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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CEis. 224, 225 . 1928 . 317 charged for the use thereof, the rates of toll shall be so adjusted as Rate s applied to to provid e a fund sufficien t to pay for the r easonable cost of maintain- fu nd e tc n, sin ki ng ing, repairing, and operating the bridge and its approaches under economical management, and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to amortize the amount paid therefor including reasonable interest and financing cost, as soon as possible under reasonable charges, but within a period of not to exceed twenty years from the date of Maintenance as free acquiring the same. After a sinking fund sufficient for such amorti- bridge, etc ., after amor- zation shall have been so provided, such bridge shall thereafter be tiling costs. maintained and operated free of tolls, or the rates of toll shall thereafter be so adjusted as to provide a fund of not to exceed the amount necessary for the proper maintenance, repair, and operation of the bridge and its approaches under economical management. An Recor d of receipts. f- tares and recei accurate record of the amount paid for acquiring the bridge and its approaches, the actual expenditures for maintaining, repairing, and operating the same and of the daily tolls collected, shall be kept and shall be available for the informati on of all persons intereste d. SEC. 6. The said B. L. Hendrix G. C. Trammel, and C. S. Miller sworn Sta teme nt of ~ 7 ) construction C osts,etC ., their heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, shall, within ninety to be made after com- days after the completion of such bridge, file with the Secretary of - War, and with the highway departments of the States of Illinois and Kentucky a sworn itemized statement showing the actual original cost of const ructin g the bridge and i ts appr oaches , the actual cost of acquiring any interest in real property necessary therefor, and the actual financing and promotion costs . The Secretary of War may, retnyofg~ son by See- and upon request of the highway department of either of such States shall, at any time within three years after the completion of such bridge, investigate such costs and determine the accuracy and the reasonabl eness of the costs alleged in the st atement o f costs s o filed, and shall make a finding of the actual and reasonable costs of con- st ructin g, fin ancing, and promot ing su ch brid ge ; for th e purp ose of such investigation the said B. L. Hendrix, G. C. Trammel, and C. S. Miller, their heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, shall make available all of their records in connection with the construction, financing, and promotion thereof . The findings of the Secretary of ilu ingsof secretary t, cocsive. War as to the reasonable costs of the construction, financing, and promotion of the bridge shall be conclusive for the purposes men- tioned in section 4 of this Act, subject only to review in a court of equity for fraud or gross mistake. SEC. 7. The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the cone red to sell, etc ., rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act, is hereby granted to B. L. Hendrix, G. C. Trammel, and C. S. Miller, their heirs, legal representatives, 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 authorized and empowered to exercise the same as fully as though conferred herein directly upon such corporation or person. SEC. 8 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. exp ressly reser ved. App rov ed, Ma rch 16, 1928. CHAP. 225.-An Act Authorizing E. M. Elliott, of Chicago, his heirs, legal represe ntatives, an d assigns, t o construct, maintain, an d operate a bridge acros s the Ohio River at or near Ravenswood, West Virginia . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That in order to fac ilitat e inte rstate comme rce, i mprove the Po stal S ervice, and pro- March 1 6, 1928. [H. R.6073.] [Public, No. 175 .] Ohio River. E. M. Elliott may bridge, at Ravenswood, W. Va.

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