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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS . I. CHs . 679-681 . 1928 . Findings of Secretary construction, financing, and promotion thereof . The findings of the conclusive. Secretary of War as to the reasonable costs of the const ructio n, financing, and promotion of the bridge shall be conclusive for the purposes mentioned in section 4 of this Act, subject only to review in a court of equity for fraud or gross mistake . Ri ght to sell, etc.,

SEC. 7 . The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the conferred .


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> r ights, power s, and privi leges confer red by this A ct is hereby grant ed to the Saint Croix Interstate Bridge Company, its successors and ass igns, and any corporation to which or any p erson 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 and empowered to exercise the same as fully as though conferred herein directly upon such corporation or person . Amendment.

SEC. 8. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved . Approved, May 22, 1928 . May 22, 1928 . [s . 4216 .] CHAP. 680.-An Act To authorize the adjustment and settlement of claims [Public, No . 468 .]

for armory drill pay . National Guard .

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Adjustment of er. United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- mVi drill p p .19 directed 9

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troller General of the United States be and he is hereby authorized

363 p . 1034; Vol. 43, p . and directed to adjust and settle claims for pay for services rendered Post, p. 1649.

during the fiscal years 1917, 1918, and 1919, or any portion thereof, for which appropriations are now be ing m ade pursuant to sections 67 and 92 of the National De fe nse A ct, approved Ju ne 3, 1916, as amended, and certify such settlements to Congress from time to time. Approved, May 22, 1928 . May

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CHAP. 681 .-An Act Authorizing the Interstate Bridge Company, its sue- [S. 4345.]

cessors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the [Public, No . 469 .]

Missouri River at or near Kansas City, Kansas . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the InterstateBridge Missouri River .

United States of America in Con gress asse mbled, That in order to Company may bridge, faci lit ate int erst ate com merc e, i mpr ove rove the postal service, and provide at Kansas City, Kans.

f for mili tary and other p urposes, lthe In terstate Bridge om pan y, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, mainta in, a nd op erate a bridge and approaches thereto acros s the Missouri River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at Con struction . 34,

or near Kansas City, Kansas, in accordance with the provisions of Post, p 1530. the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges ov er navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906, and subject to -the conditions and limitations contained in this Act . Right to acquire real estate, etc ., for location,

SEC . 2. There is hereby conferred upon the Interstate Bridge approaches, etc . Company, its successors and assigns. all such rights and powers to enter upon lands and to acquire, condemn, occupy, possess, and use real estate and other property needed for the location, construc- tion, operation, and maintenance of such bridge and its approaches as are possessed by railroad corporations for railroad purposes or by bridge corporations for bridge purposes in the State in which such Cond emnation pr o- real estate or other property is situated, upon making just compen- Paedings. sa tion the refor, t o be asc ertained and pai d accord ing to t he laws of such State, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in the condemnation or expropriation of pro pe rty for public pur po ses in such State .