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 580 Cla ssi fic ati on, atc. provisions. Toll exemptions. Ferries; authority of Commission. Tolls. Application of, to op- eration, sinking fund, etc . Record to be kept. Conveyance of inter- es ts to Illino is and Kentucky after suffi- cient funds provided. Conditional, t h a t br idge thereaf ter be toll free, etc. C ommis sion to con- t inue oper atio n, if eit her State fail s to ac- cept. Disposal of ferries. 73d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 117 . APRIL 13, 1934 . tolls collected, shall be kept and shall be available for the informa- tion of all persons interested. The Commission shall classify in a reasonable way all traffic over the bridge, so that the tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted by it as to be uniform in the application thereof to all traffic falling within any such reasonable class, regardless of the status or character of any person, firm, or corporation participat- ing in such traffic, and shall prevent all use of such bridge for traf- fic except upon payment of the tolls so fixed and adjusted. No toll shall be charged officials or employees of the Commission or of the Government of the United States or any State, county, or munic- ipality in the United States while in the discharge of their duties or municipal police or fire departments when engaged in the proper work of any such department. SEC. 6 . Nothing herein contained shall require the Commission or its successors to maintain or operate any ferry or ferries purchased hereunder, but in the discretion of the Commission or its successors and ferry or ferries so purchased, with the appurtenances and prop- erty thereto connected and belonging, may be sold or otherwise dis- posed of or may be abandoned and/or dismantled whenever in the judgment of the Commission or its successors it may seem expe- dient so to do. The Commission and its successors may fix such rates of toll for the use of such ferry or ferries as it may deem proper, subject to the same conditions as are hereinabove required as to tolls for traffic over the bridge. All tolls collected for the use of the ferry or ferries and the proceeds of any sale or dispo- sition of any ferry or ferries shall be used, so far as may be neces- sary, to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the same, and any residue there of shall be p aid into the s inking fund hereinabove provided for bonds. An accurate record of the cost of purchasing the ferry or ferries ; 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 persons interested. SEC. 7. After payment of the bonds and interest, or after a sink- ing fund suffi cient for suc h payment sha ll have been p rovided and shall be held for that purpose, the Commission shall deliver deeds or other suitable instruments of conveyance of the interest of the Commission in and to the bridge, that part within Illinois to the State of Illinois or any municipality or agency thereof as may be authorized by or pursuant to law to accept the same (hereinafter referred to as the Illinois interests) and that part within Kentucky to the Commo nwealt h of Kentuc ky or any mu nicip ality or age ncy thereof as may be authorized by or pursuant to law to accept the same (hereinafter referred to as the Kentucky interests), under the condition that the bridge shall thereafter be free of tolls and be properly maintained, operated, and repaired by the Illinois interests and the Kentucky interests, as may be agreed upon ; but if either th e Illi nois in terests or th e Kentu cky int erests shall not be author ized to accept or shall not accept the same under such conditions, then the bridge shall continue to be owned, maintained, operated, and repaired by the Commission, and the rates of tolls shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund of not to exceed the amount necessary for the proper maintenance, repair, and operation of the bridge and its approaches under economical management, until such time as both the Illinois interests and the Kentucky interests shall be authorized to accept and shall acce pt such conve yance under such conditions. If at the time of such conveyance the Commission or its successors shall not