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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SEss. II . CHs . 28-30 . 1930 .

61 f agreed upon by the Secretary of War and the business manager of the said entertainment committee, Mr . Edmond R . Wiles : Provided urther, That the Secretary of War, before delivery of such property, shall take from said Edmond R . Wiles, business manager of the Fortieth Annual Confederate Reunion, a good and sufficient bond for the safe return of said property in good order and condition and the whole w ithout ex pense to the Uni ted Stat es . Approved, January 24, 1930 . Bond required. January 24, 1930. CHAP. 29 .-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the construction of (S .967 .1 a highway bridge across the Hudson River between the cities of Albany and [Public, No . 38 .] Rensselaer, New York . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o America in Congress assembled, That the conse nt New Hudson River . f

York map of Congress is hereb y grante d to the superin tendent o f public works bbrid ang and Ren sen Al - of the State of New York to construct, maintain, and operate a highway bridge and approaches thereto across the Hudson River, Post, p. 1054. at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, between the cities of Albany and Rensselaer, New York, in accordance with the pro- Co on 34, Const ruction . visions of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridge s over navigable waters," appr oved March 23, 1906 . The proposed highway bridge will replace the existing highway bridge over the Hudson River between the cities of Albany and Rensselaer, New York . SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment . exp ressly r eserved . Approved, January 24 . 1930 . CHAP . 30 .-An Act Gran ting the con sent of Congr ess to the h ighw ay JanuuarR y 24812910. department of the State of Tennessee to construct, maintain, and operate a

[public, No. 39 .] bridge across the Tennessee River on the Dayton-Decatur Road between Rhea and Meigs Counties, Ten nes see . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R epresent atives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the consent Tennessee River . of Congress is hereby granted to the highway department of the braee betty en Rhea St ate of T ennessee to const ruct, ma intain, and oper ate a bri dge and and Meigs Counties . approaches thereto across the Tennessee River, at a point suitable to Post, p. 1056. the interests of navigation, on the Dayton-Decatur Road between Rhea and Meigs Counties, in the State of Tennessee, in accordance con struction . with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the con- Vol. 34, p. 84. s truct ion o f br idges over nav igabl e wat ers, " app roved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act . SEC . 2 . If tolls are charged for the u se of such bridge, the rates of to operation, fto ap pl ied toll shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay the fund, ete . reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the bridge and its approaches under economical management, and to provide a . . sinking fund which, together with the sinking fund created from the tolls from other bridges authorized by the law of the State of Tennessee which provides for the construction of the bridge to be built under this Act, shall be sufficient to amortize the bonds issued under the laws of the State of Tennessee, as soon as possible under reasonable charges, but within a period of not to exceed twenty-five years from the completion thereof . After a sinking fund sufficient Maintenance as free for such amortization shall have been so provided, such bridge shall b ~gcosts etce rame r- thereafter be maintained and operated free of tolls, or the rates of toll shall thereafter be so adjusted as to provide a fund of not to