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55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 93-95--MAY 9, 1941 not interfere with the free and safe operation thereof: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall require the location, construction, or maintenance of any such street or highway under or above any spur, industrial, switching or side track, or branch line of any railroad unless the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall find the same is necessary in the public safety." SEC. 2. Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act. SEC. 3. If this amendatory Act, or any part thereof, shall be declared invalid, the Act of February 28, 1903, as originally enacted shall remain in full force and effect and unimpaired by this amend- atory Act. Approved, May 9, 1941. [CHAPTER 94] ANT ACT 183 Proviso. Spur, etc., tracks. Right reserved. Separability. .. May 9,1941 To authorize the Attorney General to grant easements to States over lands be- [H. R . 3394] longing to the United States under his supervision and control. [Public Law 56] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Attorney General, whenever he deems it advantageous to the Government and upon such terms and conditions as he deems advisable, is hereby authorized on behalf of the United States to grant to any State, or any agency or political subdivision thereof, easements in and rights-of-way over lands belonging to the United States which are under his super- vision and control. Such grant may include the use of such easements or rights-of-way by public utilities to the extent authorized and under the conditions imposed by the laws of such State relating to use of public highways. Such partial, concurrent, or exclusive jurisdiction over the areas covered by such easements or rights-of-way, as the Attorney General deems necessary or desirable, is hereby ceded to such State. The Attorney General is hereby authorized to accept or secure on behalf of the United States from the State in which is situated any land conveyed in exchange for any such easement or right-of-way, such jurisdiction as he may deem necessary or desirable over the land so acquired. Approved, May 9, 1941. [CHAPTER 95] AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the commissioners of Mahoning County, Ohio, to reconstruct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Mahoning River in the village of Lowellville, Mahoning County, Ohio. Be it enacted 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 commissioners of Mahoning County, Ohio, to reconstruct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge and approaches thereto across the Mahoning River in the village of Lowellville, Mahoning County, Ohio, 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 right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, May 9, 1941. t Attorney General. Granting of ease- ments over certain public lands. May 9, 1941 [H. R. 3682] [Public Law 57] Mahoning River. Bridge authorized across, at Lowellville, Ohio. 34 Stat. 84. 33V.8.C.§i491- 498.