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SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sass. II. Cn. 198. 1927. 1241 Sno. 3. The‘said"John·R.; Scott, Thomas J. E. Green and "°¤¤ mmm Baxter L; Brown, their successors and assigns, are ereby authorized to fix and charge tollsfon transit over suc bridge, and the rates of toll so fixed slxalljbe the legal rates until chantged by the Secretary V·>l· 3*-1* $5- of Wan under authority contained in the Actso March 23,1906iF · Sm. 4: After the completion of auch bridge, aeidetermined by the ,“·},$*i_$‘,;{‘*§§mgg§‘?g;; Secretary of War, eitherithe Stats of Missouri, the State ofllhnois, ua mmm. uma. anyplolitical—s1ibd1vision of either of such States, within or adjoining ° ‘ whic _any part of such bridge is located, or a:ny‘two or more of them jointly, may atany time acquire and tal¤•·<over all right, title, and interest in such bridgf and its approaches, and any interest in real property necessary t erefor, by purchase`. or by in accordance with the laws of either of such States governing the acquisition of private property- fevpublic purposes by condemnation. If at any time after the expiratio . of twenty years afterthe comple- tion ofsuch bridge the same is by condemnation; the amount gm of damages or compensation to allowed shall not include good willingoing value, or rostggctive revenues or profits, but sha be ¤¤¤°¤¤°¤ limi ` to the sum of u {if aotualcost of oonstructmg suchfbridge and its aplproaches, lessa reasonable deduction for actual depreciae 9. tion in va ue,e(2) cost of acquiring such real property, (3) actual financing and promotion cost, nottwexiceed 10 per esntum of the‘sum¤of the cost o ·constructing~ thebridge audits apprciaches a1nd`acq1gring·*such interest in real property, and‘ (4) actua expen itures r necessq ·improvements.·f·, i· ‘*‘·` ·· · _ .· ‘ E Seo, 5. If such bridge shall be taken over or_acquired=by·th€ States Bt°°°' or (political subdivisions thereof as-provided in section»4# of-this—Act, ` an if tolls are charged for the use thereof, the ratesof tel! shallibe m§f°°;f:g£§§"€§%§§; so adjusted as to provide a fund suilicient iopay forithe costofqnain- we taining, repairing, and operating the bridge and its approaches, to play an adequate return on theoost thereof, and to provi e a sinking nd, suilicient to amortize the amount paid therefor as soonggipos- sible under reasonable charges, but within a period not to Y ceed twenty-iive years from the date of acquiring the same.· After a.sink· ,,,,’,g‘;§j’§°,'g_‘§“,g',§ gfx ing fund sutlicient to gay the cost of acquiring the bridge and its ¤·¤¤¤¤f¤¤¤¤~ approachgas shzll haveted gmgmvideldé such bridge sl;al1 &here*1a`f&r·be mainain an o a _ o<_t0, oneprateso to_ ·_ ere» aftergze so adjust$xat»to provide a_fund gf not to egceed._&e amount necessary for, tb? P!i¤P¢¥‘ ¢§I‘°»a ¥`°P°u`a¥¥¥*im?°¤**5°°z.‘9i1 - ·.- -9** °f , ,,,,,,d, the bridge, and pts agproa es. , ,accurate,reg:oi1;l, of__ V , amount ,,,,,,,,,d,2,,,,,,_,_ paid,_for_acquir1ng._. _ e_b¤ _ itsepprcacimee, the wr o ratm Lrepamng, an nmaxntammg the B8·H1?,_§31d,9 the daily

 be cpt and shall be available or, e1nfoi·mat1on_

o c . ., Sw. 6. _ chu Til Scot¢;.Thc ,J- Scott,E-1*1 Green, mpi ..2§°L‘ s'€"?s'£“&&’.' Baxter L. Brown, their successors an shall within ninety °°¤¤*·**°¤· days after the completion of such bridge War a sworn li'»HI11§0d.St&lQQ!{§¢‘ILig_S]1QWlHg t actual ori" mcost of constructing sucl;étbri@#1and,_i1tsi,;ippr0aches,'thgbgaitualiwstigf uir' Lan inter din, _, ,pro_ i_ n Q ‘ry‘ re or, an 2 e

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any i»iXI1B.,Wlli111l1-H11`66 years after- thewcomyiletion of such bridge, investigate the_actua1 cost 5:; constructing t e same, and for such urposeslthe said John R., j tt, Thomas _,. Scott, E. E. Green, and

 L. Brownhtheir successors and   shall make available

all of its records 1!1_C911DQGiH.0% with the nnancuig and the construc- tiontlicrecf. .'I'he findings _o `Tthe,_Secretary o _War as to actual ,,,¤'f,,¤,fg’;§f°‘“°"‘“’ original cost of the bridge shall be conclusive, subject only to review in a court of equity for raud orgross m1stake. `