SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SESS . III. CHs. 127-129 . 1931 .
1095 Manassas battle fields in the State of Virginia, for the purpose of preparing and submitting to Congress a general plan and such detailed project as may be required for properly commemorating su ch battle fields and other adja cent point s of histo rical and mili- tary interest, in accor dance with the clas sification set fort h in Senate Document Numbered 187, Seventieth Congress, second session . SEC . 2 . To enable the Secretary of War to carry out the provisions Appropriation an. of this Act, including the payment of mileage of officers of the Army thori, .ed for expenses. and actual expenses of civilian employees traveling on duty in con- nection with the studies, investigations, and surveys, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,600, or so much thereof as may be ne cessary, t o be expend ed for the purpose o f this Act . Approved, February 13, 1931 . February 13, 1931 . CHAP . 128 .-An Act To autho rize and d irect a pre limin ary ex amina tion o f
[H. R . 8290 .] the Mohican River Ditch from Lake Fork, Ohio, south a distance of eight miles . [P ublic, No. 6 26 .] Be it enacted by the Senat e and How e o f Representatives of the United States of America in Congress ass em ble d, That the Se cre- Mohican River . Examination of, and tary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause a its tributaries, to be preliminary examination to be made of the Mohican River and its made for flood control . tributaries, especially the Mohican River Ditch south of Lake Fork, Ohio, a distance of eight miles, with a view to control the floods in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of an Act entitled "An vol . 39, p. 950. Act to provide for control of the floods of the Mississippi River, and of the Sacramento River, California, and for other purposes," approved March 1, 1917, the cost thereof to be paid from appro- Fund available . priations heretofore or hereafter made for examinations, surveys, an d continge ncies of r ivers and h arbors . Appr oved, Febr uary 13, 1931 . February 13, 1931 . CHAP . 129.-An Act Authorizing H. C. Bre nn er Realty and Fi nan ce Cor- [H. R. 12966.] poration, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge [Public, No . 627 .] across the Mississippi River at or near a point between Cherokee and Osage Streets, Saint Louis, Missouri . Be it enacted by the Senat e and House of Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to Mississippi River. H. C . Brenner Realty facilitate interstate commerce, improve the postal service, and pro- and Finance Corpora- vi de for milita ry and other
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6aint Louis, Mo . Finance Corporation, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and ap proaches t hereto acr oss the Mis sissippi R iver, at a point sui table to the interests of navigation, at or near a point between Cherokee and Osage Streets, Saint Louis, Missouri, and a point opposite th ereto in S aint Clair County, Il linois, in accordanc e with the pro- Construction . visions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of Vol.34,p.94. bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906, and sub- ject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act . SEC . 2 . There is hereby conferred upon H . C . Brenner Realty and Right to acquire real estate, etc ., for loco Finance Corporation, its successors and assigns, all such rights and tion, approaches, etc . po wers to en ter upon l ands and to acquire, condemn, o ccupy, pos sess, an d use real estate an d other pro perty need ed for the location, con- struction, 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 suc h real est ate or othe r property is situat ed, upon m aking
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