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1010 s1xrr-N1N<rH cosensss. sw. nt. css. 45.47. wz?. the Secretar ` of War the bridge as constructed provides suitable and proper facilities for present and prospective navigation. ,,.,§{§,'§‘§d_”° ’°“· °‘°·· SEC. 2. The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred bghthis Act is hereby granted to the Chicago and North Western ilway Company, its successors and assigns, and any corporation to which suc igghts, powers, and privile es may be sol , assigned, or transferr , or which shall acquire tie same by mortgage foreclosure or otherwise is Qereby authogized to exeilpcise the same as fully as though conferred _ erein direct u on suc cor oration. Amndmw" Sac. 3. Thg ripht to alter, pamend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, January 21, 1927. Jan 21,1927. .. L!iu;i?;iE6;l... CHAP. 46.-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the police jury E°“bl‘°* N°· 559] of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, to construct a bridge across Red River at or near Boyce, Louisiana. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and H ease of Representatives of the §§’,d,§,§.Y‘i}`g,,.i,h_ La, United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent m**¤·’ x{>'id¤°· at B°Y°°· of Congress is hereby granted to the police jury of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Red River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation at or near Boyce, C°“S”'“°“°'·‘· Louisiana, in the arish of Rapides, in t e State of Louisiana, in V°‘·3**l’·8"· accordance with tile provisions of an Act entitled, “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March %3, 1$;1O6,Aapd su ject to the conditions and limitations containe in t is c . viiifd:ii?ik(ii1g?iin$ till? Sm. 2. If tolls are charged for the use of such bridge, the rates of toll shall be so adjusts as to provide a fund sufficient to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing, and operatixgig the bridge and its approaches, and to provide a sinking fund su cient to amortize the cost of the bridge and its approaches as soon as possible under O i , reasonable charges, but within a period of not to exceed thirty briaiiiiniegii aiilgr pig`? years from the completion thereof. After a sinking fund sufficient g§§{{‘°’°°““"“°"°° "’ to pa the cost of constructing the bridge and its approaches shall have been provided, such bridge shall thereafter be maintained and o erated free of tolls, or the rates of tolls shall thereafter be so adjusted as to provide a fund of not to excpiad the amouxgt lnecpssgry x _ for the ro er care, re air, maintenance, an o eration o t e ri e zuiiiiciiiiiii iiieeiiiiiindi and itspapgroaches. Rn accurate record of the cost of the bridge and its approaches, the expenditures for operating, re airing, and maintaining the same, and of the daily tolls collected shall be kept, Amandmon and shall be available for the information of all persons interested. Sno. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal t is Act is hereby expressly reserve . Approved, January 21, 1927. Jann 21,1927. .... mw-] CHAP. 47.——An Act Authorizing the construction, re air, and preservation P“m‘°· N°· 5°°·l of certain public works on iivers and harbors, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Representatives of the ,mR;Y)gFgm;gg ¤=¤*>°·‘¤ United Stateaof Anwrica in Gon rest assembled, That the following fine: suuméaoc. works of improvement are hereby adopted and authorized, to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of War and su er—- vision of the Chief of Engineers, in accordance with the piims recommended in the reports ereinafter designated: