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 418 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. Cris. 343-345 . 1928 . Record of expendi- tures and receipts . Amendme nt. April 10, 1928. [H. R.9197.] CHAP. 344 .-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Highway [Public, No. 257 .] Department of the State of Tennessee to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Tennessee River on the Knoxville-Maryville Road in Knox County, Tennessee. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Tennessee River. T e nnessee msy United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent bri dge , , in Tenn . Knox Cou nty of Congress is hereby granted to the Highway Department of the State of Tennessee to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and appro aches theret o acro ss the Tenne ssee Ri ver at a poi nt sui table to the interests of navigation, on the Knoxville-Maryville Road in Construction. Knox County, in the State of Tennessee, in accordance with the pro- Vol.34,p.84. visions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of Tolls applied to oper . bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906, and sub- ation,sinki ngfund,etc. jest to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act. SEC. 2 . If tolls are charged for the use of such bridge, the rates of toll shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay the reas onabl e cos t of main taini ng, r epai ring, and oper ating the bridge and its approaches under economical management, and to provide a sinking fund which, together with the sinking fund created from the tolls from other bridges authorized by the law of the State of Tennessee which provides for the construction of the bridge to be built under this Act, shall be sufficient to amortize the bonds issued under such Act, as soon as possible under reasonable charges, but within a period of not to exceed twenty-five years from Maintenance as free the comp letio n the reof. Af ter a sink ing f und suffi cient for such bridge, etc., after amor- el tiling costs, etc. amortization shall have been so provided, such bridge shall there- after be 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 oper- Record of expendi- ation of the bridge and its approaches under economical manage- tures and rece ipts . ment. An accurate record of the costs of the bridge and its approaches, the expenditures for maintaining, repairing, and oper- ating the same, and of the daily tolls collected shall be kept and Amendment. shall be available for the information of all persons interested. SEC. 3 . That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expres sly re served. Approved, April 10, 1928. April 19, 1928. [H. R. 9198.] [Public, No. 258.] Tennessee River. 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 accurate record of the costs of the bridge and its approaches, the expe nditur es for maint aining, repa iring, and op eratin g the same, and of the daily tolls collected, shall be kept and shall be available for the information of all persons interested. SEC. 3 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, April 10, 1928. CHAP. 345 .-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Highway Department of the State of Tennessee to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Tennessee River on the Paris-Dover Road in Henry and Stewart Counties, Tennessee. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unit ed St ates of Am eric a in Congr ess assem bled, That the conse nt of Congress is hereby g ranted to the Highway Department of the

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