Public Law 138.
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(/us/pl/73/137).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * District of Columbia.Electrification of existing steam-railroad lines. That steam-railroad companies now operating within the District of Columbia are hereby authorized, after approval of their detailed plans and issuance of a permit by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, to electrify their lines within the District of Columbia and across the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers with an alternating current overhead Structures, equipment, etc.catenary or other type of electrification system, with all necessary transmission, signal and communication conductors and equipment, poles, conduits, underground and overhead construction, substations, and any other structures necessary in such electrification, the provisions of any law or law’s to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 2. Submarine cables at drawbridge openings. Submarine cables may be used at drawbridge openings, provided previous approval shall have been obtained from the War Department.507 Sec. 3. Where necessary for such electrification, the CommissionersConstruction of conduit systems. of the District of Columbia may issue permits to construct conduit systems through or under the surfaces of public streets or other District of Columbia or United States property: *Provided*, *however*,*Proviso*.Government use of three ducts.
That three ducts therein shall be reserved for the use of the United States and the District of Columbia. Sec. 4. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as limitingJurisdiction not abridged. or abridging the authority of the War Department, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Sec. 5. The said railroad companies shall be liable for any accidentLiability for injuries.Vol. 45, p. 600. to, or injuries sustained by, any person by reason of any act or omission of the railroad companies or by their agents or servants during the construction, installation, maintenance, or operation of the electrical equipment and apparatus of the railroad trains.
Approved, March 27, 1934. Granting the consent of Congress to the Louisiana Highway Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 1934-03-27 98 Chapter 48 Stat. 507 73 2 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 2024-12-11 public [CHAPTER 98.] AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the Louisiana Highway Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.March 27, 1934.[[S. 3067](/us/bill/73/s/3067).][[Public, No. 138](/us/pl/73/138).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the consentMississippi River.Louisiana may bridge, at Baton Rouge. of Congress is hereby granted to the Louisiana Highway Commission, an administrative body created and acting under the constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana, to construct, maintain, andConstruction.Vol. 34. p. 84. operate a free highway bridge, or a railway bridge in combination with a free highway bridge, and approaches thereto across the Mississippi River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 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. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herebyAmendment. expressly reserved. Approved, March 27, 1934. To prevent the loss of the title of the United States to lands in the territories or territorial possessions through adverse possession or prescription. 1934-03-27 99 Chapter 48 Stat. 507 73 2 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 2024-12-11 public [CHAPTER 99.] AN ACT To prevent the loss of the title of the United States to lands in the territories or territorial possessions through adverse possession or prescription.March 27, 1934.[[H. R. 5863](/us/bill/73/hr/5863).][
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