Public Law 296. to authorize the construction and operation of certain bridges across the Monongahela, Allegheny, and Youghiogheny Rivers in the county of Allegheny, Pennsylvania”,670 approved June 4, 1934, be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows: " “(c) Monongahela River, at Pittsburgh
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(/us/pl/74/295).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Bridge construction in Allegheny County, Pa.Vol. 48, p. 837.*Post*, p. 1197. That clause
(c)of section 1 of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the construction and operation of certain bridges across the Monongahela, Allegheny, and Youghiogheny Rivers in the county of Allegheny, Pennsylvania”,670 approved June 4, 1934, be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows: " “(c) Monongahela River, at Pittsburgh. Location. Across the Monongahela River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, between the Smithfield Street and Point Bridges.” " Sec. 2. Section 2 of said Act is amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 2. Toll charges.Vol. 48, p. 838. If tolls are charged for the use of said bridges, or any of them, the rates of toll may be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay such part or all of any one or more of the following items as shall not be from time to time otherwise provided for, Cost of maintenance, etc.namely:
(a)The reasonable cost of maintenance, repair, and operation of said bridges, approaches, and such other public works and improvements as may be associated with said bridges and approaches or any of them in any loan agreement heretofore entered into, or hereafter to be entered into between the United States of America and said Allegheny County Authority or said county of Allegheny; Amortization of loans, etc.and
(b)the amortization, within a reasonable time and under reasonable conditions of any loan or loans, including reasonable interest, taxes, and financing charges, made or to be made in connection with the construction of said bridges, approaches, and other such associated public works and improvements.”" Sec. 3. Section 3 of said Act is amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 3. Record of expenditures and receipts. Vol. 48, p. 838. An accurate record of the cost of said bridges, approaches, and associated public works and improvements and of all expenditures for maintaining, repairing, and operating the same and of tolls collected from time to time shall be kept and shall at all reasonable times be available for the information of all persons interested in the construction, operation, and maintenance thereof.” " Sec. 4. Said Act is further amended by adding a new section, to be known as “section 4”, reading as follows: " “Sec. 4. Time for bridging extended. The times for commencing and completing said bridges and each of them and the approaches of each of them is hereby extended for periods of one and three years, respectively, from June 4, 1935.” " Sec. 5. Sections renumbered. Said Act is further amended by renumbering section 4 thereof as section 5 and section 5 thereof as section 6. Sec. 6. Amendment. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, August 21, 1935. To provide that tolls on certain bridges over navigable waters of the United States shall be just and reasonable, and for other purposes. 1935-08-21 597 Chapter 49 Stat. 670 74 1 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 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 597.] AN ACT To provide that tolls on certain bridges over navigable waters of the United States shall be just and reasonable, and for other purposes. August 21, 1935.[[H. R. 7659](/us/bill/74/hr/7659).][[Public, No. 296](/us/pl/74/296).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Bridges over navigable waters.Regulation of tolls on certain. That hereafter tolls for passage or transit over any bridge over any of the navigable waters of the United States, if such bridge is used for purposes of travel or transportation in interstate or foreign commerce, shall Not applicable to bridges subject to Act of 1906.Vol. 34, p. 84; [U. S. C., p. 1474](/us/usc/p1474).Built by State authority on intrastate streams.be just and reasonable; but the provisions of this Act shall not apply to any bridge subject to the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters”, approved March 23, 1906, as amended, nor to any bridge built under the authority of the legislature of the State across rivers or other waterways the navigable portions of which lie wholly within Tolls prescribed by contract.the limits of a single State, nor to any bridge on which the tolls are prescribed by a contract entered into by or with any State or political subdivision thereof, or any municipality. 671 Sec. 2. The Secretary of War is authorized, either upon complaintSecretary of War to investigate complaints. or upon his own initiative, to conduct an inquiry at any time for the purpose of determining whether any toll charged for passage or transit over any bridge to which this Act applies is in violation of the provisions of section 1, and if he finds, after full opportunity for hearing, that such toll is in violation of such provisions he is authorized and empowered to determine and byAuthority to prescribe reasonable toll. order to prescribe what will be the just and reasonable toll to be thereafter charged, and after such order takes effect it shall be unlawful to collect a toll for such passage or transit in excess of that soEffective date of order. prescribed. Any such order shall take effect upon the expiration of thirty days after its issuance. Sec. 3. Any order issued under section 2 may be reviewed by theAppeals; review of order. Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, or the circuit court of appeals for any judicial circuit in which the bridge in question is wholly or partly located, if a petition for such review is filedPetition. within three months after the date such order was issued. The judgmentJudgment final; review by Supreme Court.Vol. 36, p. 1157; Vol. 43, p. 938.[U. S. C., p. 1272](/us/usc/p1272).Jurisdiction of courts. of any such court shall be final, except that it shall be subject to review by the Supreme Court of the United States upon certiorari, in the manner provided in section 240 of the Judicial Code, as amended. The review by such courts shall be limited to questions of law, and the findings of fact by the Secretary of War, if supported by substantial evidence, shall be conclusive. Upon such review, such courts shall have power to affirm or, if the order its 11 So in original. not in accordance with law, to modify or to reverse the order, with or without remanding the case for a rehearing as justice may require. Sec. 4. In the execution of his functions under this Act the SecretaryHearings. of War, or any officer or employee designated by him, is authorized to hold hearings, examine witnesses, and receive evidence at any place designated by him, and to administer oaths and affirmations,Attendance of witnesses, etc. and require by subpena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, papers, and documents from any place in the United States. In any case 11 So in original. disobedience to any such subpena the Secretary of War may invoke the aid of any court of the United States in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, papers, and documents. No personEvidence. shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, and documents in any inquiry under this Act, or in obedience to any such subpena, or in any cause or proceeding, criminal or otherwise, based upon or arising under this Act, on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to criminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture; but no individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, except that any individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying. Any person whoWitness refusing to testify. shall neglect or refuse to attend and testify, or to answer any lawful inquiry, or to produce books, papers, or documents, if in his power to do so, in obedience to a subpena or lawful requirement under this Act, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not to exceed $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 672 Sec. 5. Penalty for collecting excessive tolls. In any case where there is in effect a toll prescribed by an order issued under section 2, for passage or transit over any bridge to which this Act applies, any person who demands or collects a toll for such passage or transit in excess of that so prescribed shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not to exceed $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Approved, August 21, 1935. To authorize the incorporated town of Cordova, Alaska, to construct, reconstruct, enlarge, extend, improve, renew, and repair certain municipal public structures, utilities, works, and improvements, and for such purposes to issue bonds in any amount not exceeding $50,000, and for other purposes. 1935-08-21 598 Chapter 49 Stat. 672 74 1 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 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 598.] AN ACT To authorize the incorporated town of Cordova, Alaska, to construct, reconstruct, enlarge, extend, improve, renew, and repair certain municipal public structures, utilities, works, and improvements, and for such purposes to issue bonds in any amount not exceeding $50,000, and for other purposes. August 21, 1935.[[H. R. 8845](/us/bill/74/hr/8845).][
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Public Law 296
to authorize the construction and operation of certain bridges across the Monongahela, Allegheny, and Youghiogheny Rivers in the county of Allegheny, Pennsylvania”,670 approved June 4, 1934, be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows: " “(c) Monongahela River, at Pittsburgh
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