Public Law 50–1001

That section eleven of the act entitled “An act authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Mississippi River at Saint Louis, Missouri.” approved February third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, be, and the same is Leavenworth Rapid Transit Railway Company granted right of way through Fort Leavenworth Reservation. FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 1001, 1006, 1007. 1888. hereby, amended by striking out the words “stockholder or” wherever they occur in said section, so as to make said section read as follows:

”Sec. 11.

That whereas a principal reason for giving authority to

Pooling of earnings forbidden.

build the bridge herein contemplated is to secure reasonable rates and tolls for corporations and individuals for passing over the same, the Saint Louis Merchants’ Bridge Company, or its successors or assigns, shall not agree or consent to the consolidation of this bridge company with any other bridge company across the Mississippi River, or to the pooling of the earnings of this bridge company with the earnings of any other bridge company on said river,

No person to be director or manager of both bridges.

nor shall any person who is or may be a director or manager of any other bridge over said river be a director or manager of the bridge herein provided for: Provided, That if this provision of this

Proviso.

Violation to forfeit.

act shall at any time be violated in any of these particulars, such violation shall, without legal proceeding, at once forfeit the privilege hereby granted, and said bridge shall become the property of the United States, and the Secretary of War shall take possession of the same in the name and for the use of the United States.”

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Sec. 2.

The right to amend or repeal this act is hereby expressly

Amendment.

reserved.