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 1094 SEV ENTY- FIRST CONG RESS. SEss. III. CHs. 126, 127. 1931 . occupy, possess, and use real estate and other property needed for the location, construction, maintenance, and operation of such bridge and its approaches as are possessed by railroad cor porations 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 C ondemnat ion pro- according to the laws of such State, and the proceedings therefor ~Posd p. 1527. shall be the same as in the condemnation or expropriation of prop- T olls a uthoriz ed. erty for public purposes in such State. SEC. 3 . The said cities and counties, or any one or more thereof, are hereby authorized to operate such bridge free of tolls, or, in Vol. 34, p.95. their discretion, to fix and charge tolls for transit over such bridge and in case rates of toll are so fixed, such rates shall be the legal rates until changed by the Secretary of War under a uthority con- Rate s of toll applied tained in the Act of March 23, 1906. g to operation, sinking SEC. 4 . In fixing the rates of toll to be charg for the use of fund, etc • such bridge the same shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund suffi- cient to pay for the reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating such bridge and its approaches under economical manage- ment, and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to amortize the cost of such bridge and its approaches, including reasonable interest and fin ancin g cos ts, a s soo n as possi ble, under reas onabl e cha rges, but within a period of not to exceed twenty years from the completion bridge, etc ., Maintenance after Mai as free thereof or acquisition thereof as hereinafter provided. After a amor- tis ing co sts, et c. sinking 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 Record of expend'- maintenance, repair, and operation of such bridge and its approaches tures and receipts to be un der ec on omi cal ma na gem ent. An accurate record of the cost of kep t. such bridge and its approaches, the 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 R'ghts,etc.,conferred persons interested. may be p erfor med SEC . 5. All rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act jointly or separately, upo n the city of O maha, Nebr aska, the city of Co uncil Bluf fs, I owa, the county of Douglas, Nebraska, and the county of Pottawattamie, Iowa, may be enjoyed, used, or performed by said cities and counties, jointly, or by any one or more thereof separately, or by such boards or commissions as may be created by law to carry out the provisions of this Act for said cities and counties, or any one or more thereof A ssi gnment permit- that m ay construc t the bridg e hereby au thorized. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act may be assigned, conveyed and transferred by said cities and counties to the State of Nebraska and the State of Iowa, or to either thereof, or to the highway departments of said States, or of either thereof, but shall not otherwise be assigned, conveyed, or transferred. A mend ment . SEc. 6. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 13, 1931. February 13, 1931. [H .R . 1408.] [Public, No. 6 25 .] Bull Run and Second Manas sas bat tle fi elds, Va. Survey directed. CHAP. 127.-An Act To provide for the study, investigation, and survey, for commemorative purposes, of the Bull Run and Second Manassas battle fields in the State of Virginia . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R epres entat ives of th e Uni ted S tates of A meric a in Congr ess a ssemb led, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to have made studies, investigations, and surveys of the Bull Run and Second

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