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 .646 Dissolution of Com- mission. Div isi on of mon eys in hand, etc. Contracts with States for construc- tion, operation, etc. Purpose declared. Creation of other obligations, restriction on . En forcem ent of Act. Amendment, etc. 75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CH. 629-AUGUST 14, 1937 compensation as the Commission may determine. All salaries and expenses shall be paid solely from the funds provided under the authority of this Act. After all bonds and interest thereon shall have been paid and all other obligations of the Commission paid or discharged, or provision for all such payment shall have been made as hereinbefore provided, and after the bridge shall have been conveyed to the Indiana interests and the Kentucky interests as herein provided, and any ferry or ferries shall have been sold, the Commission shall be dissolved and shall cease to have further exist- ence by an order of the Chief of the Bureau of Public Roads made upon his own initiative or upon application of the Commission or any m ember or mem bers thereo f, but only after a pub lic he aring in the city of Owensboro, Kentucky, notice of the time and place of which hearing and the purpose thereof shall have been published once, at least thirty days before the date thereof, in a newspaper published in the city of Owensboro. At the time of such dissolution all moneys in the hands of or to the credit of the Commission shall be divided into two equal parts, one of which shall be paid to said Indiana interests and the other to said Kentucky interests. SEC. 10. Notwi thstanding an y of the provi sions of this Act, the Commission shall have full power and authority to negotiate and enter into a contract or contracts wit h the State Hi ghway Commis- sion of Indiana and the Department of Highways of Kentucky, the city of Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, or any county or municipality in the State of Indiana, whereby the Commission may receive financial aid in the construction of the Vbridge and approaches thereto, and the Commission may make and enter into any contract or contracts which it deems expedient and proper with the State Highway Commission of Indiana and the Department of Highways of Kentucky, whereby said highway departments or either of them may construc t, operate, a nd maintain o r participate with the Com- mission in the construction, operation, and maintenance of said bridge and approaches. It is hereby declared to be the purpose of Congress to facilitate the construction of a bridge and proper appr oaches acros s the Ohio River at or near Owensb oro, a nd to authorize the Commission to promote said object and purposes, with full power to contract either with the State Highway Commission of Indiana or the Department of Highways of Kentucky or both in relation to the construction, operation, and maintenance of said bridge and approaches. SEC. 11 . Nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize or permit the Commission or any member thereof to create any obligation o r incur any l iability othe r than such ob ligations and liabilities as are dischargeable solely from funds provided by this Act. N o obligation created or li ability incurr ed pursuant t o this Act shall be an obligation or liability of any member or members of the Commission but shall be chargeable s olely to the f unds herein provided, nor shall any ind ebtedness cre ated pursuant to this Act be an indebtedness of the United States. SEC. 12 . All provisions of this Act may be enforced or the viola- tion thereof prevented by mandamus, injunction, or other appropri- ate remedy brought by the attorney general for the State of Indiana, the attorney general for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, or the United States district attorney for any district in which the bridge may be located in part, in any court having competent jurisdiction of. the subject matter and of the parties. SEC. 13. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, August 14, 1937.