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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cas. 513, 514 . 1.929 . 1499 required, and the contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. Verified copies or abstracts of all bids received and of the bid or bids accepted shall be promptly furnished to the highway department of the State in which such bridge is located. A failure vio onr cts void for to comply in good faith with the provisions of this section shall render null and void any contract made in violation thereof ; and the Secretary of War may, after hearings, order the suspension of all work upon such bridge until the provisions of this section shall have been fully com plied with. SEC. 7 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. Approved, March 2, 1929. March 2, 1929. CHAP. 5 1 4 . - An Act Granting the consent of Congre ss to the city of Chat- [H. R .16719 .] tan oog a and the county of Hamilton, Tennessee, to con str uc t, maintain, and [Public, No . 940.] operate a bridge across the Tennessee River, at or near Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That in order to Tennessee River. Chat tanoo ga an d prom ote inte rsta te c omme rce, imp rove the pos tal serv ice, and pro vide H nn i lton budget at for military and other purposes, the city of Chattanooga and the Chattanooga. county of Hamilton, Tennessee, or any board or commission of the said city and county which may be duly created or established for the purpose, their successors or assigns, be, and are hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Tennessee River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, ex tending from some point in the city of C hattanooga, Tennessee, across said river to a point on the opposite shore thereof, Co nstr ue ion in accordance with the provisions of the 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 said Act. SEC. 2 . The said city of Chattanooga and the county of Hamilton, Character of bridge. or such board or commission, their successors and assigns, are authorized to construct, maintain, and operate such bridge and the necessary approaches thereto as a railroad bridge for the passage of railway trains or street cars, or both, or as a highway bridge for the passage of pedestrians, animals, and vehicles, adapted to travel on public highw ays, or as a combined rail road and highw ay bridge for all s uch ur oses ; and there is hereb conferred u on said cit of Right to acq uire r eal h h 7 y h y estate,etc.,farlocation, Chat tanoog a and the c ounty of Ham ilton, or s uch bo ard or Com- approaches, etc . mission, their successors and assigns, all such rights and powers to enter upon lands and to acquire, condemn, occupy, possess, and use real estate and other property needed for the location, construction, 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 such real estate or other property is situated, upon making just comperlsation therefor, to be ascertained and paid according to the laws of such Condemnation pro. State, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in condemna- oeedings. tion or expropriation of property for public purposes in such State. SEC. 3. The said city of Chattanooga and county of Hamilton, Tolls authorized. or such board or commission and the successors thereof, are hereby authorized to fix and charge tolls for transit over such bridge, and the rates of tolls so fixed shall be the legal rates until changed by the Secretary of War under the authority contained in the Act of Vol.34 p .85. March 23, 1906. 54835•-29-sT 1--98

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