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 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SEss. II. CH. 606 . 1930 . or other property and apply same to the purposes of this Act ; and shall have and possess all powers necessary, convenient, or proper for carrying into effect the objects stated in this Act. The commission shall consist of Frank E. Beard, Edgar W. Kiefer, Major David McCoach, junior, Fred W. Moore, and Louis A. Weil. Any va cancy occurr ing i n said commi ssion shall be fi lled b y a majori ty vot e of t he re mainin g memb ers of the commis sion, and notices of ele ctions to fil l vacan cies an d of a cceptan ces the reof s hall be filed with the county clerk of Saint Clair County, Michigan. Any officer of the United States Army, who may be appointed or elected a, member of the commission, may serve as such member notwithstanding the provisions of section 1222, Revised Statutes, or any other law. Each member of the commission and their respective successors shall qualify by giving such bond as may be fixed by the State highway commissioner of Michigan, conditioned for the faith- ful performance of all duties required by this Act. The commission shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman from its members, and may establish rules and regulations for the government of its own business. Three members shall constitute a quorum for the trans- action of business. SEC. 9 . The commission shall have no capital stock or shares of interest or participation, and all revenues and receipts thereof shall be applied to the purposes specified in this Act. The members of the commission shall not be entitled to any compensation for their services but may employ a secretary, treasurer, engineers, attorneys, and such other experts, assistants, and employees as they may deem necessary, who shall be entitled to receive such compensation as the commission may determine. After all bonds and interest thereon shall have been paid and all other obligations of the commission paid or discharged, or provision for all such payment shall have been made as hereinbefore provided, and after the bridge shall have been conveyed to the United States interests and the Canadian interests as herein provided, and any ferry or ferries shall have been sold, or in the event that the bridge herein authorized is not constructed within five years from the date of approval of this Act, the com- mission shall be dissolved and shall cease to have further existence, by an order of the State highway commissioner of Michigan made upon his own initiative or upon application of the commission or any member or members thereof, but only after a public hearing in the city of Port Huron, notice of the time and place of which hearing and the purpose thereof shall have been published once, at least thirty days before the date thereof, in a newspaper published in the city of Port Huron, Michigan, and a newspaper published in the city of Sarnia, Ontario. At the time of such dissolution, all moneys in the hands of or to the credit of the commission shall be divided into two equal parts, one of which shall be paid to said United States interests and the other to said Canadian interests. SEC. 10. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize or permit the commission or any member thereof to create any obli- gation or incur any liability other than such obligations and liabili- ties as are di schargeable s olely from fu nds provided b y this Act. No obligation created or liability incurred pursuant to this Act shall be an obligation or liability of any member or members of the commission, but shall be chargeable solely to the funds herein pro- vided, nor shall any indebtedness created pursuant to this Act be an indebtedness of the United States. SEc. 11. All provisions of this Act may be enforced, or the viola- tion thereof prevented by mandamus, injunction, or other appro- priate remedy brought by the attorney general for the State of Michigan, the United States district attorney for the district in Composition. Filling vacancy. Offic er of United States Army mayserve. R.S.,see. 1222,p.215. U.S. C.,p. 191. Bond of members, etc. Chairman to be elect- ed, etc. Quorum. Capital stock, etc ., ownership by commis- sion prohi bite d. 813 No compensat ion. Emplo ymen t of sec- retary, experts, etc. Compensation of. Dissolution of com- mission. Public hearing, etc . Division of money in hand. Incurring liabilities, etc ., not herein con- tained, unauthorized . Liabilities in curred, etc., under Act, charge- able to funds provided. No Federal liability. Enforcing provisions herein.

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