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 1552 72d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 271 . MAR CH 4, 1933 . Tolls under state, (e) If such bridge shall be at any time be 1 taken over or acquired etc., operation. b y the States or public agencies or political subdivisions thereof, or by either of them, as provi ded in se ction 4 o f this Ac t, and if tolls are thereafter charged for the use thereof, the rates of toll shall be eration sinking mna so adjust ed as to provide a fund suf ficient t o pay for the reas onable et c. cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the bridge and its approaches under economical management, and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to amortize the amount paid therefor, including reasona ble in terest and f inanci ng cos t, as s oon as possi ble un der reasonable charges, but within a period of not to exceed twenty maintenance as free years from the date of acquiring the same. After a sinking, fund bridge, etc ., attar amor- tlzingeosts r sufficient for such amortization shall have been so provide , 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 exc eed th e amou nt nec essary for th e prop er mai ntenan ce, repair, and o perati on of the br idge a nd its approa ches u nder e co- Record of expends- nomical management. An accurate record of the amount paid for tares and receipts ' acquiring the 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 informa- tion of all perjons interested. consiruntttstemstinetcf (f) The Bushkill Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to be filed after com- shall w ithin ninety days after the co mpletio n of s uch br idge f ile pietion. with the Secretary of War and with the Highway Departments of the Sta tes of Penns ylvani a and New Je rsey a sworn itemiz ed sta te- ment showing the actual original cost of constructing the bridge and its app roache s, the actua l cost of ac quiring any i nteres t in r eal property necessary therefor, and the actual financing and promo- Investigation by see- tion costs. The Secretary of War may, and upon request of the rat of War. 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 reasonableness of the costs alleged in the statement of costs so filed, and shall make a find- ing of the actual and reasonable costs of constructing, financing, and promoting such brid~ abRecords to be avail- the said Bushkill Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, shall Findings of secretary make available all of its records in connection with the construction con aus ive. financing, and promotion thereof. The findings of the Secretary of War as to the reasonable costs of the construction, financing, and promoti on of the br idge s hall b e conc lusive for th e purp oses m en- tioned in section 4 of this Act, subject only to review in a court -of equity for fraud or gross mistake. Rig Z to sea, etc., (g) The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the rights, conferred. powers, and p rivile ges co nferre d by t his Act is he reby g ranted to the Bus hkill Bridge Compa ny, it s succ essors and as signs ; a nd an y corporation to which 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, is hereby authorized and empowered to exercise the same as fully as though conferred herein directly upon such corporation or person. COLUMBIA RIVER NEAR THE DALLES, OREGON Columbia River near The Daues ,Oreg. SEO. 2. (a) That in order to facilitate interstate commerce, improve the postal service, and provide for military and other pur- poses The Dalles Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, be and is. hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a J = So in original.
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