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58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 633 -DEC. 21 , 1944 be served outside of the State or district in which such court is located. Such proceedings shall follow as nearly as may be the law of the State of Iowa governing the proceedings for the condemna- tion of private property for public purposes in said State. Copies of any final judgment, decree, or order of such court in any such condemnation proceedings relating to land located outside said dis- trict shall be filed with the clerk of the court of the Federal district in which such land is located. In any such condemnation proceed- ings the commission shall be authorized to condemn all right, title, and interest in the bridge or bridges and approaches, and all right, title, and interest in real property necessary therefor. SEC. 3. There is hereby conferred upon the commission and its successors and assigns the right and power to enter upon such lands and to acquire, condemn, occupy, possess, and use such privately owned real estate and other property in the State of Iowa and the State of Illinois as may be needed for the location and construction of any such bridge or bridges and for the operation and maintenance of any bridge and its approaches hereby authorized to be acquired or constructed, upon making just compensation therefor, to be ascer- tained and paid according to the laws of the State in which such real estate or other property is situated, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in the condemnation of private property for public purpose in said State, respectively. The commission, its suc- cessors and assigns, is further authorized to enter into agreements with the States of Illinois and Iowa, and any political subdivision thereof, for the acquisition, lease, or use of any lands or property owned by such State or political subdivision. SEc. 4. The commission and its successors and assigns are hereby authorized to fix and charge tolls for transit over such bridge or bridges in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and as provided by the Act of Congress approved March 23, 1906. SEC. 5 . The commission and its successors and assigns are hereby authorized to provide for the payment of the cost of such bridge or bridges as may be acquired, reconstructed, or constructed, as provided herein, and approaches (including the approach highways, which, in the judgment of the commission, it is necessary or advisable to con- struct or cause to be constructed to provide suitable and adequate connection with existing improved highways) and the necessary land easements and appurtenances thereto, by an issue or issues of nego- tiable serial bonds of the commission, bearing interest, payable semi- annually, at the rate of not more than 6 per centum per annum, the principal and interest of which bonds shall be payable solely from the funds provided in accordance with this Act, and such payments may be further secured by mortgage of the bridge or bridges. All such bonds may be registerable as to principal alone or both principal and interest, shall be payable as to principal in twenty equal annual installments, shall be in such denominations, shall be executed in such manner, and shall be payable in such medium and at such place or places as the commission may determine, and the face amount thereof shall be so calculated as to produce, at the price of their sale, the cost of the bridge or bridges, acquired or constructed, and approaches and the land easements, and appurtenances used in connection therewith, when added to any other funds made available to the Commission for the use of said purposes. The commission may enter into an agree- ment with any bank or trust company in the United States as trustee having the power to make such agreement, setting forth the duties of the commission in respect to the acquisition, construction, main- tenance, operation, repair, and insurance of the bridge or bridges, the conservation and application of all funds, the security for the 847 Court orders Acquisition of real estate, etc. Agreements. Tolls. 34 Stat. 85 . 33U.S.C. 494. Bond issue to pro- vide payment of cost. Interest. Trust agreements.