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 446 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Cns. 407, 408 . 1928 . maintaining, r epairing, and operating the same, and of the daily tolls collected, shall be kept and shall be available for the informa- tion of all persons interested. Sworn statement of construction costs, otc ., SEC. 6 . The Interstate Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to be filed after comple- shall within ninety days after the completion of such bridge file with Lion. the Secretary of War and with the highway departments of the States of Nebraska and Iowa, a sworn itemized statement showing th e actu al orig inal co st of constru cting t he bri dge and its ap proach es, Examin ation by Sec the actual cost of acquiring any interest in real property necessary retary of war. therefor, and the actual financing and promotion costs. The Secre- tary of War may, 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 reasonableness of the costs alleged in the statement of costs so filed, and shall make a finding of the actual and reason- able costs of constructing, financing, and promoting such bridge ; for the purpose of such investigation the said Interstate Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, shall make available all of its Fin ding s of Secr etary records in connection with the construction, financing, and promo- 'onciusive. Lion thereof. The findings of the Secretary of War as to the reason- able costs of the construction, financing, and promotion of the bridge shall be conclusive for the purposes mentioned in section 4 of this Act, subject only to review in a court of equity for fraud or gross Right to sell, mistake. conferred. SEC. 7 . The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act is hereby granted to the Interstate Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, and any corporation to which or any person to whom such right, 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. Amendment. SEC. 8. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, April 23, 1928. April 23, 1928. CHAP. 408 .-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the counties of [H. R. 11203.1 Telfair and Co ffee to construct, m aintain, and operate a free highway brid ge [Public, No. 299 .1 across the Ocmulgee River at or near the present Jacksonville ferry in Telfair and Coffee Counties, Georgia. Be it enacted by the Senate and Horse of Representatives of the Tel fai r and Coffee United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Counties, Ga. bridge, at Jacks, monvilleay Congress is hereby gran ted to the co unties of Tel fair and Coffe e Ferry. State of Georgia, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Ocmulgee River, at a point suitable to the interests Construction_ of navigation, at or near the present Jacksonville ferry in Telfair and Vol.34,p.84. Coffee Counties, Georgia, in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to r egulate the c onstruction of bridges over navigable wa ters," approv ed March 23, 1906. Amendment. SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, April 23, 1928.

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