Public Law 69–10

That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the State Highway Commission of Arkansas to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Red River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Fulton, within five miles of the bridge of the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, in the counties of Hempstead and Miller, in the State of Arkansas, in accordance with

Construction.

Vol. 34, p. 84.

Post, p, 1052.

the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March 23, 1906.

Sec. 2.

If tolls are charged for the use of the bridge constructed

Tolls authorized.

under authority of this Act, the State Highway Commission of Arkansas may so adjust the rate of toll to be charged as to produce sufficient revenue to maintain, operate, and repair the bridge and repay the original cost, of constructing the same, including any interest paid on borrowed money and discounts necessarily required in financing such original construction, and shall after the repayment thereof, but in no event to exceed twenty-five years from the completion thereof maintain and operate such bridge as a free

Operation as free bridge.

bridge.

Sec. 3.

The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment.

expressly reserved.