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 728 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CHs. 727, 728. 1928 . Maintenance as free the date of acquiring same. After a sinking fund sufficient to bridge, etc., after amor- tizing costs. amortize the cost of acquiring the bridge and its approaches shall have been 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 care, repair, maintenance, and operation of the bridge Record of expendi- tares and receipts. and its approaches. An accurate record of the amount paid for the bridge and its approaches, the expenditures for operating, repairing, and maintaining the same, and of daily tolls collected shall be kept and shall be available for the information of all persons interested. Swo rn s tate ment of Sno. 4. Elmer J. Cook, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, construction costs, etc ., to be filed after com- shall, within ninety days after the completion of such bridge, file pletion . with the Secretary of War, and w ith the highw ay department of the State of Maryland, a sworn itemized statement showing the actual original cost of constructing the bridge and its approaches, the actual cost of acquiring any interest in real property necessary therefor, Examination by Sec- and the actual financing and promotion costs. The Secretary of War retary of war. may, an d at the requ est of the hig hway departme nt of the Stat e of Maryland 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 reasonable costs so filed, and shall make a finding of the actual and reasonable costs of constructing, financing, and promoting such bridge ; for the purpose of such investigation the said Elmer J. Cook, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns shall make available all records in connection with the construction, financing, and promotion Find ings of S ecre tary thereof. The findings of the Secretary of War as to the reasonable conclusive. costs of the construction, financing, and promotion of the bridge shall be conclusive for the purposes mentioned in section 2 of this Act, subject only to review in a court of equity for fraud or gross mistake. cn ferrredg sell, etc ., SEC. 5. The ri ght to sell, a ssign, transf er, and mortg age all rights , powers, and privileg es conferred b y this Act is hereby grante d to Elmer J. Cook, his 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 Amendment . herein directly upon such corporation or person. SEC. 6 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal th is Act is her eby expressly reserved. Appro ved, M ay 24, 1928. May Ru ,1 9as . [H. 990 .] CHAP. 728 .-An Act To aut horiz e the leasing of public lands for use as [Public, No. 499 .] public aviation fields. Leases c Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repr esen tati ves of t he Lub of, for for public United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary airp orts auth oriz ed • of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion and under such regula- tions as he may prescribe, to lease for use as a public airport any contiguous public lands, unreserved and unappropriated, not to exceed six hundred and forty acres in area, subject to valid rights in such lands under the public land laws. Term of lease. SEC. 2 . Any lease under this Act shall be for a period not to exceed twenty years, subject to renewal for like periods upon agreement of con ditio ns. the Secretary of the Interior and the lessee. Any such lease shall be subject to the following conditions :

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