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 S EVEN TY-FI RST CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cn. 133. 1930 . 157 and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to amortize the cost of such bridge and its approaches, including reasonable interest and financ- ing costs, as soon as possible, under reasonable charges, but within a period of not to exceed fifteen years from the completion thereof or acq uisition thereof as herei nafter p rovided. After a sinking fund sufficient for such amortization shall have been so provided, su ch bri dge shall ther eaft er be main tain ed an d ope rate d 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 mainte- nance, repair, and operation of such bridge and its approaches tinder economical management. An accurate record of the cost of each 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 per- sons interested. j SEC. 5 . All rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act upo n the ci ty of Oma ha, Nebr aska, th e city o f Council Bluffs, Iowa, the county of Douglas, Nebraska, and the county of Pottawattamie, Iowa, may be enjoyed, used, or performed by said cities and counties, ointly, or by a ny one o r more th ereof se parately, or by such boa rds 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 that may construct any of the bridges hereby authorized. 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 high- way departments of said States, or of either thereof, but shall not otherwise be assigned, conveyed, or transferred. SEC. 6 . Said cities o f Omaha, Nebraska, and Co uncil Bl uffs, Io wa, an d sai d co untie s of Doug las, Nebra ska, and Potta watt amie, Iowa , acting jointly, or any one or more thereof acting separately, or any board or commission created by law to carry out the privileges con- ferred by this Act, be, and are hereby, authorized to purchase by voluntary bargain, or acquire by condemnation proceedings in the exercise of the power of eminent domain, the existing bridge across the Mi ssouri River between the citie s of Omaha, Nebraska, and Council Bluffs, Iowa, and now owned or operated by private persons or corporation, and thereafter to repair, reconstruct, enlarge, renew, or replace such bri dge in a ccordanc e with t he provi sions of the Act of March 23, 1906, and to operate the same subject to all the condi- tions in this Act provided with reference to the construction of a new bridge. The method of condemnation and of ascertaining and making payment of just compensation shall be as follows
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condemnation proceeding is brought by any one of said cities or counties acting separately, the method shall be as provided by the laws of the State in which that city or county is situated for condem- na tion of public ut ilities or other propert y for pu blic purp oses by such city or county, or for condemnation by railroad corporations for railroad purposes, or by bridge corporations for bridge pur- poses ; and if the proceeding is a joint condemnation proceeding by any two or more of such cities or counties acting jointly, or by any boards or commissions acting for said cities or counties jointly, the same may be brought in either of the States in which such cities or counties are situated and subject to the laws of that State as herein provided for action by the city or county situated in that State. SEC. i. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, April 12, 1930. Maintenance as free bridges, etc ., after amortizing costs. Record of expendi- tures and receipts. Separate or joint ac- tion authorized for con- struction, etc. Assignment li mit ed to Nebraska and Iowa. Acquirement author- ized of existing bridge between Omaha and Council Bluffs . Operation, etc., un- der general bridge Act. Vol .34,p.84. Condemnation pro- cedure . Amendment

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