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74T S CONGRESS. SESS . I. CHS. 443, 444. AUGUST 5, 1935 .

535 [CHAPTER 443 .] AN ACT Augu st 5, 1935 . To legalize a bridge across Black River on United States Highway Numbered [H . R . 7575.] 60 in the town of Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri .

[Public, No.243.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unit ed States o America in Congress assembled That the consent Black River . f

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Bridge across, at Pop- of Congress is hereby granted to the State Highway Commission of lar Bluff, Mo ., legal- Missouri to maintain and operate a free highway bridge and ized, approaches thereto already constructed across Black River on United States Highway Numbered 60 in the town of Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri, as a lawful structure and subject to the provisions Construction . of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges Vol.34,p.84. over navigable waters ", approved March 23, 1906. SEC . 2 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Ame ndme nt . expressly reserved . Approved, August 5, 1935 . [CHAPTER 444 .]

AN ACT August 5, 1935 . Granting the consent of Congress to the cities of Donora and Monessen, Pennsyl- [H . R . 7591 .] vania, to con stru ct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Monongahela [Public, No.244.] River between the two cities . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unit ed States o f A merica in Congr ess assembled, That the consent Monongahela River . Donor a and Mones . of Congress is hereby granted to the cities of Donora and Monessen, yen, Pa., may bridge . Pennsylvania, to construct, maintain, and operate aa br idge and approaches thereto across the Monongahela River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, between the two cities, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the Construction . construction of bridges over navigable waters ", approved March 23, Vol.34,p.84. 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act . SEc. 2 . If tolls are charged for the use of such bridge, the rates Toll s applied for op - eration, to ll shall be so a djusted as to pr ovide a fund suf ficient to pay the etct'•n, si nk ing fund, reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the bridge and its approaches under economical management and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to amortize the cost of the bridge and its approaches, including reasonable interest and financing cost, as soon as possible under reasonable charges, but within a period of not to exceed twenty years from the completion thereof . After a sinking Maintenance as free fund sufficient for such amortization shall have been so provided bridge after amortizing , costs, etc. 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 main- tenance, repair, and operation of the bridge and its approaches under economical management . An accurate record of the costs of the Record of expendi. bridge and its approaches ; the expenditures for maintaining, repair- tares and receipts . ing, and operating the same ; and of the daily tolls collected shall be kept and shall be available for the information of all persons interested . SEc . 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment . expressly reserved . Approved, August 5, 1935 .