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White County B r i d g e Commission.

Bond.

Vacancies.

Exception.

Annual report to Qo V e r n o r s and Secretary of Commerce.

Transfer authority.

PUBLIC LAW 87-441-APR. 27, 1962

[76 STAT.

or authority shall be six years, except when an appointment is made to fill an unexpired term or when an incumbent member whose term has expired holds over until his successor is appointed, and vacancies shall be filled as provided under subsection (c) of this section. (2) i^otwithstanding any other provision of law, the term of office of each person who is a member of the White County Bridge Commission, created by the Act approved April 12, 1941 (55 Stat. 140), on the date of enactment of this Act shall expire on the ninetieth day after such date of enactment. The Secretary of Commerce may thereupon appoint three persons as members of the commission, one for a term oi two years, one for a term of four years, and one for a term of six years. Each person appointed as a member of the commission thereafter shall be appointed for a term of six years, except that a person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired term of his predecessor. Each person appointed under this subsection shall give such bond as may be fixed by the Secretary of Commerce, conditioned upon the faithful performance of all duties required by this Act. The cost of such bonds shall be deemed an operating expense of the commission. The Secretary of Commerce shall designate the member of the commission who shall serve as chairman and the member who shall serve as vice chairman. Vacancies in the commission shall not affect its powers, and shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made. The commission shall have power to establish rules and regulations for the government of its business. (c) A vacancy in the membership of any bridge commission or authority to which this Act is applicable occurring by reason of expiration of term, failure to qualify as a member, death, removal from office, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled by the Secretary of Commerce. Incumbent members whose terms have expired shall hold over in office until their successors are appointed and qualified. (d) Each member appointed under this Act shall qualify within thirty days after appointment by filing with the Secretary of Commerce an oath that he will faithfully perform the duties imposed upon him by law. (e) Each member appointed under this Act shall be removable for cause by the Secretary of Commerce. (f) This section shall not be applicable to ex officio members or State highway department members of such bridge commissions or authorities. SEC. 3. Each bridge commission and authority created by Act of Congress shall submit an annual report, covering its operations and fiscal transactions during the preceding fiscal year, its financial condition and a statement of all receipts and expenditures during such period, to the Governors of the States concerned and to the Secretary of Commerce not later than four months following the close of the fiscal year for which the audit required under section 1 of this Act is made. The Secretary of Commerce shall review such annual reports and audit reports submitted under section 1(b) of this Act and shall make recommendations to the Congress based upon such review, or take such other action as he may consider necessary, to effectuate the intent of the Congress as established by this Act or by the Act under which the individual bridge commission or authority was created. SEC. 4. Authority is hereby granted to transfer all functions, powers, duties, responsibilities, authority, assets, liability, obligations, books, records, property, and equipment of any existing bridge commission

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