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PUBLIC LAW 85-512-JULY 11, 1958

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Public Law 85-512 AN ACT Authorizing the city of Chester, Illinois, to construct new approaches to and to reconstruct, repair, or improve the existing approaches to a toll bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Chester, Illinois.

July 11, 11958 [H.R. 11861]

Be it enacted by the Seriate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amenca in Congress assembled, That, in order to Bridge. 111. Chester, R e construction, promote interstate commerce, improve the postal service, and provide etc. for military and other purposes, the city of Chester, Illinois, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct new approaches to and to reconstruct, repair, or improve existing approaches to a toll bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Chester, Illinois, heretofore con53 structed by said city pursuant to Public Numbered 191, Seventy-sixth Stat. Stat. 1058; 54 765. Congress, as amended by Public Numbered 751, Seventy-sixth Congress, to reconstruct, repair, and improve said toll bridge, and to operate and maintain said new approaches, said reconstructed, repaired, or improved approaches and said toll bridge and existing approaches, provided said reconstructed toll bridge and new approaches are reconstructed, constructed, repaired, and improved at points suitable to the interests of navigation, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters", approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the 34 Stat. 84. 33 USC 491-498. conditions and limitations contained in this Act. SEC. 2. That for the purpose of effecting the reconstruction, repair Refund of bonds. and improvement of existing approaches and the construction of new approaches to the toll bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Chester, Illinois, referred to in section 1 hereof, and the reconstruction, repair and improvement of said toll bridge, said city of Chester, Illinois, be, and is hereby authorized to refund the outstanding bonds of an issue of revenue bonds of said city heretofore issued to finance the cost of construction of said bridge and existing approaches. Ac qu SEC. 3. There is hereby conferred upon the city of Chester, Illinois, property.i s ition of all such rights and powders to enter upon lands and to acquire, condemn, occupy, possess and use real estate and other property needed for the location, construction, reconstruction, repair, improvement, maintenance and operation of such existing approaches to be reconstructed, repaired or improved, and the new approaches and said reconstructed, repaired or improved toll bridge and existing approaches, as are possessed by railroad corporations for railroad purposes or by bridge corporations for bridge purposes or by municipalities 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. 4. The said city of Chester, Illinois, is hereby authorized to Toll charg;es. fix and charge tolls for transit over such bridge, and the rates of tolls so fixed shall be the legal rate until changed by the Secretary of the Army under the authority contained in the Act of March 23, 1906. mainSEC. 5. In fixing the rates of tolls to be charged for the use of t eFunds efor repair, nanc, such bridge the same shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund suffi- etc. cient to pay for the reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the reconstructed, repaired, or improved toll bridge and existing approaches as well as the reconstructed, repaired, or improved approaches and new approaches under economical management, and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to amortize the cost of such reconstructed, repaired, or improved toll bridge, such reconstructed, repaired, or improved approaches and such new approaches

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