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 608 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHs. 630-632 . 1928 . 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 mainte- nance, repair, and operation of the bridge and its approaches under economical management. An accurate record of the costs of the br idge a nd its appro aches, the e xpendi tures f or mai ntaini ng, re pair- ing, and operating the same, and of the daily tolls collected shall be kept and shall be available for the information of all persons int erested. Sxo. 3 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby exp ressly reser ved. Approved, May 18, 1928. Record of expendi- tures and receipts. Amendme nt. May 18, 1928. [S. 4061 .]	CHAP. 631 .-An Act Authorizing the State highway commission, Common- [Public, No. 430.] wealth of Kentucky, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Cumberland River at or near Smithland, Kentucky. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Kentucky lCumberland River. mRi pe ra .y United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the consent bridge, at smithiand. of Congress is hereby granted to the State highway commission, Commonwealth of Kentucky, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Cumberland River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near the city of construct ion. Smithland, Kentucky, in accordance with the provisions of an Act Post, P .1501 . entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navi- gable waters," approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act. toRap t toll sinking SEc. 2. If tolls are charged for the use of such bridge, the rates fund, etc. of toll shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay the reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the bridge and its appro aches und er ec onomi cal m anag ement, and to provi de 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 Maintenance as free exce ed tw enty years fro m the comp leti on th ereof. After a sinking bridge, osts after amor- tiz ing co sts . fund sufficient for such amortization shall have been so provided, such bridge shall thereafter 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 mainte- nance, repair, and operation of the bridge and its approaches under Record of expendi- economical management. An accurate record of the costs of the tures and receipts . bridge and i ts app roache s, the expen ditures for m aintai ning, repair - ing, and operatin g the sam e, and of the dai ly tolls collected, shall b e kept and shall be available f or the information of all persons intereste d. Amendment. SEC. 3 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby express ly res erved. Approved, May 18, 1928. May 18, 1928 . [S.4062.] [Public, No. 431 .] Tennessee River . Kentucky may bridge, at Eggners Fe rry. CHAP. 632 .-An Act Authorizing the State highway commission, Common- wealth of Kentucky, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Tennessee River at or near Eggners Ferry, Kentucky. 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 granted to the State highway commission, Commonwealth of Kentucky, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and ap proach es the reto a cross the Ten nessee River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Eggners Ferry, in

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