1388 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 539
this State shall be deemed to be applicable to said bridge or to
said company, its successors and assigns with respect thereto.
54. The authority hereby granted shall cease and be null
and void unless the construction of said bridge be commenced
within two years and completed within five years from date
of approval hereof.
55. The provisions of this sub-title are subject to all valid
and applicable provisions of laws of the United States con-
cerning bridges over navigable waters of the United States.
56. McClintic-Marshall Corporation, a body corporate, cre-
ated and existing under the general laws of the State of Dela-
ware, its successors and assigns, is hereby authorized, at its
own expense, to construct, maintain, operate, repair and re-
build a bridge for vehicular traffic with a driveway of a width
of at least twenty (20) feet and with a draw suitable for the
passage of vessels, together with appropriate fills, excavations^
approaches and appurtenant structures, across Bear Creek at
or near Lovel Point (that is, between Coffin Point and Long
Point), Baltimore County, Maryland, the plans, specifications,
location and the erection thereof to be subject to the approval
of the Secretary of War of the United States of America, the
State Roads Commission of Maryland and the Roads Engineer
of Baltimore County.
57. Said company is hereby authorized to fix and to revise
from time to time tolls for transit over said bridge and to
charge and collect the same, and to fix by contract with any
person, partnership, association, or corporation desiring the
use of said bridge, approaches, appurtenances and works, or
any part thereof, for placing thereon or carrying water, o; as or
oil pipe lines, tracks for railroad or railway use, telephone,
telegraph, electric light or power lines or for any other pur-
pose, the terms, conditions and rates or charges for such use,
provided, however, that any such contract for the use of said
bridge for such purpose or purposes shall in every case provide
for adequate compensation to said company, its successors and
assigns. The rates of tolls and charges so fixed shall be the
legal rates, unless and until changed by order of the Public
Service Commission, which said Commission be and hereby As
vested with the same authority to revise and change any rates
of tolls and charges fixed by the company as it now or may
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