Volume 49 · 1538
Public Law 74–609
Authorizing the Chesapeake Bay Authority to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Chesapeake Bay, from a point in Baltimore County, Maryland, over Hart Island and Miller’s Island to a point near Tolchester, Kent County, Maryland.
Approved June 19, 1936
Statutory text
AN ACT
Authorizing the Chesapeake Bay Authority to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Chesapeake Bay, from a point in Baltimore County, Maryland, over Hart Island and Miller’s Island to a point near Tolchester, Kent County, Maryland.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the consent
Chesapeake Bay.
Chesapeake Bay Authority may bridge, over Hart and Miller’s Islands to Tolchester, Md.
of Congress is hereby granted to the Chesapeake Bay Authority to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Chesapeake Bay, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, from a point in Baltimore County, Maryland, over Hart Island and Miller’s Island to a point near Tolchester, Kent County,
Construction.
Vol. 34, p. 84.
U. S. C., p. 1474.
Maryland, in accordance with the provisions 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 bridge, the rates of
Tolls applied to operation, sinking fund, etc.
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 after amortizing costs, etc.
exceed forty 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 toll 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 under
Record of expenditures and receipts.
economic 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.
Approved, June 19, 1936.