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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CHs. 772, 773 . 1928 . 763 fund sufficient to amortize the amount paid ther efor, in clud ing reasonable interest and financing cost, as soon as possible under rea- sonable charges, but within a period of not to exceed twenty years from the date of acquiring the same. After a sinking fund sufficient maintenance as free bridge, etc ., after amor- for such amortization shall have been so provided, such bridge shall t izi ng costs. 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 maintenance, repair, and operation of the bridge and its approaches under economical manage- Record of expendi. ment. An accurate record of the amount paid for acquiring the tures and receipts. bridge and its approaches, the actual expenditures for maintaining, repairing, and operating the same, and of the daily tolls collected, shall be kept and shall be available for the information of all per- son s inte rested. Sw orn state ment of SEC. 6 . D. T. Hargraves and John W. Dulaney, their heirs, legal construction costs, etc ., representatives, and assigns, shall, within ninety days after the com- t a e filed after comple- pletion of such bridge, file with the Secretary of War and with the highway departments of the States of Arkansas and Mississippi, a sworn itemized sta tement showing the actual o riginal cost of con- structing such bridge and its approaches, the actual cost of acquiring any interest in real property necessary therefor, and the actual Examination by See- financing and promotion costs. The Secretary of War may, and upon retary of War. 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 reasonable- ness of the costs alleged in the statement of 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 inves- tigation D. T. Hargraves and John W. Dulaney, their heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, shall make available all of their records in connection with the construction, financing, and promotion thereof. Findings of seere- The findings of the Secretary of War as to the reasonable costs of the tary conclusive. construction, financing, and promotion of the bridge shall be con- clusive for the purposes mentioned in section 4 of this Act, subject only to review in a court of equity for fraud or gross mistake. Right to sell, etc .. SEC. 7. The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the conferred. rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act, is hereby granted to D. T. Hargraves and John W. Dulaney, their heirs, legal rep resentatives, and assigns, and any corpo ration to whi ch 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, i s hereby auth orized and em po we r ed t o exercise the same as fully as though conferred herein directly upon suc h corporation or person. SEC. 8 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, May 26, 1928. Am endment. May 26, 1928. CHAP. 773 .-An Act Granting the co nsent of Congress to the county of	[H. R. 11917 .] Cook, State of Illinois, to widen, maintain, and operate the existing bridge across [Public, No. 537 .] the Little Calumet River in Cook County, State of Illinois. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby given to the county of Cook, State of Illinois, to widen, maintain, and operate the existing highway bridge and approaches thereto across Little Calumet River, at or near Halsted Street, within section 8, township 36 north, range 14 east, in said county and State, in accordance with the provisions of the Act 54835°-29-PT 1-52 Little Calumet River. Cook County , Ill., may widen, etc., bridge ac ross, a t H alsted Street.

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