Public Law 427. to regulate the construction of bridgesConstruction
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(/us/pl/74/426).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That in order toOhio River.Perry County, Ind., may bridge, at Cannelton. promote interstate commerce, improve the Postal Service, and provide for military and other purposes, the Perry County Bridge Commission of Perry County, Indiana, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Ohio River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation at or near Cannelton, Indiana, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of bridgesConstruction.Vol. 34, p. 84.[U.
S. C., p. 1474](/us/usc/p1474). over navigable waters”, approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act. Sec. 2. There is hereby conferred upon the Perry County BridgeAcquisition of approaches, etc. Commission all such rights and powers to enter upon lands and to acquire, condemn, occupy, possess, and use real estate and other property needed for the location, construction, maintenance, and operation of such bridge and its approaches, as are possessed by rail-road corporations for railroad purposes or by bridge corporations for bridge purposes in the State in which, such real estate or other property is situated, upon making just compensation therefor, to be ascertained and paid according to the laws of such State, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in the condemnation or expropriation of property for public purposes in such State.
Sec. 3. The said Perry County Bridge Commission is herebyToll charges.Vol. 34, p. 85. authorized to fix and charge tolls for transit over such bridge, the rates of toll so fixed shall be the legal rates until changed by the Secretary of War under the authority contained in the Act of March 23, 1906. Sec. 4. In fixing the rates of toll to be charged for the use of suchTolls to be applied to operation, sinking fund, etc. bridge, the same shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay for 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 such 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 a sinking fund sufficient for such amortization shall have beenMaintenance as free bridge after amortizing cost, etc. 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 ofRecords. the cost 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. 5. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herebyAmendment. expressly reserved. Approved, January 27, 1936. To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge and causeway across the water between the mainland, at or near Cedar Point, and Dauphin Island, Alabama. 1936-01-27 34 Chapter 49 Stat. 1104 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 1104 [CHAPTER 34.] AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge and causeway across the water between the mainland, at or near Cedar Point, and Dauphin Island, Alabama. January 27, 1936.[[S. 3131](/us/bill/74/s/3131).][[Public, No. 427](/us/pl/74/427).1 *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Mobile Bay.Time extended for bridging, between Cedar Point and Dauphin Island, Ala.
That the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge and causeway between the mainland, at or near Cedar Point, and Dauphin Island, Alabama, heretofore authorized to be built by Dauphin Island Railway and Harbor Company, its successors and assignsVol. 47, p. 1416; *Ante*, p. 1064. (Mobile County, Alabama, transferee), as last extended by Public Law Numbered 399, Seventy-second Congress, approved March 1, 1933, are hereby extended one and three years, respectively, from the date of approval of this Act.
Sec. 2. Amendment. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, January 27, 1936. To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River at Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon. 1936-01-27 35 Chapter 49 Stat. 1104 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 35.] AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River at Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon. January 27, 1936.[[S. 3245](/us/bill/74/s/3245).][
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