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S EVEN TIETH CONG RESS . SESS . I. CHs . 468- 470 . 1928 . 473 of suc h bridge and its approac hes, wit h reason able fin ancing c harges and redemption provisions, as soon as possible under reasonable charges, but within a period of not to exceed twenty years from the completion thereof . After a sin king fund, inclu ding the ea rning s Maintenance as free bridge, etc ., after amor. thereof from investment or otherwise, sufficient for such amortiza- tiling costsn tion shall h ave been provide d, such bridge s hall ther eafter b e main- tained an d operated free of tolls, or th e rates of toll s hall thereafter be so adjusted as to provide a-fund of not to exceed the amount neces- sary for the proper maintenance, repair, and operation of the bridge and its approaches under economical management . An accurate Record of ezpendi. b

tures and receipts . 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 informa- tion of all persons interested . SEC. 5 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amend ment. expressly reserved . Appr oved , May 1, 1928 . May 1, 1928. [H. R . 11267 .1 CHAP. 469 .-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the board of [Public, No .334.1 county commissioners of Itasca County, Minnesota, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the road between the villages of Cohasset and Deer River, Minnesota . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o America in Congress assembled That the consent Mississippi River . f

Itasca Co un ty, of Congress is hereby granted to the board of county commissioners Minn ., may bridge, be- tween Cohasset and of Itasca County, Minnesota, to construct, maintain, and operate a Deer River . free highway bridge and approaches thereto across the Mississippi River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near the north line of section 35, township 144 north, range 25 west, on the road be tween th e villag es of Co hasset a nd Deer River, M innesota , in accordance with the provi sions of the Act entitled "An Act to Vol . 34, p.`14 . regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906 . SEC . 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amen dment. expressly reserved. Approved, May 1, 1928 . May 1,1928. [[H. R. 11266.] CHAP . 470 .-An Act Authorizing the Saint Albans Nitro Bridge Company, [Public, No . 335 .1 its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Kanawha River at or near Saint Albans, Kanawha County, West Virginia . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Kanawha River . Sa int Alban s Ni tro United Stat es of Ameri ca in Congr ess a ssemb led, That in order to Bridge Company may pr omote in terstate commerc e, impro ve the p ostal se rvice, a nd provi de brid`ee,,atSaint Albans, for m ilitary and other purposes the Saint Albans Nitro Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto a cross the Kanawha River at a poi nt sui table to the interests of n avig atio n at or near Sai nt A lban s, K anaw ha C ount y, W est Vir- gi nia, in accordan ce with the prov isions of the Ac t entitl ed "An A ct Consir, c io n. to regulate the construction of br idg es ov er navigable wa ters," Post, p. 1527 . appro ved Marc h 23, 19 06, and subject to the conditions and limita- tions contained in this Act . SEC. 2. Af ter the co mpl et ion of such bridge, as de ter mi ned b

Acquisition author- ed, after completion, the Secretary of War, either the State of West Virginia, any by west Virgini a, etc . political subdivision thereof within or adjoining which any part of such bridge is located, or any two or more of them jointly, may