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 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 633, 634, 636. 1906. 59 the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the approval of this Act. Approved, March 9, 1906. CHAP. 634.-An Act An hori `n th r ·' Mardi 9.1900 Alaska, and for other purpose;. zi g e Sec etary of War to sell certain coal in 7 [HR'16305.] Public, No. 41. Be it enacted by t/te Senate and }[ouse of Representatives of t/tc United [ ] States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War g*,l§‘j]f,‘}·G0V€,nm8n, be, and is hereby, authorized to cause to be sold to the citizens of <¢<>¤1 ¢<> citizens of Nome, Alaska, at its actual cost to the United States at the place of N°m° °uth°m€d` sale, such limited quantities of coal for domestic uses as, in his judg~ ment, can safely be spared from the stock provided for the use of the garrison at Fort Davis, Alaska. Approved, March 9, 1906. CHAP. 636.-An Act To incorporate The Carnegie Foundation for the Advance- M¤1‘¢11 10. 1906- ment of Teaching. 1H· R·13538·l Public, No. 4*2. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqoresentatives of the United [ l States of America in Congress assembled, That the persons following, Dligfdggof C<z1¤{,¤ri¤· namely, Arthur T. Hadley, Charles William Eliot, Nicholas Murray asuoir siiiegiiie Ogg; Butler, Jacob G. Schurman, Woodrow Wilson, L. Clark Seelye, f',f‘;°°m°"‘ °* T°°°"‘ Charles C. Harrison, Alexander C. Humphreys, S. B. McCormick, I“°°1'P°1'¤*·°*’$· Edwin B. Craighead, Henry C. King, Charles F. Thwing, Thomas McClelland, Edwin H. Hughes, H. McClelland Bell, George H. ' Denny, William Peterson, Samuel Plantz, David S. Jordan, Vllilliam H. Crawford, Henry S. Pritchett, Frank A. Vanderlip, T. Morris Carnegie, Robert A. Franks, their associates and successors duly chosen, are hereby inco orated and declared to be a body corporate in the District of Colurrliliia by the name of The Carnegie Foundation ‘ for the Advancement of Teaching, and by that name shall be known , and have perpetual succession, with the powers, limitations and restrictions herein contained. Sec. 2. That the objects for which said corporation is incorporated °*"°°‘“· shall be- (a) To receive and maintain a fund or funds and apply the income thereof as follows: To provide retiring pensions, without regard to race, sex, creed, or color, for the teachers of universities, colleges and technical schools in the United States, the Dominion of Canada, and Newfoundland, who, by reason of long and meritorious service, or by reason of old a e, disability, or other sufficient reason, shall be deemed entitled to tbe assistance and aid of this corporation, on such terms and conditions, however, as such corporation may from time to time approve and adopt: Pro/vided, however, That the said retiring pensions shall he paid to such teachers only as are or have been connected with institutions not under control of a sect or which do not require their trustees,, their officers, faculties, or students (or a majority thereof) to belong to any specified-sect, and which do not impose any theological test as a condition of entrance therein or of connection therewith. (b) In general, to do and perform all things necessary to encourage., uphold, and dignify the profession of the teacher and the cause of higher education within the United States, the Dominion of Canada, and Newfoundland aforesaid, and to promote the objects of the foundation. with full power, however, to the trustees hereinafter appointed