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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 633---DEC. 21, 1944 bridge or bridges shall 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 Illi- nois interests, or any other interest hereinabove mentioned shall not be authorized to accept or shall not accept the same under such condi- tions, then the bridge or bridges shall continue to be owned, main- tained, operated, and repaired by the commission as a free bridge, until such time as the Iowa interests, the Illinois interests, or any other interest hereinabove mentioned, shall be authorized to accept and shall Toll rates, Clinton, accept such conveyance under such conditions. The rate or rates of Iowa. toll for crossing any bridge now existing or hereafter constructed which abuts upon or enters into the corporate limits of the city of Clinton, Iowa, shall not be reduced below the rate or rates now in effect on existing bridges so long as any indebtedness of said commis- sion for the account of any bridge or bridges shall be outstanding Repairs, repainting, and unpaid. Before deeds or other suitable instruments of con- veyance are offered to the Iowa interests and the Illinois interests for acceptance, the commission shall place the bridge or bridges in a state of repair which will meet the approval of the Highway Departments of the States of Iowa and Illinois, and if in the opinion of said high- way departments said bridge or bridges will need repainting within two years after the date of conveyance of title, the commission shall turn over to the Iowa interests and the Illinois interests sufficient funds to pay the cost of repainting. Federal a (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 pur- 29stat.365;421tat. poses", approved July 11, 1916, or by the Federal Highway Act, or 23 U. . C. o. ; by an Act amendatory of or supplemental to either thereof, the upp. IIch. ' 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 high- ways of said State. City of Clinton SEC. 9. For the purpose of carrying into effect the objects stated reation, orporate in this Act, there is hereby created the City of Clinton Bridge Corn- powers, etc. mission, and by that name, style, and title said body shall have per- petual 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. Composition. The commission shall consist of Thomas B. Charlton, Joseph J. Burke, Fred Hansen, Mark Morris, and Milton Peaco, of Clinton, Iowa, and a representative from the highway department of each of the States of Iowa and Illinois, such representative from Iowa to be designated by the State Highway Commission of Iowa and such representative from Illinois to be designated by its Division of High- ways, Department of Public Works and Buildings; such commission shall be a public body corporate and politic, but is hereby declared not to be an agency of the Federal Government. Of the members of the commission hereinabove named, Thomas B. Charlton and Joseph J. Burke shall be for a term of one year each, Fred Hansen and Mark Morris shall be for a term of two years each, and Milton Peaco shall [58 STAT.

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