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 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 75, 77. 1916. 51 across the Wabash River at or near Silverwood, Indiana, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, on the line of the existing bridge of said comtpany, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An ct to re ulate the construction of bridges over ' nagigable waters," approvef March twenty-third, nineteen uudred an six. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby ·*¤°¤°m°¤*~ . expressly reserved. Approved, April 13, 1916. “ CHAP. 77 .·——An Act Incorporating the American Academy of Arts and Letters. AligliZ5~iil6` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives 0 the United [lmbhc; Nj S2`] States of America in Congress assembled, ThaZtirW1Hiam Deiiln Howells, l)i»¤siii°¢iiii€iisu1i1sl.§ of Maine; Henlgy Adams, of the District of Columbia; Theodore  I‘°°'° Roosevelt, of ew York· John Singer Sakrent, of Massachusetts; ¤¤¤‘P¤**!*¤· · Daniel Chester French, of New York; John urroi§g_hs, of New York· . James Ford Rhodes, of Massachusetts; Horatio illiam Parker  Connecticut; William Milligan Sloane, of New Jersey· Robert Underwood Johnson, of New York;   Washington Cableyof Massa» chusetts; Andrew Dickson White,=ef‘·New York; Henry van Dyke of New Jersey; William Crary Brownell, of New York· Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve of Maryland; Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey; Arthur  adle§ of Connecticut; Heing Cabot Lo$e, of Massachusetts; win owland Blashtield, of ew York; illiam Merritt Chase, of New York; Thomas Hastings, of New York; Hamilton W ht Mabie, of New Jersey; Brander Matthews, of New York- ThomasnNelson Page, of the District of Columbia; Elihu Vedder, oi Massachusetts; George Edward Woodberry, of Massachusetts; Kenyon Cox, of New York; George Whitefield Chadwick, of Massachusetts; Abbott Handerson Thayer, of New Hampshire; Henry Mills Alden, of New Jerse§i George de Forest Brush, of New Hampshire; William Rutherford ead, of New York; Bliss Perry, of Massachusetts; Abbott Lawrence Lowell, of Massachusetts; James Whitcomb Riley, of Indiana; Nicholas M1u·ragwButler, of New York; Paul Wayiaud Bartlett, of New York; en Wister, of Pennsylvania; Her crt Adams, of New Hampshire; Augustus Thomas, of New York; Timothy Cole, of New York; Cass Gil crt, of New York; William Roscoe Tha er, of Massachusetts; Robert Grant of Massachusetts; Frederick ll/Facmonnies, of New York; Julian Alden Weir, of Connecticut; William Gillette, of Connecticut- Paul Elmer More, of New Jersey; George Lockhart Rives, of New York, and their successors, duly chosen, are hereby incorporated, constituted, and declared to be a body corporate of the District of Columbia, by the name of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Sec. 2. That the purposes of this corporation are and shall be the P¤’P°¤•~ furtherance of the interests of literature and the fine arts. _ Sec. 3. That the American Academy of Arts and Letters shall con- °°"P"‘°'P°"'”· sist of not more than fifty regular members, and the said corporation herebyponstituted shall have power to make by-laws and rules and regulations; to Hll all vacancies created by death, resignation, or ot erwise; to provide for the election of foreign, domestic, or honorary associate members, and the division o such members into classes,_ and to do all other matters needful or usual in such mstitutions. Sec. 4. That the American Academy of Arts and Letters shall hold ,,,,,,,,g*'§’_“" ‘”"°”"'° 811 annual meeting at such place in the United States as may be desig nated_and shall make an annual report to the Congrem, to be filed wi the Librarian of Congress.