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 72d CONGRESS. SESS. I. CAS. 32, 33. FE BRUARY 10, 1932 . 45 SEC. 2. There is hereby conferred upon the said Sullivan County, Right a tooacquire, ete ., Indiana, or such board or commission and the successors thereof, all real e. such rights and powers to enter upon lands and to acquire, condemn, 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 corporations for railroad purposes or by bridge corporations for bridge purposes in the State in which such real estat e or other prope rty i s sit uated, upon maki ng just compensation therefor, to be ascertained and paid according to the laws of such State, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in the condemnation or expropriation of property for public purposes in such State. SEC. 3. 'The said Sullivan County or such board or commission and Tollsauthorized. the successors are hereby authorized to fix and charge tolls for tran- sit over such bridge, and the rates of tolls so fixed shall be the legal V '1,' .3 C 4 '. 'P'. ois. rates until changed by the Secretary of War under the authority contained in the Act of March 23, 1906. Adjustment of, to SEc. 4. In fixing the rates of toll to be charged for the use of such pro vide for ope rati on, bridge the same shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to and sin king fun d. pay for the reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the b ridge and i ts ap proac hes u nder e conom ical manage ment, and to provide a sinki ng fund s ufficien t to amo rtize th e cost o f such b ridge and its approac hes, incl uding re asonable interes t and fi nancial cost, as soon as possible under reasonable charges but within a period of Acquisition by Indi. not to exceed twenty years from the completion thereof. After a ana. sinking fund sufficient for such amortization shall have been so pro- vided such bridge shall thereafter be maintained and operated free of tolls, shall then be and become the property of the State of Indiana and a part of the State highway system and be maintained by the State of Indiana out of the maintenance fu nd of the State Record of receipts highway commission. An accurate record of the cost of the bridge and exp end itur es. and its approaches, the expenditures for maintaining, repairing, and operating .the same, and of daily tolls collected shall be kept and shall be available for the information of all persons interested. Amend ment. SEC. 5 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 10, 1932. [CH AP TER 33 .] AN ACT February 10, 1032 . To ex tend the times for ommen cing and c omple ting the c onstr ucti on of a br idge [l R_ sa's ] across the Mississippi River at or near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. [Public, No. 23.] Be it enacted by the Senate an d House of Repr esentatives of t he United S tates of Americ a in Congress a ssembled, That the times Mi ssis sipp i Ri ser . Time extended for for commencing and completing the construction of the bridge across brid g ing, at Baton the Mississippi River at or near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, authorized R V oge's,app .130,1003. to be built by the Baton Rouge-Mississippi River Bridge Company, Vol. aa, p• 551 . its successors and assigns, by an Act of Congress approved February 20, 1928, heretofore extended by an Act of Congress approved Ja n- uary 25, 1929, and fur ther extended by Act of Con gres s ap prov ed June 10, 1930, are her eby furt her exte nded two and four years, respectively, from February 20, 1931 . Amen dment. SEc. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 10, 1932.