Chapter 479. Granting the consent of Congress to the Board of County Commissioners of Trumbull County, Ohio, to construct an overhead viaduct across the Mahoning River at Girard, Trumbull County, Ohio
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CHAP. 479.— An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Board of County Commissioners of Trumbull County, Ohio, to construct an overhead viaduct across the Mahoning River at Girard, Trumbull County, Ohio.June 7, 1926.[[S. 3931](/us/bill/69/s/3931).][[Public, No. 338](/us/pl/69/338).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Mahoning River.Trumbull County, may construct an over-head viaduct across, at Girard, Ohio.
That the consent of Congress be, and it is hereby, granted to the Board of County Commissioners of Construction.Vol. 34, p. 84.Trumbull County, Ohio, and its successors in office, to construct, maintain, and operate an overhead viaduct, together with the necessary approaches thereto, across the Mahoning River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation at Girard, Trumbull County, Ohio, in 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 tolls 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 25 years Operation as free bridge, etc., after payment of construction costs.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 697 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 andRecord of expenditures and receipts. 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. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is herebyAmendment. expressly reserved. Approved, June 7, 1926.