Chapter 46. Granting the consent of Congress to the police jury of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, to construct a bridge across Red River at or near Boyce, Louisiana
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CHAP. 46.— An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the police jury of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, to construct a bridge across Red River at or near Boyce, Louisiana.January 21, 1927.[[H. R. 14236](/us/bill/69/hr/14236).][[Public, No. 559](/us/pl/69/559).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Red River.Rapides Parish, La., may bridge, at Boyce. That the consent 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, Construction.Louisiana, in the parish of Rapides, in the State of Louisiana, in Vol. 34, p. 84.accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled, “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act.
Sec. 2. Rates of toll to provide sinking fund, etc.If tolls are charged for the use of such bridge, the rates of toll shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the bridge and its approaches, and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to amortize the cost of the bridge and its approaches as soon as possible under reasonable charges, but within a period of not to exceed thirty Operation as free bridge, etc., after payment of construction of cost.years from the completion thereof.
After a sinking fund sufficient to pay the cost of constructing the bridge and its approaches shall have been provided, such bridge shall thereafter be maintained and operated free of tolls, or the rates of tolls shall thereafter be so adjusted as to provide a fund of not to exceed the amount necessary for the proper care, repair, maintenance, and operation of the bridge Record of expenditures and receipts.and its approaches. An accurate record of the cost of the bridge and its approaches, the expenditures for operating, repairing, and maintaining the same, and of the daily tolls collected shall be kept, and shall be available for the information of all persons interested.
Sec. 3. Amendment.The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, January 21, 1927.