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 740 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 743, 744 . 1928 . suCon rol C oal nst re- The Secretary of the Interior is directed to resume control and me nt not paid before shut off water to enforce payment whenever any such annual install- March 1 after due. ment is not paid on or before March 1 after due. Approved, May 25, 1928. May 25,1928. CHAP. 744 .-An Act Authorizing the State of Indiana, acting by and through [li2No .] the State highway commission, to construct, main tain, and opera te a toll bridg e [Publ ic, No . 510 .] across the Wabash River, at or near Vincennes, Indiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Wabash River . United States o f America in Congress assembled, That in orde r to Indiana may bridge, at Vi ncennes. promote interstate commerce, improve the Postal Service, and pro- vide for military and other purposes, the State of Indiana, acting by and through the State highway commission, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Wabash River, at a point suitable to Construction, the interests of navigation, at or near Vincennes, Indiana, in accord- Vol.34,p. 84. ance with the provisions 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. Right to acquire real SEC. 2. There is hereby conferred upon the State of Indiana, acting estate, etc ., for location, approaches, e tc. by and through the State highway commission, all such rights and powers to enter upon lands and to acquire, condemn, occupy, possess, and use real estate and other property needed for the location, con- struction, maintenance, and operation of such bridge and its approaches as are possessed by railroad corporations for railroad purposes or by bridge corporations for bridge purposes in the State in which such real estate or other property is situated, upon making just compensation therefor, to be ascertained and paid according to ceCond emnation p ro- the laws of such State, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in the condemnation or expropriation of property for public purposes in such State. Tolls authorized . SEC. 3 . The said State of Indiana, acting by and through the State highway commission, is hereby authorized to fix and charge tolls for transit over such bridge, and the rates of tolls so fixed shall be the legal rates until changed by the Secretary of War under the Vol.34,p.85. authority contained in the Act of March 23, 1906. Rates a pplied to op ' SEC. 4. In fixing the rates of toll to be charged for the use of such eration, sinking fund, bridge the same shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay for the reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operat- ing the bridge and its approaches under economical management, and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to amortize an amount not to exceed the cost of such bridge and its approaches as soon as possi- ble under reasonable charges, but within a period of not to exceed Maint enance as a ten years from the completion thereof. After a sinking fund suffi- free bridge after amcr' being c osts. co nstr ucti ng cient to pay an amount not to exceed the cost of constructing the bridge and its approaches shall have been so provided, such bridge Record of expendi . shall thereafter be maintained and operated free of tolls. An accu- tures and receipts. rate record of the cost of the bridge and its approaches, the expendi- tures for maintaining, repairing, and operating the same, and of daily tolls collected shall be kept and shall be available for the infor- mation of all persons interested. Vol. 43, p t. 945 repealed. re- Vo SEC. 5 . The Act of C ongress appro ved February 1 3, 1925, auth or- pealed. izing the States of Indiana and Illinois to construct a bridge over the Wabash River at Vincennes, Indiana, is hereby repealed. Amendment. SEC. 6. The rig ht to alter, amend, or repe al this Act i s hereby expressly reserved. Approved, May 25, 1928.

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