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PUBLIC LAW 217—OCT. 26, 1951

Turnpike Authority is hereby authorized to construct said bridge, either acting alone in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey or acting jointly with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission in accordance with the provisions of said compact. SEC. 3. If the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission shall finance the construction of all or a part of said bridge, said commission is hereby authorized to combine said bridge or such part with the Pennsylvania Turnpike System or any part thereof for financing purposes and to fix, charge, and collect tolls for the use of said bridge and to pledge such tolls in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which relate to said commission or to said Pennsylvania Turnpike System, or if the New Jersey Turnpike Authority shall finance the construction of all or a part of said bridge, said Authority is hereby authorized to combine said bridge or such part with the New Jersey Turnpike for financing purposes and to fix, charge, and collect tolls for the use of said bridge and to pledge such tolls in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the State of New Jersey which relate to said authority or said New Jersey Turnpike: Provided, That the collection of tolls for the use of such bridge shall cease after forty years from the date of completion of such bridge, and such bridge thereafter shall be maintained and operated free of tolls. SEC. 4. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved October 26, 1951.

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Authority to collect tolls, etc.

Time limitation.

580

AN ACT To amend section 2ffl (a) of Public Law 351, Eighty-first Congress.

Be it enacted by the Seriate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 207(a) of Public Law 351, Eighty-first Congress, be amended to read as follows: "SEC. 207. (a) Members of the uniformed services who enlist under the conditions set forth in subsection (b) of this section within three months from the date of their discharge or separation, or within such lesser period of time as the Secretary concerned may determine from time to time, shall be paid a lump-sum reenlistment bonus of $40, $90, $160, $250, or $360 upon enlistment for a period of two,, three, four, five, or six years, respectively; and, upon enlistment for an unspecified period of time amounting to more than six years a lump sum reenlistment bonus of $360 shall be paid, and, upon the completion of six years' enlisted service in such enlistment, for each year thereafter a lump sum payment of $60 shall be made in advance, subject to the limitation that the total amount paid shall not exceed $1,440: Provided, That persons in an enlistment for an unspecified period of time, entered into prior to October 1, 1949, shall be paid $110 upon the first anniversary date of such enlistment subsequent to September 30, 1949, and $60 upon each anniversary date thereafter, subject to the limitations that the total amount paid after October 1, 1949, shall not exceed $1,440: Provided further, That no payment shall be made for any period subsequent to the completion of thirty years' service. No reenlistment bonus shall be paid for more than four enlistments entered into after the effective date of this section: Provided fwther^ That the bonus to be paid in the case of a person reenlisting for a period which would extend the

October 26, 1951 [H. R. 5406]

63 Stat. 811. 37 U.S.C. 5 238. R e enlistment bonus.