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 15G Money for Patent Office to be appro pri- ated from its revenues. Destruction, etc., of aban doned applica- tions, files, etc . Effective dates. April 12, 1930. [S. 2763.]	CHAP. 133 .-An Act Authorizing the cities of Omaha, Nebraska, and Council [Public, No. 113.] Bluffs, Iowa, and the counties of Douglas, Nebraska, and Pottawattamie, Iowa, to construct, maintain, and operate one or more but not to exceed three toll or free bridges across the Missouri River. Be it en act ed by the Senate and Hou se o f Representatives o f the Om aha, Missouri Nebr., River. Coun- United States o f America in Congress assembled, That in order to cil Bluffs, Iowa, and promote interstate commerce, improve the postal service, an d pro- c ountie s of Dougla s, Nebr ., and Pottawatta- vide for military and other purposes, the city of Omaha ., Nebraska, mie, Iowa, may bridge. or Dougla s County, Nebraska, or the c ity of Cou ncil Bluffs, or Pottawattamie County, Iowa, or any two or more thereof cooperat- ing, are hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate one or more but not to exceed three bridges and approaches thereto across the Missouri River, at points suitable to the interests of Navi- gation, one at or near Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska, one at or near South Omaha, Nebraska, and one at or near Florence, Nebraska ., in accordance 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 con- tained in this Act. Acquisition of real SEC . 2 . There is hereby conferred upon said cities and counties, e stat e, etc ., f or loca- tion, approaches, etc. acting jointly, or any one or more of them separately, 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 loca- tion, construction, maintenance and operation of any of such bridges and their 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 the laws of such State, and the proceedings therefor Con demna tion pr o- shall be the same as in the condemnation or expropriation of property ceedings. for public purposes in such State. Operation as free or SEC. 3. The said cities and counties, or any one or more thereof, toll bridges. are hereby authorized to operate any of such bridges free of tolls, or, in their discretion, to fix and charge tolls for transit over any of such bridges ; and in case rates of toll are so fixed, such rat es shall be the legal rates until changed by the Secretary of War under Vol.34,p.85 . authority contained in the Act of March 23, 1906. Tolls under munici- SEC. 4. In fixing the rates of toll to be charged for the use of each pa l, etc .,operation,akd bridge the same shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient plied to operation, sin ln gfu nd, etc . to pay for the reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operat- ing such bridge and its approaches under economical management, SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs. 132,133 . 1930 . and Commercial Names, made and signed in the city of Buenos Aires, in the Argentine Republic, August 20, 1910, and for other purposes " (United States Code, title 15, section 109) are hereby amended by providing that the fee for registration of trade-marks and renewals of registrations shall be $15 . SEC. 5. The money required for the Patent Office each year, com- mencing with the fiscal year 1932, shall be appropriated by law out of the revenues of that office, except as otherwise provided by law . SEC. 6 . The Commissioner of Patents is hereby authorized to annually destroy or otherwise dispose of all the files and papers belonging to all abandoned applications which have been on file for more than twenty years . SEC. 7. This Act s hall take effect upon the date o f its enact ment, except that sections 3 and 4 shall take effect on the 1st day of June, 1930 . Approved, April 11, 1930 . Points designated . Constru ction . Vol.34,p.84.

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