Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 45 Part 1.djvu/362

 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. C$s. 216, 217 . 1928 . 311 State of Tennessee to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approache s thereto acro ss the Tennes see River at a point suitab le to the in terests of nav igation, on t he Decatur-Ki ngston Road in Roane County, in the State of Tennessee, in accordance with the Cons tructi on. provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction Vol.34,p.84. of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act. Rates of toll to pro- SEC. 2. If tolls are charged for the use of such bridge, the rates vide for operation, sink- t, toll shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay ingfund,etc. the reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the brid ge and its a pproa ches u nder e conomi cal m anagem ent, and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to amortize the cost of the bridge and its approaches, including reasonable interest and financing cost, as soon as possible under reasonable charges, but within a period of not to exceed twenty-five ears from the completion thereof. After Maintenance as free y bridge, etc ., after amor- a sinking fund sufficient for such amortization shall have been so tizing costs, etc • provide d, such bridg e shall therea fter be maint ained and ope rated f re e. of tolls, or the rates of toll shall therea fter be so ad justed as to provide a fund of not to exceed the amount necessary for the proper maintenance, repair, and operation of the bridge and its Record of expendi- approaches under economical management. An accurate record of tures and receipts. the costs of the bridge and its approaches, the expenditures for maintaining, repairing, and operating the same, and of the daily toll s colle cted s hall be kept a nd sha ll be a vailabl e for the inf ormatio n of all persons interested. SEC. 3 . That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. Approved. March 13, 1928. Ma rch 13 ,19M CHAP. 217 .- An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to se ll the [x .1531 .] Weather Bureau station known as Mount Weather, in the counties of Loudoun [Public, No. 167 .] and Clarke, in the State of Virginia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the weather Bureau. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary sale authorized of of Agriculture be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to adver- tat nt Weather, Va., tise for sale and to sell to the highest responsible bidder the premises -Post, pp. 1065, 1625 . known as Mount Weather, in the counties of Loudoun and Clarke, in the State of Virginia, and comprising eighty-four and eighty-one one-hundredths acres of land, more or less, together with the build- ings and other improvements thereon, including laboratories, cottages, sheds, stables, shops, heating and power plant, kite shelter, and other buildings of whatever nature, together with all rights, ease- ments, and appurtena nces thereto b elonging, at such time, in such manner, and upon suc h terms as he may deem for the best inte rests of the United States ; to convey such property to the purchaser thereof by the usual quitclaim deed, and to deposit the proceeds of such sale Deposit the Treasury of the United States as a miscellaneous receipt, after eeipts g deducting the expenses incident to such sale, but the Secretary of Agriculture shall reserve the right to reject any and all bids if in his judgment it is in the public interest to do so ; and in the event of a general rejection of bids, to readvertise the property under condi- tions provided herein as often as may be necessary to accomplish sale. Appr oved, March 13, 1 928.

�