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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS. I. CHs. 296, 297. 1928. Maintenance as free s a m e . After a sinking fund sufficient for such amortizaton shall bridge, etc., after amor- tizin g costs, etc.

have been 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 of the amount paid for acquiring the bridge and its approaches, the actual expenditures for maintaining, repairing, and operating the same, and of the daily tolls collected shall be kept and shall be avail- able for the information of all persons interested . SEC . 4 . That the Point Marion Community Club, its successors and assigns, shall, within ninety days after the completion of such bridge, file with the Secretary of War and with the highway department of the State of Pennsylvania, 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 there- for, and the actual financing and promotion costs . The Secretary of War may, and at the request of the highway department of the State of Pennsylvania, 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 state- ment of costs so filed and shall make a finding of the actual and rea- sonable costs of constructing, financing, and promoting such bridge ; for the purpose of such investigation the said Point Marion Com- munity Club, its successors and assigns, shall make available all of its records in connection with the construction, financing, and promo- tion thereof . The findings of the Secretary of War as to the reason- able costs of the construction, financing, and promotion of the bridge shall be conclusive for the purposes mentioned in section 2 of this Act, subject only to review in a court of equity for fraud or gross mistake . SEc . 5 . That the right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act is hereby granted to the Point Marion Community Club, 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 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 . That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved . Approved, March 29, 1928 . Rec ord of e xpend i- tures and receipts . Sworn statement of construction costs, etc ., to he filed after com- pletion . Examination by Sec- retary of War. Fin ding s of Secr etary conclus ive . Right to sell, etc ., conferred . Amend ment . March 29, 1928. [H.J. Res. 126.] [Pub. Res ., No .19 .1 Pac ific Sout hwes t Ex- position. Articl es importe d solely for display at, admitted free of duty, etc. Sales authorized . CH A P . 29 7 .-Joint Resol ution To pro vide for the entry under bond of exhi bits for display at the Pacific Southwest Exposition to be held in commemoration of the landing of the Spanish Padres in the Pacific Southwest and the opening of the Long Beach, California, world port, and for other purposes . Resolved by the Senate and Ho we of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all articles that shall be imported from foreign countries for the sole purpose of display at the Pacific Southwest Exposition to be held during the year 1928 for the purpose of commemorating the landing of the Spanish Padres in the Pacific Southwest and the opening of the Long Beach, Cali- fornia, world port, upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty, shall be admitted free of the payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe ; but it shall be lawful at any time during the exhi- bition to sell any goods or property imported for and actually on