SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss . I. Ciis. 113, 114 . 1928 .
157 sinking fund sufficient for such amortization shall have been so provided, such bridge shall thereafter b e maintained a nd operated free of tolls, or the rates of tolls 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
d of approaches under economical management . An accurate record of tuRecor d receipts nd i- the amount paid for acquiring the bridge and its approaches, the actual expendi tures for mai ntaining, rep airing, and op erating the same, and of the daily tolls collected shall be kept and shall be avail- able for the information of all persons interested . Sworn statement of SEC . 4 . F . C . Barnhill, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, construction costs, etc ., shall within ninety days after the completion of such bridge file with pleton"d after com- the Secretary of War, and with the highway department of the State of Missouri, a sworn itemized statement showing the actual original cost of constructing the bridge and its approaches, the actual cost of acquiring any interest in real property necessary therefor, and the Investigation by Sea actual financing and promotion costs . The Secretary of War may, retary of war. and at the reque st of the hig hway departmen t of the Stat e of Mis- souri shall, at any time within three years after the completion of such bridge, investigate such costs and determine the accuracy and the reasonableness of the costs alleged in the statement of costs so filed, and shall make a finding of the actual and reasonable costs of constructing, financing, and promoting such bridge ; for the purpose of such investigation the said F . C . Barnhill, his heirs, legal repre- sentatives, and assigns, shall make available all records in connec- tion with the construction, financing, and promotion thereof . The t in dngusive . Seers- findings of the Secretary of War as to the reasonable costs of the construction, financing, and promotion of the bridge shall be con- clusive for the purposes mentioned in section 2 of this Act, subject only to review in a court of equity for fraud or gross mistake .
Right to sell, etc., SEC . 5 . The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the con ferred, rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act is hereby granted to F . C. Barnhill, his 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 transferred, 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 . SEc . 6. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Am endment . expressly reserved . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep rese ntat ives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to Missouri River . Frank M. Burruss promote interstate commerce, improve the postal service, and provide may bridge, at IIIiami, for military and other purposes, Frank M . Burruss, his heirs, legal Mo. representatives, and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Mis- souri River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Miami, Saline County, Missouri, and a point opposite thereto in Carroll County, Missouri, in accordance with the provisions of the Vol. 34 p. 84. Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over Post, n . 1512. navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act . Approved, February 28, 1928 . CHAP. 114 .-An Act Authorizing Frank M . Burruss, his heirs, legal repre- February 8 0 1928. , iH.R.8107 .] s e nt a .t ives, and assigns, to . construct, maintain, an d operate a bridge across the [Public, No. 84 .] Missouri River at or near Miami, Saline County, Missouri .
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