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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS. I. CHs. 220-222 . 1928 . Construction . Vol.34, p.84. Rates of toll applied to operation, sinking fund, etc. Maintenance as free br idge, etc ., after a morti zing cost s . Re cord of expe ndi- tures and receipts . Former Act repealed . Vol . 44, p. 1271, re- peale d. Amen dment. March 14, 1928. [H. R.9843.1 [Public, No. 171 .] CHAP. 221 .-An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Kanawha River in or near Henderson, West Virginia, to a point opposite thereto in or near Point Pleasant, West Vir ginia . 7 e 2t enacted by the Senate and HOZWe Of 7 epresentat2ves of the Ka nawh aRiv er . Time extended for Unite d Sta tes o f America in Congress assembled, That the times bridging, from Hender- son to Point Pleasant, for commencing and completing the construction of the bridge voa. 44, p. 1267, authorized by the Act of Congress approved March 2, 1927, to be amended . 1525.
built across the Kanawha River in or near Henderson, West Vir- Post, p. ginia, to a point opposite thereto in or near Point Pleasant, West Virginia, are hereby extended one and three years, respectively, from the date of approval hereof . SEC. 2 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved . Approved, March 14, 1928 . Amend ment . March 15, 1928. [S . 2342.1 [Public, No. 172 .] Chipp Minn ewa Indians, . Per cap ita payme nt to, from principal fund . Vol . 25, p. 645. provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906, and subject to th e cond itions and l imitat ions co ntaine d in t his Ac t . SEC. 2 . If tolls are charged for the use of such bridge, the rates of tolls shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay the reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the bridge and i ts ap proac hes under econ omic al ma nagem ent, and to pr ovide a sinking fund sufficient to amortize the cost of the bridge and its approaches, including reasonable interest and financing cost, as soon as possible under reasonable charges, but within a period of not to exceed twenty-five years from the completion thereof . After a sink- ing fund sufficient for such amortization shall have been so provided, such bridge shall thereafter be maintained and operated free of tolls, or the rates of tol l shal l ther eafter be so adjust ed as to pro vide a fund of not to exceed the amount necessary for the proper mainte- nance, repair, and operation of the bridge and its approaches under economical management . An accurate record of the costs of the bridge and it s appr oaches , the expend itures for ma intain ing, r epair- ing, and operating the same, and of the daily tolls collected, shall be kept and shall be available f or the information of all persons interested . SEC . 3 . The Act of Congress approved March 2, 1927, for the construction of a bridge by the Highway Department of the State of Tennessee across the Clinch River on the Sneedville-Rogersville Road in Hancock County, Tennessee, is hereby repealed . SEC . 4. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby ex pressl y rese rved . Approved, March 14, 1928 . CHAP. 222.-An Act Providing for a per capita payment of $25 to each enrolled member of the Chippewa Tribe of Minnesota from the funds standing to their credit in the Treasury of the United States . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to withdraw from the Treasury of the United States so much as may be necessary of the principal fund on deposit to the credit of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota, arising under section 7 of the Act of January 14, 1889 (Twenty-fifth Statutes at Large, page 642), entitled "An
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