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54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 168 -170-APR . 30, 1940 (ch. 493, 46 Stat. 1906), and June 16, 1934 (ch. 560, 48 Stat. 1395), extending the franking privilege to Frances F. Cleveland (Preston), Mary Lord Harrison, Edith Carow Roosevelt, Edith Bolling Wilson, Helen H. Taft, and Grace G. Coolidge, respectively, are hereby amended by inserting in each of said Acts the words "or facsimile thereof" after the words "under her written autograph signature". Approved, April 30, 1940. [CHAPTER 169] AN ACT Authorizing The Superior Oil Company, a California corporation, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge or causeway, and approaches there- to, across the old channel of the Wabash River from Cut-Off Island, Posey County, Indiana, to White County, Illinois. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to facilitate interstate commerce, improve the postal service, and pro- vide for military and other purposes, The Superior Oil Com- pany, a California corporation, is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge or causeway (includ- ing approaches thereto) across the old channel of the Wabash River in order to connect Cut-Off Island, Posey County, Indiana, with the highway system in White County, Illinois, in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters", approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act. SEC. 2. The authority herein granted shall extend not only to The Superior Oil Company, a California corporation as aforesaid, but also to the owners of Cut-Off Island, Indiana, at the date of the enactment of this Act and any future owners of such island. SEC. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, April 30, 1940. [CHAPTER 170] AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to construct, maintain and operate a free highway bridge across the Susquehanna River, at or near Wyalusing, between Terry and Wyalusing Townships, in the county of Bradford, and in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Be it enarted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge, and approaches thereto, across the Susquehanna River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Wyalusing, and between Terry and Wyalusing Townships, Bradford County, in the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters", approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the con- ditions and limitations of this Act. SEC. 2 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, April 30, 1940. April 30, 1940 [H. R. 8407] [Public, No. 496] Wabash River. Bridge authorized across old channel of, from Cut-Off Island, Posey County, Ind. , to White County, IIi. 34 Stat. 84. 33U.S.C.§i491- 498. Extensionof author- ity. Amendment. April 30, 1940 I__ [. R. 8471 [Publc, No. 497 SusquehannaRiver. Bridge authorized across, at Wyalusing. Pa. 34 Stat. 84 . 33U.8.C.If491- 498. Amendment.