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 SQlX'l`Y·NlNTll CONGRESS. Sass. I. Cris. 569, 570. 1926. 739 Act, and if tolls are charged for the use thereof, the rates of toll shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to ay for the cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the bridge and its approaches, and to provide a sinking fund sutiicient to amortize the amount paid for such bridge and its approaches as soon as possible under reasonable char es, but within a period of not to exceed V twenty years from the gate of acquiring the same. After a sinking br§‘g;”;°,;‘f";§§,r”g,{,;‘;€ fund suilicient to amortize the cost of acquiring the bridge and its téwuoh ¤¤<$<>=¤¤¤r¤¤¤<>¤ approaches shall have been rovided, such bridge shall thereafter °°°°’8'°°°` be maintained and operated free of tolls, or the rates of tolls shall thereafter be so adjusted as to provide a fund of not to exceed the amount necessar for the proper care, repair, maintenance, and R d { dj operation of the bridge and its ap roaches. An accurate record of mngiiiazriesiiiiu ` the amount paid for the brid e and) its approaches, the ex venditures for operating, repairing, and maintaining the same. and of daily tolls collected shall be kept and shall be available for the information of all ersons interested. Sno.p4. The Lake Washington Corpxoration, its successors, and (,,,?,§‘§ff§u‘§,i§*f,‘§}§f‘f,,§f assigns shall within ninety days after t e completion of such bridge mggnmw Mm <><>¤· file with the Secretary of `War a sworn itemized statement showing i ` the actual original cost of constructing such bridge and its approaches, the actual cost of acquiring any interest in real property necessary therefor, and the actual financing and promotion cost. Invmimuonbysw The Secretar * of War may at any time within three years after the ¤’¤¤¤¤’ 0* WM- completion of such bridge investigate the actual cost of constructing the same, and for such purpose the said Lake Vifashington Corpora- tion, its successors, and assigns shall make available all of its records _ 1 in connection with the financing and the construction thereof. The ,,0:2§*.§’§,'Q,*§‘f°‘8“"“'“" findings of the Secretary of War, as to the actual original cost of tlge bridgq, slgall ge conclusive, ssibject only to review in a court o e uit or ran. or ross mist e. i Sxiic. The right togsell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the m§{$§d,t° °°u’ M" ri hts, powers, and privileges con erred by this Act is hereby granted togLake Washington Corporation, its successors, and assiglns, and any cor oration to which or any person to whom such rig ts, powers, ant? privileges may be sold, assigned, or transferred, or who shall acquire the same y moragage foreclosure, or otherwise, is hereby authorized and empowere to exercise the same as fully as though conferred herein directly upon such corporation or person. Sno. 6. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby "m°°°m°°°‘ expressly reserved. Approved, June 12, 1926. CHAI'. 570.-—-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Kansas-Nebraskas Dakota Highway Association to construct a bridge across the Missouri River [Pub1ic.N¤.s82.] between the States of Nebraska and South Dakota. ‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and owe of Regirestzntattves of the _ United States of America in Congress usaembied, That the consent §§§',°Q‘;'Q‘;'§,'·f,‘,§§‘§;,,,,,,_ of Congress is hereby granted to the Kansas-Nebi aska-Dakota ;,>:§g;·g{g¤§gggA¤:·‘ Highway Association, 1lLS successors and assigns, to construct, main- Niobram,Nebr. °’ tain, and o erate a free highway bridge and approaches thereto across the Eiissouri River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation between a point at or near Niobrara, Knox County, Nebraska, and a point opposite in the State of South Dakota, in $EiTS§Z:’§ii§Z‘ 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 limita- tions contained in this Act.