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 810 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 357, 363. MAY 26, 28, 1934. Limit of acreage . for three years, may purchase such tract, not exceeding five acres, in a reasonable compact form, without any showing as to his employ- Price. ment or business, upon payment of $2 .50 per acre, under rules S urvey s. and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and in such cases surveys may be made without expense to the applicants 44, Vol. 40, p . 633; Vol. in like manner as the survey of settlement claims under the Act of June 28, 1918 (40 Stat . 632), as amended by section 1 of the Act Minimum payment. of April 13, 1926 (44 Stat . 243) : And provided further, That the minimum payment for any such tract shall be $10, and no person Purch ase r estr ictio n, shall be per mitted to pur chase more th an one tract e xcept upon a showing of good faith and necessity satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior ." Approved . May 26, 1934 . May 28, 1934. [H.R . 9530 .] [Public, No . 261 .] [CHAPTER 363 .] AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the county of Pierce, a legal subdivision of the State of Washington, to co nstruct, maintain, an d operate a toll bri dge across Pug et Sound, State of W ashington, at or near a point commonly kn own as "The Narrows" . Be it enacted by t he Senate and House of Repr esentatives of the Pug et Sound. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent Pie rce County, wa sh ., may bridge at of Congress is hereby granted to the county of Pierce, a legal sub- The Narrows". division of the State of Washington, to construct, maintain, and operate a brid ge and approa ches thereto a cross Puget S ound, State of Washington, at or near a point commonly known as " The Nar- rows ", at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, in accord- ance with the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the voia4p i884. construction of bridges over navigable waters ", approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act. Tons, if charged, to be adjusted to provide SEC. 2 If tolls are charged for the use of such bridge, the rates for o perat ion and s ink- of toll shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay the lug fund. reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the bridge and its approaches under economical management, and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to amortize the cost of the bridge and its approaches, including reasonable interest and financing cost, as soon as possible under reasonable charges, but within a period of after amortizing cost, To a free bridge not to exceed thirty years from the completion thereof. After a etc ° sinking fund sufficient for such amortization shall have been so provided, 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 exceed the amount necessary for the proper maintenance, repair, and operation of the bridge and its Recor d of exp enses approaches under economical management. An accurate record and receipts to be kept . of the costs of the 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 informa- ti on'1 of all pe rsons i nterest ed. Amendment. SEC. 3 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, May 28, 1934.