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 1058 PUBLIC LAWS--CS. 320, 321-JULY 18, 1939 [CHAPTER 320] July 18, 1939 [H. R. 4370] [Public, No. 191] Mississippi River. Bridge authorized across, at Chester, Il. 4 Stat. 84. 33 U.S .C. 1491-498. Acquisition of real estate, etc. Toll charges. Application of tolls to maintenance, sink- ing fund, etc. Maintenance as free bridge after amortiz- ing costs, etc. Record of expendi- tures and receipts. Amendment. July 18, 1939 [H. R. 4499] [Public, No. 192] Ohio River. Bridge authorized across, at Shawnee- town, nl. AN ACT [53 STAT. Authorizing the city of Chester, Illinois, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Chester, Illinois. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to promote interstate commerce, improve the Postal Service, and provide for military and other purposes, the city of Chester, Illinois, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Mississippi River, at a point suit- able to the interests of navigation, at or near Chester, Illinois, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regu- late the construction of bridges over navigable waters", approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations con- tained in this Act. SEC. 2. There is hereby conferred upon the city of Chester, Illinois, all such rights and powers to enter upon lands and to acquire, con- demn, 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 possesssed 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 therefor shall be the same as in the condemnation or expropriation of property for public purposes in such State. SEC. 3. The said city of Chester, Illinois, is hereby authorized to fix and charge tolls for transit over such bridge, and the rates of toll so fixed shall be the legal rates until changed by the Secretary of War under the authority contained in the Act of March 23, 1906. SEC. 4. In fixing the rates of toll to be charged for the use of such bridge the same shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund suffi- cient to pay for the reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the bridge and its approaches under economical manage- ment, and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to amortize the cost of such bridge and its approaches, including interest at a rate of not to exceed 5 per centum per annum and reasonable financing cost, as soon as possible, under reasonable charges, but within a period of not to exceed thirty years from the completion thereof. After a sinking fund sufficient for such amortization shall have been so provided, such bridge shall thereafter be maintained and operated free of tolls. An accurate record of the cost 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 information of all persons interested. SEC. 5. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, July 18, 1939. [CHAPTER 3211 AN ACT Authorizing the county of Gallatin, State of Illinois, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ohio River at or near the city of Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois, to a point opposite thereto in the county of Union, State of Kentucky. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to promote interstate commerce, improve the Postal Service, and pro- vide for military and other purposes, the county of Gallatin, in the

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