Investigation, by Secretary of War.three years after the completion of such bridge the Secretary of Wat may investigate the actual cost of such bridge, and for such purposes the said Vicksburg Bridge and Terminal Company, its successors and assigns, shall make available to the Secretary of War all of the records in connection with the financing and construction thereof. Findings of Secretary conclusive. This findings of the Secretary of War as to such actual original cost shall be conclusive, subject only to review in a court of equity for fraud or gross mistake.
Right to sell, etc., conferred.Sec. 7. The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act is hereby granted to the said Vicksburg Bridge and Terminal Company, its successors or assigns, and any corporation to which such fights, powers, and privileges may be sold, assigned, or transferred, or which 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.
Amendment. Sec 8. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.
Approved, May 3, 1926.
May 3, 1926.
[H. R. 9964.]
[Private, No. 171.]
Chap. 227.—An Act Releasing and granting to the city of Chicago any and all reversionary rights of the United States in and to the streets, alleys, and public grounds in Fort Dearborn addition to Chicago..
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Chicago, Ill.
Granted reversionary rights of United States to streets, etc., on Fort Dearborn addition.That, any and all reversionary right title, or interest which the United States now has in and to any and all of the streets, alleys, or public grounds in Fort Dearborn addition to Chicago in the southwest quarter of fractional section 10, township 88 north, range 14 east of the third principal meridian, in Cook County, Illinois, and any and all right, title or interest which the United States may hereafter acquire in or to any of said streets, alleys, or public grounds or any part thereof by virtue of the vacation or alteration of the same, or any part thereof, or by reason of any change in the use thereof, or any additional burden placed thereon, be, and the same hereby are, released and granted to and vested in the city of Chicago, to be held by it upon the same tenure and subject to the same conditions and limitations on which it now holds other streets, alleys, and public grounds within its boundaries dedicated by private individuals.
Approved, May 3, 1926.
May 3, 1926.
[H. R. 10164.]
[Private, No. 172.]
Chap. 238.—An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce, Incorporated, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau, Missouri..
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Mississippi River.
Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce may bridge at Cape Giradeau, Mo.That the consent may bridge, of Congress is hereby granted to the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce, Incorporated, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Mississippi River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, between the city of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and a point opposite Alexander County, Illinois, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled Construction.
Vol. 84, p. 84. "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters" approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act.
