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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CHs. 897-900 . 1928 . 985 twenty years after the date of issue thereof. After a fund sufficient br dge,, t aftecfundfrto to retire such bonds in accordance with their provisions shall have retire bonds provided. been so provided, the bridge shall thereafter be maintained and operated as a free highway bridge, upon which no tolls shall be Record of expendi- charged. An accurate and itemized record of the original cost of tures and receipts. the bridge and its approaches, the expenditures for maintaining, repairing, and operating the same, the interest charges paid, and the tolls charged and the daily revenues received from the bridge shall be kept by the State Highway Commission of Arkansas and shall be available at all reasonable times for information of all persons interested. SEc. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, May 29, 1928. CHAP. 898 .-An Act For the relief of the State of Ohio. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Re resentatives o f the United States of America in Congress assemble That the State of Ohi o be, and it is he reby, reliev ed fro m all r espons ibilit y and ac- countability for certain quartermaster property, to the approximate value of $8,830 .64, the property of the War Department, which was lost or destroyed incident to the tornado at Lorain, Ohio, on June 28, 1924, while in the possession of troops of the National Guard, State of Ohio, and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to terminate all further accountability for said property. Approved, May 29, 1928. Amendment. May 29, 1928. [H. R. 12938 .1 [Publ ic, No. 6 08 .] Ohio. Relieved from re- sponsib ility for los s of property in possession of National Guard, by tornado at Lorain. May 29, 1928. CHAP. 899 .-An Act To enable the Postmaster General to purchase and erect 	[H. R. 12605 .] community mail boxes on rural routes and to rent compartments of such boxes [Publ ic, No . 609 .] to patrons of rural delivery. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That under such regulations as he may provide the Postmaster General be, and he is hereby, authorized to purchase community boxes with separate com- partments for incoming and outgoing mail and to erect and maintain such community boxes and suitable sheltered racks or stands for rural mail boxes, in such selected localities as he may determine. The units of said boxes and space in said racks or stands shall be rented at their option to patrons of the Rural Delivery Service at such monthly or annual rates as the Postmaster General shall deter- mine, based on the cost of installation and maintenance. The cost of such ins talla tion and m aint enanc e of said comm unity boxe s an d she ltered stand s, not excee ding $ 2,000 per ann um, sh all he reafte r be pai d from the a ppropr iation for r ural d elivery. Approved, May 29, 1928. Postal Service. Purc hase, etc ., au- thorized for commu- nity mail boxes, etc., on rural mail routes. Renta l to patrons of rural service. C ost pa ya ble f rom rural delivery appro- priation . May 29, 1928. CHAP. 9 00 .-An Act To require certain contracts entered into by the Secre-	[H. R.12352 .] tary of War, or by officers authorized by him to make them, to be in writing, [Public, No. 610 .] and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That hereafter whenever contracts in excess of $500 in amount which are not to be performed within sixty days are made on behalf of the Government by the Secretary of War, or by officers authorized by him to make Contracts. In excess of $500, etc ., made under Secr etar y of war to be in writing.

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