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 104 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 1369, 1370. 1906. such bridge, and it shall be competent for said Rainy River Sridge Company and such other corporation or company, be the same incorrated or organized under the laws of the United States, or any State therein, or the Dominion of Canada, or any province therein, to contract together for the operation and maintenance oi said bridge, and to consolidate or amalgamate their respective compames, to the end that said bridge may be constructed, maintained, and operated in accordance with the provisions of this Act. _ _ i Amendment Sec. 4. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act IS hereby expressly reserved. Approved, April 6, 1906. . CHAP. .—ri to the of the Nav, in his discretion, 11i1$thi(iJih¤}i'ia11|ili1z:•i>1iI1‘tthdia0Ugted Sta »E‘ai.lrl'\c:ademy andyregulat-  ing the procedure and punishment in trials for hazing at the said academy. Be it enacted by the Senate and .House of RepresentaMes of the United §;n¤‘i;,¤%$m{;,d_ States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of mpmeu mm, su- the Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, whenever he °°1T,{,‘§u,,.,_ shall believe the continued resence of any midshipman at the said academy to be contrary to the best interests of the service, to report in writing such fact, with a full statement of the facts upon which are based his reasons for such belief, to the Secretary of the Navy, who. if after due consideration of.the said report he shall deem the superintendent’s said belief reasonable and well founded, shall cause a copy of the said re rt to be served upon the said midshipman and require the said midsdipman to show cause, in writin and within such time as . the said Secretary shall deem reasonable, wdy he should not be dismissed from the said academy; and after due consideration of any cause so shown the said Secretary may, in his discretion, but with the written approval of the President, dismiss such midshipman from the said d££y;f£a_¤¤¤¤ academy. And the truth of any issue of fact so raised, except ' upon the record of demerit, shall be determined by a board of inquiry convened by the Secretary of the Navy under the rules and regulations for the government of the Navy. mP¤¤i·¤¤¤¤*f¤*h***· Sec. 2. That so much of the Acts approved June twenty-third, im. is, p. eos, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and March third, nineteen hundred ““"`“°"d· and three, as requires the Superintendent of the United Stntcs Naval Acadcm to convene a court-martial in all cases when it shall come to the knowlcdige of the said superintendent that any midshipnnin has been guilty of the offense commonly known as "hazing," and declares the finding of a court-martial so convened, when a proved hy the said superintendent, final, and directs that any midsliipman found guilty by such couitmartial shall he summarily dismimcd from the said uyésé v· 11**** acadeniy, and also all other Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with ' the present Act are hereby repealed, and that the offense known as "hazing ” may hereafter be proceeded against, dealt with, and punished as offenses against good order und discipline and for violation 1<¤·¤¢ri¤¤¤¤¤- and breaches of the rules of said academy. But no midshipman shall be dismissed for a single act of hazing except under the provisions of section three of this ct. Hgnel *>>’ *‘¤¤¤·mM· Sec. 3. That the Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy may, in his discretion and with the approval of the Secretary of the Navy, cause any midshipman in the S3l(l)t'U‘8(l€Hl_\’ to be tried by courtv¤i.1s,x>.m¤. martial for the offense of hazing, as provided by the Act approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and such courtpunishment. martial, upon conviction, may sentence such midshipman to any pun- V"]- 3*- P- 1****- ishment authorized by the said Act or by the Act approved March