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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss. I. CHs. 78, 79. 1928 . February 16, 1928 .

CHAP . 78.-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Kansas City, [11. R. 5583.]

Mexico and Orient Railway Company of Texas and the Kansas City, Mexico [Public, No. 52.]

and Orient Railway Company to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Rio Grande River, at or near Presidio, Texas . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Kansa s Ci ty Mexico Kansas United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the consent and Orient Railway of Congress is hereby granted to the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Company may bridge, Railway Company of Texas, a corporation organized under the laws between Ojinaga, Mexico and Presidio, Tea of the State of Texas, and the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Kansas, their successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge and approaches thereto across the Rio Grande River, so far as the United States has jurisdiction over the waters of such river, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation between Ojinaga (formerly known as "Presidio Del Norte"), on the Rio Grande, on the Mexican side thereof, and a point in the State of Texas, in the county of Presidio, at or near the construction .

town called " Pr es id io " in the State of Texas, in accordan ce with Consent of 4 Mexico the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construc- required .

tion of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 19 06, and subject to the approval of the proper authorities in Mexico . conferred to sell, etc ., SEC . 2. The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act is hereby granted to the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway Company of Texas and the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway Company, their successors and assigns, and any corporation to which such rights, powers, and privileges may be sold, assigned, or transferred, or which shall ac quire the sam e by mortgage foreclosure o r otherwise is hereby auth orized to exe rcise the sam e as fully as though con- ferred herein directly upon such corporation . Am endment .

SEC . 3 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved . Approved, February 16, 1928 . February 16, 1928 .

CHAP. 79 .-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Duluth, [a .R . 55105] Minnesota, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Duluth [Public, No . 53 .]

Ship Canal . Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Representatives of the Du luth Canal . Duluth, Minn ., may United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the consent of bridge . p 3 Congress is hereby granted to the city of Duluth, Minnesota, to con- struct, maintain, and operate a free bridge and approaches thereto across the Duluth Ship Canal, at or near the site of the existing suspended car transfer, or aerial ferry constructed under an Act of Construction.

Congress dated February 7, 1902, in accordance with the provisions vol . 34, p. 84. of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906, and for that pur- pose to locate the towers and ap proaches of s aid structure on the lands of the United States pertaining to the said canal, as now occu- pied under a certain revocable license issued by the Secretary of War to the city of Duluth, Minnesota, under date of September 6, 1901, structural, etc ., now on file in the War Department : Provided, That the city of changes to be made by Duluth, Minnesota, shall make any changes in the said structure, and any changes in the towers and approaches located on said lands of the United States, which the Secretary of War may from time to time prescribe . Amendme nt.

SEC . 2 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved . Approved, February 16, 1928 .