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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS . I. CHs. 110, 111. 1928 . purpose of such investigation the said Rogers Brothers Company, its successors and assigns, shall make available all of its records in Findings of secre- connection with the construction, financing, and promotion thereof . tary conclusive. The findings of the Secretary ofWarasto the reasonable costs of the construction, financing, and promotion of the bridge shall be conclusive for the purposes mentioned in section 4 of this Act, subject Right to sel l, etc ., only to review in a court of equity for fraud or gross mistake . conferred . SEC . 7. The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act is hereby granted to Rogers Brothers Company, its successors and assigns, and any corporation to which or any person to whom such rights, powers, and privileges may be sold, assigned, or transferred, or who shall ac qu ire the sa me by mortgage foreclosure or oth er wis e, is hereby aut horiz ed and empo wered to ex ercis e the same as fully as though Amendmen t.

conferred herein directly upon such corporation or person . SEC . 8. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved . Approved, February 28, 1928 . Fe[H. R.

6639.)

CHAP. 111 .-An Act Authorizing the Centennial Bridge Company of In- [Public, [Public, No. 81 .] dependence, Missouri, Incorporated, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Liberty Landing, Clay County, Missouri . Missouri River.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives of the The Centennial United States o f America in Congress assembled, That in order to bridge Company may bri dge , at Lib erty promot e inters tate com merce, i mprove t he posta l servic e, and p rovide Landing, Mo. for military and other purposes, The Centennial Bridge Company of Indep enden ce, Mi ssour i, In corpor ated, its succes sors and a ssigns , be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Missouri River, at a point suitabl e to the interes ts of na vigation , at or near a p lace kno wn as Liberty Landing, Clay County, Missouri, and a point opposite Construction.

the re to in Ja ck son County, Missouri, in acc or dan ce wi th the pro - Vol.34,p.84.

visions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906, and subject Ac q uisit ion autho r- to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act . ized, after completion, SEa. 2 . After the completion of such bridge, as determined by the by Missouri, etc . Secretary of War, either the State of Missouri, any political sub- division thereof within or adjoining which any part of such bridge is located, or any two or mo re of them jointly, may at any time ac wire and take over all right, title, and interest in such bridge Conde mnat ion pro . an its approaches, and any interest in re al property necessary ceeding s.

therefor, by purchase or by condemnation in accordance with the law s of su ch St ate governing the acquisition of pr iva te property Compensation if ac- for public purposes b condemnation or expropriation . If at an quired by c ondemna- tion . time after the expiration of twenty years after the completion of such bridge the same is acquired by condemnation or expropriation, the amou nt of da mage s or com pens atio n to be allo wed shal l not Lim ita tio ns, include good will, going value, or prospective revenues or profits, but shall be limited to the sum of (1) the actual cost of constructing such bridge and its approaches, less a reasonable deduction for actual depreciation in value, (2) the actual cost of acquiring such interests in real property, (3) actual financing and promotion cost, not to exceed 10 per centum of the sum of the cost of constructing the bridge and its approaches and acquiring such interest in real prop- erty, and (4) actual expenditures for neces sary improv ement s .