Chapter 89. Granting the consent of Congress to the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Kankakee River
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CHAP. 89.— An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Kankakee River. January 31, 1931.[[H. R. 14681](/us/bill/71/hr/14681).][[Public, No. 602](/us/pl/71/602).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Kankakee River.Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad Company may bridge, between Laporte and Starke Counties, Ind.
That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge and approaches thereto across the Kankakee River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, on the line between the counties of Laporte and Starke, and in Dewey Township, in Laporte County, and Construction.Vol. 34, p. 84.Railroad Township, in Starke County, in the State of Indiana, in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March 23, 1906.
Sec. 2. Right to sell, assign, 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 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad 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 to exercise the same as fully as though conferred herein directly upon such corporation or person.
Sec. 3. Amendment. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, January 31, 1931.