Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 49 Part 1.djvu/1113

 1068 74T H CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 833 . AUGUST' 30, 1935. Tolls applied to op- (d) In fixing the rates of toll to be charged for the use of such eration, sinking fund, etc. bridge the same shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay for the reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operat- ing the bridge and its approaches under economical management, and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to amortize the cost of such bridge and its approaches, including reasonable interest and financ- ing cost, as soon as possible, under reasonable charges, but within a period of not to exceed thirty years from the completion thereof. Maintenance as free After a sinking fund sufficient for such amortization shall have been bridge, etc., after am or- tizing costs. 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 approaches Record of expendi- under economical management. An accurate record of the cost of tures and receipts. the bridge and its approaches ; the expenditures for maintaining, repairing, and operating the same ; and of the daily tolls collected shal l be kept and shal l be avai lable for the info rmati on o f all per sons interested. Missouri River at MISSOURI RIVER AT BROWNVILT .T7, NEBRASKA Brownville, Nebr. Post, p. 1529. SEC, 18. ka) That in order to promote interstate commerce, improve the postal service, and provide for military and other purposes, the county of Atchison, State of Missouri, and the county of Nemaha, State of Nebraska, singly or jointly, be, and are hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Missouri River, at a point suitable to the interests of navi- gation, at or near Brownville, Nebraska, in accordance with the construction . provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of Vol. 34, p. 84. bridges over navigable waters ", approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act . Acquisition of ap- (b) There is hereby conferred upon the county of Atchison, State proacbe s, etc. of Missouri, and the county of Nemaha, State of Nebraska, singly or jointly, all 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 corpora- tions for railroad purposes or by bridge corporations for bridge purposes in the State in which such real estate or other property is situated, upon making just compensation therefor, to be ascertained and paid according to the laws of such State, and the proceedings there for sha ll be th e same as in th e conde mnation or expr opriatio n of property for public purposes in such State. To lls. (c) The said county of Atchison, State of Missouri, and the county Vol. 34, p. 85. of Nema ha, State of Nebra ska, sing ly o r joi ntly, are her eby a utho rized to fix and charge tolls for transit over such bridge, and the rates of toll so fi xed shall be the legal ra tes until changed by the Secretary of War under the authority contained in the Act of March 23, 1906. Tolls applied to op. (d) In fixing the rates of toll to be charged for the use of such oration, sinking fund, etc. bridge the same shall be so adjuste d as to provide a, fund s ufficient to pay for the 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 such bridge and its approaches, including reasonable interest and financing cost, as soon as possible, under reasonable charges, but within a period of Maint enance as free not to exceed twenty years from the completion thereof. After a bridge, etc ., after amor- tizing costs. sinking fund sufficient for such amortization shall have been so pro- vided, 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 mainte-