. 3. Amendment. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, March 3, 1931.