Public Law 70–762

That the consent

Alabama State Bridge Corporation may construct toll bridges across designated rivers.

of Congress is hereby granted to the Alabama State Bridge Corporation, a body corporate organized and existing under an act of the Legislature of Alabama approved August 31, 1927, to construct, maintain, and operate toll bridges at or near the following points within the State of Alabama, to wit:

One across the Tennessee River at or near Whitesburg Ferry on

Tennessee River, at Whitesburg Ferry.

At Guntersville.

the Huntsville-Cullman Road, between Madison and Morgan Counties; one across the Tennessee River at or near Guntersville on Huntsville-Guntersville Road, in Marshall County; one across the

At Scottsboro.

Tombigbee River, near Butler.

At Epes.

Tennessee River at or near Scottsboro on the Scottsboro-Fort Payne Road, in Jackson County; one across the Tombigbee River near Butler on the Butler-Linden Road, between Choctaw and Marengo Counties; one across the Tombigbee River at or near Epes on the Eutaw-Livingston Road, between Sumter and Greene Counties; one

At Gainesville.

across the Tombigbee River at or near Gainesville, on the Gainesville-Eutaw Road, between Sumter and Greene Counties; one across

At Cochrane.

Warrior River, at Demopolis.

the Tombigbee River at or near Cochrane on the Aliceville-Cochrane Road, in Pickens County; one across the Warrior River, between Eutaw and Linden, at or near Demopolis, Alabama, between Greene

At Eutaw.

and Marengo Counties or between Greene and Hale Counties; one across the Warrior River at or near Eutaw on the Eutaw-Greensboro

Alabama River, at Claiborne.

Road, between Greene and Hale Counties; one across the Alabama River at or near Claiborne on the Monroeville-Grove Hill Road, between Monroe and Clarke Counties; one across the Alabama River

Near Camden.

Coosa River at Childersburg.

At Riverside.

near Camden on the Camden-Linden Road, in Wilcox County; one across the Coosa River at or near Childersburg on the Columbiana-Talladega Road, between Shelby and Talladega Counties; one across the

At Cedar Bluff.

Tombigbee River, at Jackson.

Coosa River at or near Riverside on the Anniston-Birmingham Road, between Saint Clair and Talladega Counties; one across the Coosa River at or near Cedar Bluff on the Center to Georgia State-Line Road, in Cherokee County; one across the Tombigbee River at or near Jackson, between Clarke and Washington Counties; all of said bridges shall be located at points suitable to the interests of

Construction.

navigation and shall be constructed in accordance with the provisions

Vol. 34, p. 84.

of the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act.

Sec. 2.

If tolls are charged for the use of such bridges, the rates of toll shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay the reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the bridges under economical management, and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to amortize the costs of the bridges, including reasonable interest on bonds issued to provide funds for constructing the same, as soon as possible, under reasonable charges, but within a period of not to exceed eighteen years from the date of approval of this

Maintenance as free bridges after amortizing costs, etc.

Act. After a sinking fund sufficient for such amortization shall have been so provided, and in any event after such period of eighteen years, all of said bridges shall thereafter be maintained and operated

Use of tolls restricted.

free of tolls. All tolls collected for the Alabama, according to the law of said State, and no part of said funds shall be used for any purpose except for paying for the reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the bridges and amortizing the costs of constructing the same, including interest,

Uniformity of toll charges.

as provided in this Act. The tolls charged by the Alabama State Bridge Corporation, its successors or assigns, shall be uniform as between persons, and as between vehicles of the same type, using each of such bridges, and the corporation shall not authorize or permit any discrimination between persons or between vehicles of the same type transiting any particular bridge constructed under the

Proviso.

Charges for different bridges.

provisions of this Act: Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed to prevent different tolls being charged at different bridges, but in fixing the rate of tolls there shall be no discrimination as

Record of cost, expenditures, receipts, etc.

between persons and none as between vehicles of the same type. An accurate record of the cost of the bridges, the amount of notes or bonds issued for the construction of the same, and the expenditures for maintaining, repairing, and operating the same, the daily tolls collected, and the sinking fund on hand 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.