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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Cus. 96, 97. 1928 . 141 with highway department of the State of Kentucky a sworn itemized statement showing the actual original cost of constructing the bridge and its approaches, the actual cost of acquiring any interest in real property necessary therefor, and the actual financing and promotion costs. The Secretary of War may, and at the request of the high- rein Y fgation by Sec- way department of the State of Kentucky shall, at any time within three years after the completion of such bridge, investigate such costs and determine the accuracy and reasonableness of the costs alleged in the statement of cost so filed, and shall make a finding of the actual and reasonable costs of constructing, financing, and promoting such bridge ; for the purpose of such investigation the said Valley Bridge Company, Incorporated, of Paducah, Kentucky, its successors and assigns, shall make available all records in con- nection with the construction, financing, and promotion thereof. The findings of the Secretary of War as to the reasonable costs of Findings of Secretary conclusive s the construction, financing, and promotion of the bridge shall be conclusiv e for the purposes mentione d in sect ion 2 of this Act, subject only to review in a court of equity for fraud or gross mistake. SEC. 5 . The right to sell, assign, transfer 2 and mortgage all the co tined to sell, etc ., rights, p owers, an d privile ges confe rred by t his Act, is hereby granted to Valley Bridge Company, Incorporated, of Paducah, Kentucky, its successors and assigns, and any corporation to which or any person to whom such rights, powers, and privileges may be sold, assigne d, or transf erred, or wh o shal l acqui re the same by mor tgage foreclosure or otherwise, is hereby authorized and empowered to exercis e the same a s full y as t hough conferr ed her ein di rectly upon such corporation or person. SEC. 6 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Am endment. expressly reserved. Approved, February 25, 1928. February 25, 1928. CHAP. 97 .-An Act Authorizing the Midland Bridge Company, Incorpo-	[H. R. 7034 .) rated, of Paducah, Kentucky, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, [Public, No . 69.] and operate a bridge across the Cumberland River at or near Smithland, Ken- tucky . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That in order to Cumberland River . Mid la nd rI de promote interstate commerce, improve the postal service, and provide Company ay bridge, for military and other purposes, Midland Bridge Company, Incor- at smithland, Ky . porated, of Paducah, Kentucky, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Cumberland River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation at or near the city of Smithland, Kentucky, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled Construction . p'84 . "An Act to regulate the construction of bri dges over navigable Post, P. 1501 . waters," approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act . SEC . 2 . After the completion of such bridge, as determined by the ize d A, •gafter nisition co mpalu thoret ion - , Secretary of War, either the State of Kentucky, any political sub- by Kentuck y, etc . division thereof within or adjoininwhich any part of such bridge is located, or any two or more of -them jointly, may at any time acquire and take over all right, title, and interest in such bridge and its approaches, and any interest in real property necessary therefor, by purchase or by condemnation in accordance with the Condemnation pro- ceedings . laws of su ch St ate gover ning the acqui sitio n of priv ate p roper ty for public purposes by condemnation or expropriation . If at any Compensation if ac- time after the expiration of twenty years after the completion of tione a by con aemn a- such bridge the same is acquired by condemnation or expropriation,

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