Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 44 Part 2.djvu/607

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SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Snss. I. Cue. 339, 3400 1926. 567 and that-the lands hereby granted shall Abe used by thercity of Altus, . Oklahoma, only for reservoir or incidental purposes, and if the lands “§_*:v¤r¤¤¤ for M- or any part thereof shall be abandoned for such use said lands or such part shall revert to the United States, the Secretary of the Interior is- hereby authorized and empowered to declare suc a for-- feiture of the ggznt and to restore such remises to the public domain if stony time shall determinethat the city has for more than one year abandoned the land for the uses herein indicated, and such order of the Secretary shall be final andconclusive and thereupon and thereby said premises shall be restored to the public domain and freed from the operation of this grant. i Approved, May 19, 1926. M . CHAP. 840.-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the construction of a bridge across the Rio Grande. . Public. Nv- 2631 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representation of the mc Guam United States of America in Oongreea assembled Thatythe consent `mrmaunmcem- of Congress is hereby granted to the -El Paso Electric Company }"§§,{,,“.,‘!,,f},§,f,’,{"§,§,,§§ and to the El Paso and Juarez Traction Company, corporations E¥_¤_;>¤y_2rid¢¤. ¤= organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State ' of Texas, and their successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate an electric street railway, vehicular, and foot bridge, and approaches thereto, across the R10 Grande at a point sui le to the interests of navigation at or near the Eoint where South Santa Fe Street in the city o El Paso crosses the io Grande in the county of E1 Paso, State of Texas (to relplace the wooden bridéin now ,,,T,‘Q,,,_""’1"°° '°””°’ operated and used by said El Paso lectric Company and Paso vcr zs,p.m. and Juarez Traction Company as assignees and successors of the Santa Fe Street Railway Company a corporation, which by Act of Congress, passed and approved September 6, 1888, was granted authority to construct and operate sai bridge), in accordance with $g{f¤;{_°;**g§_· the provisions of an Act entit ed "An Act to regulate the construction ` of bridges over navigable waters," appsoved March 23, 1906, and subject to the con 'tions and limi tions of this Act, such C0 J construction to be made only with the consent and approval of the ..q¤;}'Z§,°° M°“°° Re ublic of Mexico. ` S _‘S,no. 2. That the said E1 Paso Electric Company and the E1 Paso s¤¤i°&°$e$i.°t€:°¤$,°:¢ri°l and Juarez Traction Company, its succemors or assigns, shall, within §,°°’,;°”‘°"°‘**"°°¤*P*•‘ ninety days after the completion of the bridge constructed under the authority of this Act, lile with the Secretary of War an itemized statement under oath showing the actual original cost of such bridge and its approaches and appurtenances, which statement shall inclu e any expenditures actually made for engineering and Ed services and any fees, discounts, and other expenditures actu y incurred in connection with the financing thereo . `Suchj itemized statements ,,,,I§,.§,°§’§€,f,‘f° *"°°°‘ of cost shall be investigated by the Secretary of War at any time within three years after the completion, of such bridge, and for that urpose the said El Paso Electric Company and t e El Paso and Suarez Traction Company, its successors or assigns, in such manner as ma be deemed propler, shall make available and accessible all record; connected with t e construction and financing of such bridge Fmhm who B pm and the of the Secretary of War as to the actual cost ol ornepmmencmwras. such bridge all be made a part of the records of the War DB ”tm°m°· . mgm as sen, sm Sho. 3. The right to sell, asmgn, transfer, and mortgage all the sesame. ’ rights, powers, and privileges con erred by this Act is hereb granted to the said E1 Paso Electric Company and to the El Paso and