An Act authorizing the State of Rhode Island or its instrumentality to maintain, repair, and operate the bridge across Mount Hope Bay subject to the terms and conditions of the act approved March 23, 1906.
PL 88-144 (S.1936), enacted 10/16/1963

77 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-144-OCT. 16, 1963 
251 
Public Law 88-143 
AN ACT 
To furnish to the Padre Junipero Serra 250th Anniversary Association medals in 
commemoration of this 250th anniversary of his birth. 
October 16, 1963 
[S. 7431 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That in the com-
memoration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary^ of the birth 
of Padre Junipero Serra, who was born in Majorca, Spam, on Novem-
ber 24, 1713, and came to the west coast in 1769 where he founded the 
first ten missions, which became the nucleus of civilization in what is 
now California, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and 
directed to strike and furnish to the Padre Junipero Serra 250th 
Anniversary Association not more than three hundred thousand 
medals with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions to be deter-
mined by the Padre Junipero Serra 250th Anniversary Association 
subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. The medals 
shall be made and delivered at such times as may be required by the 
association in quantities of not less than two thousand, but no medals 
shall be made after December 31, 1964. The medals shall be con-
sidered to be national medals within the meaning of section 3551 of the 
Revised Statutes. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause such medals to be 
struck and furnished at not less than the estimated cost of manu-
facture, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and over-
head expenses; and security satisfactory to the Director of the Mint 
shall be furnished to indemnify the Unit(Bd States for the full payment 
of such cost. 
SEC. 3. The medals authorized to be issued pursuant to this Act 
shall be of such size or sizes and of such metals as shall be determined 
by the Secretary of the Treasury in consultation with such association. 
Approved October 16, 1963. 
Padre Junipero 
Serra, 
250th anniver-
sary medals. 
31 u s e 368. 
Public Law 88-144 
AN ACT 
Authorizing the State of Rhode Island or its instrumentality to maintain, repair, 
and operate the bridge across Mount Hope Bay subject to the terms and 
conditions of the Act approved March 23, 1906. 
October 16, 1963 
[S. 1936] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of thje 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Act entitled 
"An Act granting the consent of Congress to the Mount Hope Bridge 
Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and 
operate a bridge across Mount Hope Bay between the towns of Bristol 
and Portsmouth, in Rhode Island", approved March 3, 1927 (44 Stat. 
1391), is amended by striking out section 3 and inserting in lieu 
thereof the following new section: 
"SEC. 3. If and when title to such bridge shall become vested in the 
State of Khode Island or the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge 
Authority, an instrumentality of said State, the maintenance, repair, 
and operation of such bridge shall thereafter be governed bj^ the laws 
of the State of Rhode Island applicable to such bridge, subject, how-
ever, to the terms and conditions of the Act entitled 'An Act to 
regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,' approved 
March 23, 1906." 
Approved October 16, 1963. 
Rhode Island. 
Mount Hope Bay 
bridge tolls, 
continuation. 
34 Stat. 84. 
33 u s e 491-
498.