PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 324, 328 -JULY 18, 19, 1939 [53 STAT. Rights reserved by SEC. 303. The right is reserved in the Congress to take such action and to make such changes, modifications, alterations, and improve- ments in connection with and upon any property acquired under this title, during or after the expiration of any life estate reserved therein, as the Congress shall deem proper and necessary to protect and pre- serve the same; but neither the improvements so made nor any increase in the value of the property by reason thereof shall be subject to taxation during the existence of any life estate reserved in the property. Approved, July 18, 1939. [CHAPTER 328] AN ACT July 19, 1939 I[. 1109] To amend the Act entitled "An Act to aid the several States in making, or for [Public, No. 195] having made, certain toll bridges on the system of Federal-aid highways free bridges, and for other purposes", by providing that funds available under such Act may be used to match regular and secondary Federal-aid road funds, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Toll brides on Fed- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act t0 tat . . entitled "An Act to aid the several States in making, or for having n23U. noc . upp. made, certain toll bridges on the system of Federal-aid highways free bridges, and for other purposes", approved August 14, 1937, is hereby amended to read as follows: Lmitedraid to, be- "That in the case of each and every State, or political subdivision coming free of to er State, political sbvision- prior to July i,.1 . or subdivisions thereof, which, prior to July 1, 1941, shall have con- structed or acquired any toll bridges on the approved system of Federal-aid highways, and which has caused or shall, prior to July 1, 1941, cause any such toll bridge or toll bridges to be made free, Funds available. the Federal Works Administrator shall be, and he is hereby, author- ized to pay out of the regular and secondary Federal-aid road funds Amount. apportioned to such State not to exceed 50 per centum of such amount as may be approved by the Federal Works Administrator as the reasonable value or construction cost of any such bridge which- Proois. ever shall be least: Provided, That no payment of Federal funds denifnot according shall be made on account of any such bridge which was not con- to Governmentstand- structed in accordance with plans and specifications which would ards,etc. meet the standards required by the Secretary of Agriculture at the time such bridge was constructed, nor on account of any bridge the construction of which was completed prior to March 3, 1927: And Maximum allow- provided further, That no such payment shall be made which will anc. exceed 50 per centum of the reasonable value or cost of the labor and materials which were actually incorporated in the construction of such bridge, excluding all costs of rights-of-way, property dam- ages, and financing costs, whichever, value or cost, shall be least, se of, by State. and any amount so paid on account of any such bridge from regular Federal-aid road funds shall be used for matching unobligated regular Federal-aid road funds available to the State for expendi- ture in the improvement of highways on the system of Federal-aid highways, and any amount so paid on account of any such bridge from secondary Federal-aid road funds shall be used for matching unobligated secondary Federal-aid road funds available to the State for expenditure in the improvement of secondary or feeder roads." 52 tat. 636. SEC. 2. That section 10 of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1938 23 U. S. C., Supp. Iv,ch. 2 (note). is hereby amended to read as follows: Surveys, etc., for "SE 10. With the approval of the Federal Works Administrator urco on not to exceed 1/2 per centum of the amount apportioned for any 4 Suat. 2 ch.; year to any State under the Federal Highway Act, as amended and upp.IV, ch. . supplemented, except sections 3 and 23 thereof, shall hereafter be used with or without State funds for surveys, plans, engineering, and economic investigations of projects for future construction m 1066
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