Chapter 629. Authorizing the State highway commission, Commonwealth of Kentucky, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Tennessee River at or near the mouth of Clarks River
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Chap. 629: Authorizing the State highway commission, Commonwealth of Kentucky, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Tennessee River at or near the mouth of Clarks River. Chapter 629 45 Stat. 607 1928-05-18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 1 public 607 Chapter 629.— An Act Authorizing the State highway commission, Commonwealth of Kentucky, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Tennessee River at or near the mouth of Clarks River.
May 18, 1928.[[S. 4059](/us/bill/70/s/4059).][[Public, No. 428](/us/pl/70/428).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the consent Tennessee River.Kentucky may bridge, at mouth of Clarke River.of Congress is hereby granted to the State highway commission, Commonwealth of Kentucky, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Tennessee River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near where Clarks River empties into the Tennessee River, in accordance with the Construction.Vol. 34, p. 84.*Post,* p. 1524.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. If tolls are charged for the use of such bridge, the rates Rates of tolls applied to operation, sinking fund, etc.of toll shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay the reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the bridge and its approaches under economical management, and to provide 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 years from the completion thereof.
After Maintenance as free bridge, etc., after amortizing costs.a sinking 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 toll shall thereafter be so adjusted as to provide a fund of not to exceed the amount necessary for the proper maintenance, repair, and operation of the bridge and its approaches under economical management. An accurate record of Record of expenditures and receipts. the costs of the bridge and its approaches, the expenditures for maintaining, repairing, and operating 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 hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. Approved, May 18, 1928.
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Authorizing the State highway commission, Commonwealth of Kentucky, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Tennessee River at or near the mouth of Clarks River
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