PUBLIC LAW'S-CHS. 633, 634-DEC. 21, 1944 Contracts. Purpose of Con- gress. Restriction on in- curring of liabilities, etc. Design, specifica- tions, etc. Construction, etc. 34 Stat. 84 . 33U.8.C.IJ491- 498. 48 Stat. 74. 15U.8.C. §77a. 63 Stat. 1149. 16U.8.C.§77aaa. December 21 1944 [S. 1819] [Public Law 627] Patrick Henry Na- tio Monument, Va. Repeals. Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, or any county or municipality in the State of Illinois, whereby the commission may receive financial aid in the construction or maintenance of the bridge or bridges and approaches thereto, and said commission in its discretion may avail itself of all of the facilities of the State Highway Commission of the State of Iowa and the Department of Highways of the State of Illinois with regard to the construction of said proposed bridge or bridges, and the commission may make and enter into any contract or contracts which it deems expedient and proper with the State Highway Commission of Iowa and the Department of Highways of Illinois, whereby said highway departments or either of them may construct, operate, and maintain or participate with the commission in the construction, operation, and maintenance of said bridge or bridges and approaches to be constructed hereunder. It is hereby declared to be the purpose of Congress to facilitate the construction of a bridge and proper approaches across the Mississippi River at or near Clinton, Iowa, and Fulton, Illinois, and to authorize the com- mission to promote said object and purposes, with full power to con- tract with either the State Highway Commission of Iowa or the Department of Highways of Illinois, or with any agency or depart- ment of the Federal Government, or both, in relation to the purchase or condemnation, construction, operation, and maintenance of said bridges and approaches. SEa. 12 . Nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize or permit the commission, or any member thereof, to create any obli- gation or incur any liability other than such obligations and liabilities as are dischargeable solely from funds contemplated to be provided by this Act. No obligation created or liability incurred pursuant to this Act shall be a personal obligation or liability of any member or members of the commission, but shall be chargeable solely to the funds herein provided, nor shall any indebtedness created pursuant to this Act be an indebtedness of the United States. SEC. 13. The design and construction of any bridge which may be built pursuant to this Act shall be in accordance with the standard specifications for highway bridges adopted by the American Asso- ciation of State Highway officials, and the location and design of any such bridge shall be subject to approval by the highway depart- ments of the States of Iowa and Illinois. SEC. 14 . Any bridge or bridges constructed, acquired, or recon- structed under authority of this Act shall be constructed, maintained and operated in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters", approved March 23, 1906. By reason of the commission hereinbefore created being a public body the provisions of the Secu- rities Act of 1933 and of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, and any amendments to either or both of said Acts, shall not apply to bonds authorized to be issued by this Act. Swc. 15. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved December 21, 1944. [CHAPTER 634] AN ACT To repeal the Acts of August 15, 1935, and January 29, 1940, relating to the establishment of the Patrick Henry National Monument and the acquisition of the estate of Patrick Henry, in Charlotte County, Virginia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment of a national [58 STAT.
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