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 1259 53 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 1ST SESS. -CH. 560-AUG. 7, 1939 is hereby authorized to require the transfer of such bridge or bridges to said city upon payment of the price or prices computed according to the provisions for public acquisition of the bridges by the respec- tive Acts of Congress which authorized the original construction of 2sStat. 64; 43 Stat. such bridges. SEC. 2. In order to facilitate interstate commerce, improve the diionltrutiogef ad- postal service, and provide for military and other purposes, said city thorized. of Duluth is authorized to construct, maintain, and operate an addi- tional vehicular-toll bridge and approaches across the Saint Louis River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation from Saint Louis County in the State of Minnesota to Douglas County in the State of Wisconsin, in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navi- gable waters", approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the condi- 34Stat.84 - 33 U.s .C. 8 §491- tions and limitations contained in this Act. There is hereby con- 498. A 8Right to acquire ferred upon said city all rights and powers to enter upon lands and real estate, etc. to acquire, condemn, occupy, possess, and use such real estate and other property as may be needed for the location, construction, oper- ation, and maintenance of such bridge or bridges and approaches thereto as are possessed by railroad corporations for railroad pur- poses, 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 the State in which such property may be located, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in condemnation or expropriation of property for public purposes in such State. SEC. 3. Said city of Duluth is hereby authorized to fix and charge Toll charges. tolls for transit over any bridge or bridges acquired or constructed under the provisions of this Act, and the rates of toll so fixed shall be such as will pay costs of operation and maintenance and amortize the cost, within the period provided herein, of such bridge or bridges as evidenced by an issue or issues of bonds to pay the cost of such Bond issues. bridge or bridges, which bonds may be so issued subject to and in accordance with the pertinent laws of the State of Minnesota. All such bonds shall be in a form not inconsistent with this Act, and shall mature at such time or tinmes as the city nlay determine, not exceeding twenty years from the date of approval of this Act. Thle ,Ian of rf un d l - city, when it deems it to be in the best interests of the city, niay issue refunding bonds to repurchase and redeem any outstandin bonds before the maturity thereof: Protrded, That the refunding at'ry. bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding thirty years from the date of approval of this Act, as the city may determine. An accurate record of the cost. of any bridge or bridges and their tReord of expendi- approaches acquired or constructed, the expenditures for maintaining, repairing, and operating the same, and of the daily tolls collected, shall le kept and shall be available for the information of all persons interested. interested. Conveyancing, etc., SEc. 4. After payment of the bonds and interest, or after a sinking provisions. fund sufficient for such payment shall have been provided and shall be held for that purpose, the city shall deliver deeds or other suitable instruments of conveyance of the interest of the city in and to the bridge or bridges extending between the State of Minnesota and the State of Wisconsin, that part of said bridge or bridges within Minne- sota to the State of Minnesota or any municipality or agency thereof as may be authorized by or pursuant to law to accept the same (here- after referred to as the "Minnesota interests"), and that part of said bridge or bridges within Wisconsin, to the State of Wisconsin, or any municipality or agency thereof as may be authorized by or pursuant to law to accept the same (hereafter referred to as the "Wisconsin 98907o-39 - 2---48

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