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 FIFTY-SEVEN TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 860, 970. 1903. 923 enable the Secretar·y of War to judge of the proper location of said bridge, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until °"“8'°”· such plan and location of the bridge are a proved by the Secretary of VVar the bridge shall not be commenced) or built, and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction, or after completion, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and the owners of said bridge — s all, at their own expense, make such changes therein as the Secretary of War may at any time order in the interest of navigation. · Sec. 6. hat the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby *’“°“‘¤*°¤'~ expressly reserved. _ _ mo. 7 . That this Act shall be null and void unless the brid e herein m,'T'° °f °°'”"‘“‘° authorized is commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of approval hereof. ` Approved, February 28, 1903. CHAP. 970.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the March2,1903. Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia." Be it enacted by the Senate and H”0use;_fR»q>resentatiees oft/ae United States of Ame/rica in Congress assemble, That sections two and three gihlgfggjgigxgbig of an Act entitled "An Act to inco rate the Masonic Mutual Relief IM Amocmuou. Association of the District of Cblii)mbia," a proved March third, V"' 15‘P‘&5‘ eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, as amended by the Act entitled "§n Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to inco rate the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Cdld)mbia,’ inpproved V°'· ”» P- *6*- March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine," approved ebruary twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, as amended by the Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to incorporate the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia,’ approved February fifth, nineteen hundred and one,” be amended so Vol. S1. p. 759 as to read as follows: m°°d°d‘ "Sr·:c. 2. That membership in this association shall be limited to i&¤¤¤¤¤»¤¤¤i»> ¤¤¤· master l\¢Iasons, and that the particular business and objects of the onijem or the misociety or corporation shall be to provide and maintain a und for the *‘°'“"°“· benefit of the widow, orphans, heir, assignee, or legatee of a deceased member immediatel upon fproof of suc death; and for this purpose I·“°*¤¤¤¤¤¤‘¤· it shall and may be lawful or the said society or corporation to make all and every insurance appertaining to or connected with life risks of whatever kind and nature, and because of its fraternal and benevolent purposes it shall be defined and classed as a fraternal beneiicial association: Provided, hmoerer, That upon all (policies which shall be issued mgghncem m for a specified amount it shall be require to maintain a reinsurance mm. E reserve fund not less than that computed upon the American experience table of mortality at four per centurn interest. " Sec. 3. That the number of directors of said association shall be at ,*?;’$°¤;°¤6f www least twenty-one, a number of whom, less than a majority, shall be tmeeyenrs. elected annuallv by the members of the association from among them- _ selves and shall serve for three years; that the annual meeting of said A““““l “‘°°““”· association shall, after the year nineteen hundred and three, be held on the third Tuesday in February of each year, and for this purpose the terms of service of the present directors shall be, and are ereby, extended to the date of the annual meeting succeeding the expiration of their present terms of service. In all cases of a tie vote the choice Voting. to he determined bv lot, and in all other cases a majority vote shall decide. And said directors shall, at their iirst meeting succeeding the 0¤i¤er·. annual meeting of the association. elect one of their number to be