Public Law 74–4

That the consent

Missouri River.

Saline County, Mo., may bridge, at Miami.

Post, p. 1536.

of Congress is hereby granted to the county of Saline, Missouri, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Missouri River, at a point suitable to the interest of navigation, at or near Miami, Missouri, in accordance wth ¹¹ So in original. the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of

Construction.

Vol. 34, p. 84; U. S. C., p. 1474.

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 bridge, the rates

Rates of toll.

of toll shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay the reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the bridge and its approaches under economical management, and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to amortize the cost of the bridge and its approaches, including reasonable interest and financing cost, as soon as possible under reasonable charges, but within a period of not to

Maintenance as free bridge.

exceed twenty years from the completion thereof. After a sinking fund sufficient for such amortization shall have been so provided, such bridge shall thereafter be maintained and operated free of tolls, or the rates of tolls shall thereafter be so adjusted as to provide a fund of not to exceed the amount necessary for the proper maintenance, repair, and operation of the bridge, and its approaches

Records to be kept.

under economical management. An accurate record of the costs of the bridge and its approaches, the expenditures for maintaining, repairing, and operating the same, and of the daily tolls collected, 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 expressly reserved.