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 144 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHs . 98, 99. 1928 . Record of eapendi- management. An accurate record of the amou nt pai d for acqu iring tares and receipts. the bridge and its approach es, the actual e xpenditu res for maintain - ing, r epairing, and op erating the same, and of the dai ly tolls collect ed shall be ke pt and shall be available for the information of all persons interested. Sworn statement of construction costs, etc ., SEC. 4. The Midland Bridge Company, Incorporated, of Paducah, to be filed after com- Kent ucky, it s succes sors and assigns, shall w ithin ni nety day s after pletion. the comp letion of such bridge file with the Se creta ry of War, and wi th the 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 Investigation by See- rotary of War. and promotion costs. The Se creta ry of War may, and at the r eques t of the hi ghw ay department of the State of Kentucky shall, at any time within three years after the completion of such bridge, investi- ga te su ch costs and determine the acc ur acy and reasonableness of the costs alleged in the statement of costs so filed, and shall make a finding of the actual and reasonable costs of constructing, financing, and promo ting such bridge ; for the purpose of such investigation the said Midland Bridge Company, Incorporated, of Paducah, Kentucky, its successors and assigns, shall make available all records in connection with the construction, financing, and promotion thereof. conclusive. The findings of the Secretary ofWarasto the reasonable costs of the construction, financing, and promotion of the bridge shall be conclusive for the purposes mentioned in section 2 of this Act, subject only to review in a court of equity for fraud or gross mistake. conferred . t• sell, etc., SEC 5. The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act, is hereby granted to Midland 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, assigned, or transferred, or who shall acquire the same by mortgage foreclosure or otherwise, is hereby aut ho riz ed and empowered to exercise the same as fully as though co nferred he rein direc tly upon s uch Amendme nt. corporation or person. SEC. 6. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expr essly re served. Approved, February 25, 1928 . February 25, 1928. [H. R.7036.] CHAP. 99.-An Act Authorizing the Valley Bridge Company, Incorpo- [Public, No. 71 .] rated, of Paducah, Kentucky, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Tennessee River at or near Eggners Ferry, Ken tucky. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Tennessee River. Unite d States of America in Cong ress assembled, That in order Valley Bridge Com- pa ny em may bridge, at to promote interstate commerce, improve the Postal Service, and provide for military and other purposes, Valley Bridge Company, Incorporated, of Paducah, Kentucky, its successors and assigns, be and is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Tennessee River, at a point suit- able to the interests of navigation, at or near Eggners Ferry, in suit- Construction. 34 p .' s4. accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regu- Po st, p. 1524. late the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations con- tained in this Act. Acquisition author- SEC. 2. After the completion of such bridge, as determined by the after by Kentucky, coma Secretary of War, either the State of Kentucky, any political sub- division thereof within or adjoining which any part of such bridge

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