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 63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , IST SESS.-CHS. 699, 701-OCT. 19, 20, 1949 to the tobacco tax administrator of the State into which such ship- ment is made, a memorandum or a copy of the invoice covering each and every such shipment of cigarettes made during the previous calendar month into said State; the memorandum or invoice in each case to include the name and address of the person to whom the ship- ment was made, the brand, and the quantity thereof. SEC. 3. Whoever violates the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. Approved October 19, 1949. [CHAPTER 701] AN ACT To provide a method of financing the acquisition and construction by the city of Duluth of certain bridges across the Saint Louis River, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,That section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the city of Duluth, in the State of Minnesota, to construct a toll bridge across the Saint Louis River, between the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin, and for other pur- poses", approved August 7, 1939 (53 Stat. 1258), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 3 . Said city of Duluth is hereby authorized to fix and charge 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 will amortize the cost, within the period provided herein, of such bridge or bridges and approaches thereto as evidenced by an issue or issues of bonds to pay the cost of such 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 times as the city may deter- mine, not exceeding thirty years from the date of their issue. The city, when it deems it to be in the best interests of the city, may issue refunding bonds to repurchase and redeem any outstanding bonds before the maturity thereof: Provided,That the refunding bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding thirty years from the date of the original issue of the bonds proposed to be rel)urchased or redeemed, as the city may determine. The city of Duluth, in its discre- tion, may treat the acquisition and construction of any -bridge or bridges acquired or constructed under the provisions of this Act as a single project, and may provide that the revenues realized from the operation of any such bridge or bridges may be used in payment of any bond or bonds issued as provided by this Act. An accurate record of the cost of any bridge or bridges and their approaches acquired or constructed, the expenditures for maintaining, repairing,.and operat- ing the same, and of the daily tolls collected, shall be kept and shall be available for the information of all persons interested." SEC. 2. The first sentence of section 4 of such Act is amended by striking out all after the word "tolls" down to and including the words "free bridge". SEC. 3. The first section of Public Law 527, Seventy-ninth Congress (60 Stat. 653), is amended by striking out "one and three years, respec- tively, from October 16, 1946", and inserting in lieu thereof "until such construction is commenced and completed'. Approved October 20, 1949. 885 Penalty. October 20, 1949 [H. R . 5956] [Public Law 364] Saint Louis River. Bridges at Duluth, Minn. Toll charges. Issuance of bonds. Refunding bonds. Maturity. Record of expendi- tures and receipts. 53 Stat. 1259.

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