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 1262 FIFTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. Ill. Cris. 1490,1491. 1905. shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, desi ns and drawings of the bridges, and a map of the location, giving, for 510 space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of said rivers, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the current at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of said streams, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the sublectg and until the said plans and locations of the bridges are a proved y the Secretary of War the bridges shall not be built; °”“"“· and should any change be made in the plans of said bridges during the progress of construction, or after completion, such change shal be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and said bridges shall be changed at the cost of the owners thereof, from time to time, as the Secretary of War may direct, so as to preserve the free and convenient navi tion of. said 1'IV0l'S. ·*"‘°““‘“°°*‘ Sec. 6. That 5; right to alter, amend, and repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. _ ,,§,‘f"° °’ °°“"'“‘* no. 7. That this Act shall be null and void unless the construction of said bridges hereby authorized shall be commenced within three ypaisls and be completed within five years from the date of the approval o tAct. - Approved, March 3, 1905. March 3, 1905. CHAP. 1491 .—An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the con- ' YS· mu-] · struction and maintenance of roads, the establishment and maintenance of schools, [Pubns, yo, 224,] and the care and support of insane persons in the district of Alaska, and for other purposes." Be it enacted by Me Senate and House rgfRe esenmtioes gfthe Matted ,*,})§£*·sch00,s M States of America in Oongreaa assembled, {gat section our of "An Antc·,p.617. ’Act to provide for the construction and maintenance of roads, the establishment and maintenance of schools, and the care and support of insane persons in the district of Alaska, and for other purg>ses," approved January twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and tive,, and M I dm H i the game is laelpebyl, amended so thatlit pim}! read as fotggws: d ‘ °° * ce ¤ ‘ `Eo. . at the common counci o einco ra towns in sai i:»°e°Qili°¤ii°siif¢iuti’»;»vi;l•?¤irl? district shall have the wer and it shall bel-Their duty, in their “‘°“ "°"“°"‘ respective towns to establigh school districts, to provide the same with suitable schoolhouses, and to maintain public schools therein and to established shall be under the supervision and control of a school board of three members, consisting of a director, a treasurer, and a clerk, to be elected annually by the vote of all adults who are citizens of the United States or who have declared their intention to become such Q',§‘Y,‘§.§{Q’£§,‘§, ,d,,_ and who are residents of the school district. The members of said wink P 6,, board first elected shall hold their offices for the term of one, two, and `' three years, respectively, and until their successors are elected and qlualiiied, and one member of such board shall be elected each year t ereaiter and shall hold his office for a period of three years and until his successor is elected and qualified; and they shall each, before r entering upon the duties of their office, take an oath in writing to `°°"°i°* honestly and faithfully dischar the duties of their trust. In case a vacancy in the membership ofesaid board occurs from death, resignation, removal, or other cause, such vacancy may be filled by a special election, utpon ten days’ notice, called by the remaining mem- ,,.f,,’f,{’§,,‘},}’,}‘“’°’°‘ bers of the boar upon the petition of five qualified voters. All _money available for school pu ses, except for the construction and equipment of schoolhouses anldpthe acquisition of sites for the same shall be expended under the direction of said board, and the treasurm
 * °'“°°“""“‘· provide the necessary funds for the schools; but such schools when