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75Ta CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS . 73 7, 73 8- AUG UST 23, 19 37

745 (c) At the city of Charleston on the second Tuesday in April and on the third Tuesday in November in each year ; (d) Said judge shall also hold such special terms as may be nec- Special terms . essary for the orderly dispatch of the business of said court ; the same to be held at said places and at such times as he shall appoint . The dist rict judge for the sa id norther n and sout hern distr icts o andsf Judge for northern out hern dis tric ts, West Virginia, appointed under the Act approved June 22, 1936, ter4mss tciurt. shall hold regular terms of court in said northern and southern dis tricts at the follow ing places and time s, that is to say (a) At the city of Clar ksburg in said northe rn dist rict on the first Tuesday in January and on the fourth Tuesday in August in each year ; (b) At the city of Parkersburg in said northern district on the third Tuesday in March and on the first Tuesday in October in each year ; (c) At the city of Huntington in said southern district on the second Tuesday in May and on the third Tuesday in October in each year ; (d) Said judge shall also hold such special terms as may be nec- Spe cial te rms . essary for the orderly dispatch of the business of said court ; the same to be held at said places and at such times as he shall appoint . Approved, August 23, 1937 . [CHAPTER 738] AN ACT

August 23, 1937 Authorizing State Highway Commission of Arkansas and State Highway Commis- [g- R . 78491 sion of Mississippi to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the

[Public, No . 3411 Mississippi River at or near Lake Village, Chicot County, Arkansas, and toa place at or near G reenvil le, Was hington County , Missi ssippi . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stat es o America in Congress assembled That i n order to Mississippi Ricer . f

Brid ge a uth or- promote interstate commerce, improve the postal service, and provide iced across, Lake Vi l- lage, military and other purposes, the Arkansas State Highway Com-

, m. to Green . missi on an d Mis sissip pi St ate H ighwa y Com missio n, co opera ting with equal powers, be, and are hereby, authorized to construct, main- tain, and operate a bridge an d approache s thereto across the Missis- sippi River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near L ake Vil lage, C hicot C ounty, Arkansa s, and to a pl ace at or near Greenville, Washington County Mississippi, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled, " .in Act to regulate the construe- sost u ion . at. 84. tion of bridges over navigable waters", approved March 23 ? 1 906, 4933U. S. C. §§ 491- and subje ct to the conditions and limita tions cont ained in t his Act . SEC . 2. There is hereby conferred upon Arkansas State Highway Pr Acquisition of ap- Commission and Mississippi State Highway Commission 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, construction, maintenance, and operation of such bridge and it s appro aches a s are p ossesse d by ra ilroad corpora tions 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 to the laws of such State, and the proceedings therefor Condemnation pro- shall be the same as in the condemnation or expropriation of prop- ,d n,, erty for public pur poses in s uch State . SEc . 3 . The State Highway Commission of Arkansas and State Tolls. Highway Commission of Mississippi are hereby authorized to fix and 333uS.C.§494 . charge tolls for transit over such bridge, and the rates of toll so fixed sha ll be the legal rate s until cha nged by th e Secretar y of War under the authority contained in the Act of March 23, 1906 .