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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss. I . CHs. 204, 205. 1928 . any corporation to which or any person 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 . Amen dment.

SEC . 8 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved . App roved, March 12, 1 928 . March 12, 1928 .

[H. R . 472.] CHAP. 205.-An Act Authorizing Dwight P. Robinson and Company, [Publ ic, No. 1 57 .] Incorporated, its successors and assigns to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Maysville, Kentucky . Ohio River .

Be ip enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Dwig ht P . Robi nson United States o f America in Congress assembled, That in orde r to and Company may bridge, at Maysville, facilitate interstate commerce, improve the Postal Service and pro- Ky., and A berd een, vide for military and other purposes, Dwight P . Robinson and Com- Ohio . pany, Incorporated , its successo rs and assign s be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and ap- proaches thereto across the Ohio River, at a point suitable to the int erests of nav igation at or near Maysvill e, Kentucky, and Aber- Construction.

dee n, Ohio, in a ccordance wit h the provisio ns of the Act entitled Vo l, Post, p . 1182

"An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and Right to acquire real limitations contained in this Act . estate, etc ., for location,

SEC . 2 . There is hereby conferred upon Dwight P . Robinson and approaches, etc' Company, Incorporated, 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 loca- tion, construction, 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 real estate or other property is situated, upon making just compensation therefor, to be ascertained and paid according Condem nation pro - to the laws of such State, and the proceedings therefor shall be the ceedings .

same as in the condemnation or expropriation of property for public Tol ls a uthor ized .

purposes in such State . SEC . 3 . T he sai d Dwi ght P . Robinson and Company, Inc orporated, its successors and assigns, is hereby authorized to fix and charge tolls for transit over such bridge, and the rates of tolls so fixed vol.34, p.85.

shall be the legal rates until changed by the Secretary of War tinder the authority contained in the Act of March 23, 1906 . Acquisition author- ized, after

SEC. 4 . After the completion of such bridge, as determined by the completion, by Kentucky, Ohio, Secretary of War, either the State of Kentucky, the State of Ohio, et c. any public agency or political subdivision of either of such States within or adjoining which any part of the bridge is located, or any two or more of them jointly, may at any time acquire and take over all right, title, and interest in such bridge and its approaches, and any interest in real property necessary therefor, by purchase or by condemnation or expropriation, in accordance with the laws of either of such States governing the acquisition of private property for Compensation if ac- public purposes by condemnation or expropriation . Ifatatany quired by condemns - Lion,

time after the exp iration of twe nty years aft er the comple tion of ti on such bridge the same is acquired by condemnation or expropriation, the amount of damages or compensation to be allowed shall not include good will, going value, or prospective revenues or profits, Limitations,

but shall be limited to the sum of (1) the actual cost of constructing such bridge and its approaches, less a reasonable deduction for