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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS. I . CHs . 341-343 . 1928 .

417 the daily tolls collected, shall be kept and shall be available for the information of all persons interested . SEC . 3 . That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, April 10, 1928 . Amend ment. April 10, 1928 . CHAP. 342 .-An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain lands in the [H . R . 9144 .] State of Wisconsin for State park purposes .

[Public, No. 255 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- Public lands . Conveyed to w is- tary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, upon pay- cousin fo r a state park . ment of $1 .25 per acre, to transfe r and co nvey to the State of Wis- consin the following described tracts of land, to wit : Fractional Description. section 25, township 28 north, range 25 east of the fourth principal meridian, fifty-five and four-tenths acres ; fractional section 26 in said township and range, five hundred and seventy-eight and three- tenths acres ; fractional section 36 in said township and range, four hundred and twelve and four-tenths acres, all in the State of Wis- consin, the same to be held and made available permanently by said St ate as a State park under such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for use thereof by the public : P rovide d, That Provisos . 3v the Secretary of War may enter upon and utilize for the purpose of tainedern ment uses re obt ainin g ston e for river and harbo r work , and other uses of the department any area within said park which he may determine to be necessary for such purpose : Provided further, That should the State Reversion for non- of Wisconsin fail to keep and hold the said land for park purposes or user, devote it to any use inconsistent with said purposes, then title to said land shall revert to and be reinstated in the United States. Approved, Apr il 10, 1928 . CHAP. 343 .-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the highway April 10, 1928. department of the State of Tennessee to construct, maintain, and operate a [Public,

.2 ] bridge across the Tennessee River, on the Jasper-Chattanooga Road in Marion [Pblic, o 256.] County, Tennessee . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o America in Congress assembled That the consent Tennessee River . f

Tennes see may of Con gress is hereby granted to the h ighway d epartmen t of the State bridge, in Marion of Tenn esse e to con stru ct, main tain , and op erat e a bri dge and county , approaches thereto across the Tennessee River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, on the Jasper-Chattanooga Road, in Marion County, Tennessee, in accordance with the provisions of an Vol.34,P . 84. Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the con- diti ons and limitati ons cont ained in this Ac t . SEC. 2. If tolls are charged for the use of such bridge, the rates of Rate s of toll app lied to operation, sinking toll shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay the fund, etc . reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the bridge and its approaches under economical management, and to provide a sinking fund which, together with the sinking fund created from the tolls from other bridges authorized by the law of the State of Tennessee which provides for the construction of the bridge to be built under this Act, shall be sufficient to amortize the bonds issued under such Act, as soon as possible under reasonable charges, but within a period of not to exceed twenty-five years from the comple- Maintenance as fr ee tion thereof . After a sinking fund sufficient for such amortization bridge, etc ., after amor- shall ha ve b een so provided, such bridge shall thereafter be tizing costs, etc'