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 FIF'I`Y—EIGI·lTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 177 T, 1778. 1904 529 Sec. -L. That the Secretary of lVar is hereby authorized and directed, N°**°° °* “PP’°”l· upon receiving such plan and other information, and upon being satisfied that a bri ge so built will conform to the requirements of this Act, to notify the company authorized to build the same that he approves of the same; and upon receiving such notification the said company may proceed to erect said bridge, conforming strictly to the approved plan and location, and should any change be made in the plan of the ridge or accessory works during the progress of the work thereon, sijcpvchange shall be subject likewise to the approval of the Secretary o ar. Sec. 5. That any bridge built under this Act and subject to its limi- m’&“1,‘;f{*}°u,‘§'“°m'° tations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known 1w,-p.n<s. ` as a pow route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the street railways or public highways leadin to the said bridge, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of ogier postroads in the United States; and equal (privileges in the use of said dg`,f,;°¥"P"· °“’-· ridge shall be granted to all telegraph an telephone companies, and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal—telegraph purposes. Sec. 6. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction mgf"° °* °°“““'“°‘ of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and Pm. p- 716- completed within three years from the date thereof, and the right to ·“'*°°dm°”!~ alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, April 28, 1904. GHLP. 1778.-An Act To amend and codify the laws relating to municipal Apri128.1¤0¢. corporations in the district of Alaska; ls- ””·] blic, No. 210. Be it enacted by the Senate a1zdHouse 0 f Representatives 0 f the United [Pu 1 States of Amerz°ca in Cbngress assembied', That any community in the fdzbllatorsriou or district of Alaska having three hundred or more permanent inhabit- *°{Y£¤ ***,1 P 5,0 ants may incorporate as a municipal corporation termed a town in the american.'’ manner hereinafter provided. A petition praying for such incorpora- venues. tion shall first be presented to the judge of the Lnited States district court presiding` over the court in the judicial division in which the community see ring incorporation is located, which petition shall be signed by at least sixty male adults, bona fide residents of such cou1— munity, and shall s ify the boundaries and the number of inhabitants of the proposedegorporation, and shall also specify the name by which it is to be known, and such other facts as may tend to show good (grounds for such incorporation. The judge shal thereupon, by °"*°' °‘ “*° °°"" an oi er. fix the time and p ace for considering said petition, whic time shall not be less than thirtv da s after the date of such order. A printed or typewritten copy of said, order shall be posted in three of the most public places within the limits of the territory dproposed to be incorporated at least thirty days prior to the time nxe for considering said petition. At the time and place iixed for considering H¢=·¤¤¤=- said petition tie judge shall give a reasonable hearing to those who are in favor of and to those who are opposed to the same; and if he is - satisfied that it is for the best interest and welfare of the community to be incorporated as a town he shall, by an order, so adj udge; and he may. by the order, chan e or modify the proposed boundaries. He E’°·¤*i°¤- shall also, by said order, designate the name and the boundaries of the corporation, and the time and place when and where an election shall be eld to determine whether the people of the community desire to be incorporated; and he shall also, by said order. appoint three qualivor. xxxm, vr 1-34