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continue to be owned, maintained, operated, insured, and repaired by the Commission, and the rates of tolls shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund not to exceed the amount necessary for the proper maintenance, repair, insurance, and operation of the bridge and its approaches under economical management, including reasonable reserves, until such time as the Texas interests or the Louisiana interests, or both, shall be authorized to accept and shall accept such conveyance under the conditions aforesaid.

SEC. 10. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize or permit the Commission or any member thereof to create any obligation or incur any liability other than such obligations and liabilities as are dischargeable solely from funds provided by this Act. No obligation created or liability incurred pursuant to this Act shall be an obligation or liability of any member or members of the Commission, but shall be chargeable solely to the funds herein provided, nor shall any indebtedness created pursuant to this Act be an indebtedness of the United States.

SEC. 11. All provisions of this Act may be enforced, or the violation thereof prevented, by mandamus, injunction, or other appropriate remedy brought by the attorney general for the State of Texas, or by the attorney general for the State of Louisiana, or by the United States district attorney for the district in which the bridge may be located, in part, in any court having competent jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties.

SEC. 12. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.

Approved, June 18, 1934.

[PUBLIC NO. 502-74тH CONGRESS]

[H. R. 10185]

AN ACT To amend the Act approved June 18, 1934, authorizing the city of Port Arthur, Texas, or the Commission thereby created and its successors, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge over Lake Sabine, at or near Port Arthur, Texas, and to extend the times for commencing and completing the said bridge

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the city of Port Arthur, Texas, or the Commission hereby created and its successors, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge over Lake Sabine, at or near Port Arthur, Texas", approved June 18, 1934, is amended by striking out the words "twenty years" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "thirty years".

SEC. 2. That the times for commencing and completing the construction of the aforesaid bridge are hereby extended one and three years, respectively, from June 18, 1936.

SEC. 3. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.

Approved, April 10, 1936.

[PUBLIC NO. 271-75TH CONGRESS]

[CHAPTER 602-1ST SESSION]

[H. R. 6979]

AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge over Lake Sabine at or near Port Arthur, Texas

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge over Lake Sabine, at or near Port Arthur, Texas, authorized to be built by the city of Port Arthur, Texas, or the Port Arthur Bridge Commission and its successors, by an Act of Congress approved June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 1008), and heretofore amended and extended by an Act of Congress approved April 10, 1936, are hereby further extended one and three years, respectively, from the date of approval hereof.

SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, August 12, 1937.

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75TH CONGRESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ( 3d Session

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REPORT No. 2267

BRIDGE ACROSS MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM GREENVILLE, MISS., TO LAKE VILLAGE, ARK.

MAY 3, 1938.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Mr. MALONEY, from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 9983]

The Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 9983) authorizing the city of Greenville, Miss., and Washington County, Miss., singly or jointly, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Mississippi River from a point at or near the city of Greenville, Washington County, Miss., to a point at or near Lake Village, Chicot County, Ark., having considered and amended the same, report thereon with a recommendation that it pass.

Amend the bill as follows:

Page 3, lines 14 to 18, after the word "tolls" in line 14, strike out the comma and the words "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 economical management."

The bill has the approval of the War and Agriculture Departments, as will appear by the letters attached.

[Second endorsement]

WAR DEPARTMENT, April 7, 1938. Respectfully returned to the chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives.

So far as the interests committed to this Department are concerned, I know of no objection to the favorable consideration of the accompanying bill, H. R. 9983, Seventy-fifth Congress, third session, authorizing the city of Greenville, Miss., and Washington County, Miss., singly or jointly, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Mississippi River from a point at or near the city of Greenville, Washington County, Miss., to a point at or near Lake Village, Chicot County, Ark.

HARRY H. WOODRING,
Secretary of War.

Hon. CLARENCE F. LEA,

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,

Washington, April 9, 1938.

Chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce,

House of Representatives.

DEAR MR. LEA: Careful consideration has been given to the bill, H. R. 9983, transmitted with your letter of March 23 with request for a report thereon and such views relative thereto as the Department might desire to communicate.

This bill would authorize the city of Greenville and the county of Washington, Miss., singly or jointly, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Mississippi River from a point at or near Greenville, in said county, to a point at or near Lake Village, Chicot County, Ark. The collection of tolls for transit over such bridge would be authorized. The rates of toll to be charged would have to be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay reasonable annual maintenance, repair, and operating costs and provide a sinking fund sufficient to amortize the cost of the bridge and its approaches, including reasonable interest and financing costs, within a period of not to exceed 40 years from the date of completion of the bridge. After a sinking fund sufficient for such amortization shall have been so provided, such bridge thereafter would have to be maintained and operated free of tolls or the rates would have to be so adjusted as to provide only for necessary maintenance, repair, and operation costs. It is the view of the Department that if such bridge should be constructed and the tolls should fully amortize the cost of its construction, it then should be maintained and operated free of tolls. It, therefore, is suggested that section 4 be amended by changing the comma after the word "tolls", line 14, to a period and striking out the remainder of said sentence down to and including the word "management", line 18.

Subject to the above suggestion, the bill is without objection so far as this Department is concerned. Sincerely,

M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary.

H. R. 9983.

Mr. E. J. LAYTON,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
COMMITTEE ON FLOOD CONTROL,
Washington, D. C., April 15, 1938.

Clerk, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce,

Washington, D. C.

DEAR MR. LAYTON: I acknowledge receipt of your letter of April 6 respecting the above bill, and I will answer it paragraph by paragraph:

1. There is a ferry now operated across the Mississippi River at a point where US 82 reaches the bank of the river, 5 miles below Greenville, upon which tolls are charged at the rate of $1.25 per single driver and automobile. It operates leaving Mississippi on the even hour and Arkansas on the half hour.

2. The people in the vicinity of the proposed bridge are desirous of having a bridge constructed. Being unable to construct a free bridge, they desire a toll bridge. Not only are the people in the vicinity interested but the communities and cities in Mississippi and Arkansas through which Highway 82 passes are greatly interested.

3. As stated in 2 there is considerable public sentiment in favor of the construction of the bridge.

4. No.

5. No.

If there is any other information desired I will be glad to have you call on me.

Very sincerely,

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WILL M. WHITTINGTON.

75TH CONGRESS 3d Session

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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REPORT No. 2268

EXTEND TIMES FOR COMMENCING AND COMPLETING CONSTRUCTION OF A BRIDGE ACROSS MISSOURI RIVER AT OR NEAR BROWNVILLE, NEBR.

MAY 3, 1938.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Mr. EICHER, from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 10075]

The Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 10075) to extend the times for commencing and completing construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Brownville, Nebr., having considered and amended the same, report thereon with a recommendation that it pass.

Amend the bill as follows:

Page 1, line 9, after the word "by" strike out "Act" and insert "Acts".

Page 1, line 9, after the word "approved" insert "June 19, 1936, and".

The bill has the approval of the War and Agriculture Departments, as will appear by the letters attached.

APRIL 5, 1938.

Respectfully returned to the chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives.

So far as the interests committed to this Department are concerned, I know of no objection to the favorable consideration of the accompanying bill, H. R. 10075, Seventy-fifth Congress, third session, to extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Brownville, Nebr., if amended as indicated in red thereon.

HARRY H. WOODRING,
Secretary of War.

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