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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS . I. CHs . 769-771 . 1928 .

761 statement of costs so filed, and shall make a finding of the actual and reas onab le c osts of cons truc ting , fi nanc ing, and pro moti ng s uch bridge ; for the purpose of such investigation the said B . F. Peek, G. A . Shallberg, and C . I . Josephson, of Moline, Illinois ; and J. W. Bettendorf, A . J. Russell, and J . L . Hecht, of Bettendorf and Daven- port, Iowa, their heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, shall make available all of its records in connection with the construction, financ- ing, and promotion thereof . The findings of the Secretary of War as to the reasonable costs of the construction, financing and promo- tion of the bridge shall be conclusive for the purposes mentioned in section 4 of this Act, subject only to review in a court of equity for fraud or gross mistake . SEC. 7. The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act is hereby granted to B. F. Peek, G. A. Shallberg, and C. I. Josephson, of Moline, Illinois ; J . W . Bettendorf, A . J . Russell, and J . L . Hecht, of Bettendorf and Davenport, Iowa, their heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, and any corporation to which or any person to whom such rights, powers, and privileges may be sold, assigned, or trans- ferred, or who shall acquire the same by mortgage foreclosure or otherwise, is hereby authorized and empowered to exercise the same as fully as though conferred herein directly upon such corporation or person. S EC. 8 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved . Approved, May 26, 1928 . CHAP. 771 .-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Min- nesota to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Aitkin, Minnesota . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the State of Minnesota to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge and approaches thereto across the Mississippi River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Aitk in, Minnesota , in accordanc e with the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over n avigable wate rs," approved March 2 3, 1 9 06 . SEC.2. The right to alter, ame nd, or repeal this Act is h ereby expressly reserved . Approved, May 26, 1928 . Finding s of Se cretary conclusive. Right to sell, etc ., conferred . Amendment . May 26, 1928 . CHAP. 770.-An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing [H. R. 12894.] the construction of an overhead viaduct across the Mahoning River at or near [Public, No . 534 .] Niles, Ohio . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the times for commencing and completing the construction of the overhead viaduct across the Mahoning River at or near Niles, Trumbull County, Ohio, authorized to be built by the board of county commissioners of Trumbull County, Ohio, by the Act of Congress approved July 1, 1926, are hereby extended one and three years, respectively, from the date of approval hereof, and the said Act of Congress approved July 1, 1926, is hereby revived and reenacted for such purpose . SEC . 2 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved . Approved, May 26, 1928 . Mahoning River . Time extended for viaduct across, at Niles, by Trumbull County, Ohio . Vol . 44, p .780, amend- ed. Post, p . 1535. Amendment . May 26, 1928 .

[H. R. 13069.1 [Public, No . 535 .] Mississippi River . Minnesota may bridge at Aitkin . Constru ction . Vol.34,p.84. Amendment