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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHs. 726, 727. 1928 . 727 shall succeed. All members of the said commission shall serve with- No pa y, but actual expenses of travel and out compensation therefor, but each shall be paid actual expenses $8inlieu ofsubsistene2. of travel when attending meetings of said commission or engaged in inve stig atio ns p erta inin g to its act ivit ies, and an allo wanc e of Temporary appoint- $8 per day in lieu of subsistence during such travel and services. At meats at close of each the close of each Congress the presiding officer of the Senate and the Congress. Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint, respectively, a Senator and a Representative elect to the succeeding Congress to serve as members of this commission until the chairmen of the com- mittees of the succeeding Congress shall be chosen. The Director of Executive and dis . Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital shall be bursmgofcerg executive and disbursing officer of said commission ." Approved, May 24, 1928 . May 24, 1928. CHAP . 727 .-An A ct Au thori zing Elmer J . Cook, his heirs, legal representa- 	 [s .44 61 .] 	tives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across Bear [Public, No. 498 .1 Cree k at or ne ar Lo vel P oint, Balt imore Coun ty, Maryland . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Bear Creek . United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to Elmer J . Cook may bridge at Level Point, promote interstate commerce, improve the postal service, and provide Md . for military and other purposes, Elmer J . Cook, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintai n, and operat e a bridge and approaches t hereto across Bear Creek, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Lovel Point, Baltimore County, Maryland, in accordance with the Construction. 34, p 84. rovisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act. Acq uisition author. SEC. 2. After the c omp leti on of such bridge, as determined by the 1zed after completion, Maryland, etc. Secretary of War, either the State of Maryland, any political subdi- by visions thereof with in or adjoinin g which any p art of such b ridge is located, or any two or more of them jointly, may at any time acqu ire and take over al l right, titl e, and interes t in s uch bri dge and its approaches and any interests in real property necessary therefor, Condem nation pro - by purchase or condemnation in accordance with the laws of such ceedings. State governing the acquisition of private property for public pur- Compensation if ac- poses by condemnation. If at any time after the expiration of guired by condemna- twenty years after the completion of such bridge and its approaches tlon. the same is acquired by condemnation, the amount of damages or compensation to be allowed shall not include good will, going value, Limitations. or prospective revenues or profits, but shall be limited to the sum of (1) the actual cost of constructing such bridge and its approaches, less a reasonable deduction for actual depreciation in value ; (2) the actual cost of acquiring such interests in real property ; (3) actual financing and promotion cost, not to exceed 10 per centum of the sum of the cost of constructing the bridge and its approaches and acquiring such interests in real property ; and (4) actual expendi- tures for necessary improvements. SEC. 3 . If such bridge shall at any time be taken over or acquired etT°o lls peru nodn er st ate, by any municipality or other political subdivision or subdivisions of the State of Maryland under the provisions of section 2 of this Act, and if tolls are charged for the use thereof, the rates of toll shall be Rt es ap pli ed fu op - so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay for the cost of etc. maintaining, repairing, and operating the bridge and its approaches, and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to amortize the amount paid for such bridge and its approaches as soon as possible under reason- able charges, but within a period of not to exceed twenty years from

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