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 53 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CH. 318-JULY 18, 1939 thereafter be free of toll and be properly maintained, operated, and repaired by said interests to whom said conveyances are delivered; but if either the Iowa interests, or the Illinois interests, or the Wis- consin interests, or any other interest hereinabove mentioned shall not be authorized to accept or shall not accept the same under such conditions, then the bridge or bridges shall continue to be owned, maintained, operated, and repaired by the Commission as a free bridge, until such time as the Iowa interests, the Illinois interests, the Wisconsin interests, or any other interest hereinabove men- tioned, shall be authorized to accept and shall accept such conveyance under such conditions. The rate or rates of toll for crossing any bridge now existing or hereafter constructed which abuts upon or enters into the corporate limits of the city of Dubuque, Iowa, shall not be reduced below the rate or rates now in effect on existing bridges so long as any indebtedness of said Commission for the account of any bridge or bridges shall be outstanding and unpaid. (b) Notwithstanding any restrictions or limitation imposed by the Act entitled "An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes", approved July 11, 1916, or by the Federal Highway Act, or by an Act amendatory of or supplemental to either thereof, the Federal Works Administrator or any other Federal department or agency of the United States Government may extend Federal aid under such Acts for the construction of said bridge or bridges out of any moneys allocated to the State of Iowa with the consent of the State highway commission of said State, and out of moneys allocated to the State of Illinois with the consent of the department of highways of said State. SEC. 8. For the purpose of carrying into effect the objects stated in this Act, there is hereby created the City of Dubuque Bridge Com- mission, and by that name, style, and title said body shall have perpetual succession; may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, complain and defend in all courts of law and equity; may make and have a common seal; may purchase or otherwise acquire and hold or dispose of real estate and other property- may accept and receive donations or gifts of money or property and apply same to the purposes of this Act; and shall have and possess all powers necessary, convenient, or proper for carrying into effect the objects stated in this Act. The Commission shall consist of W. M. Clemens, Charles G. Kretschmer Charles T. Landon, Thomas M. Stampfer, of Dubuque, Iowa, and R. E. Werner, of East Dubuque, Illinois; such Commission shall be a public body corporate and politic. Each member of the Commission shall qualify within thirty days after the approval of this Act by filing in the Office of the Federal Works Administrator an oath that he will faithfully perform the duties imposed upon him by this Act, and each person appointed to fill a vacancy shall qualify in like manner within thirty days after his appointment. Any vacancy occurringin said Commission by reason of failure to qualify as above provided, or by reason of death or resignation, shall be filled by the Federal Works Administrator. Before the issuance of bonds as here- inabove provided, each member of the Commission shall give such bond as may be fixed by the Chief of the Bureau of Public Roads of the Department of Agriculture, conditioned upon the faithful perform- ance of all duties required by this Act, the cost of such surety prior to and during the construction of the bridge shall be paid or reimbursed from the bond proceeds and thereafter such costs shall be deemed an operating expense. The Commission shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman from its members, and may establish rules and regulations for the government of its own business. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 1055 Operation by Com- mission if any interest fails to accept. Toll rate, restriction. Federal aid. 39 Stat. 355; 42 Stat. 212 . 23U.8.C.ch.1; Supp. IV, ch. 1. City of Dubuque Bridge Commission, creation, corporate powers, etc. ('ommission mln.l- hership. Vacancies. Surety bonds. Organization; ruleM quorum, etc.

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