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FIF'l`Y—NINTlI CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 2458-2460. 1906. 193 be secured, then the work may be carried on with material and men procured and hired by the board. The engineer officer of the board shall in all cases supervise the work of construction and see that the same is properly performed. As soon as any road or trail laid out by the board has been constructed and completed they shall examine the same and make a full and detailed report of the work done on the same to the Secretary of War, and in such re ort they shall state whether the road or trail has been completed confldrmably to the maps, plans, and specifications of the same. It shall be the duty of said board, as far as practicable, to keep in proper repair all roads and trails constructed under their supervision, and the same rules as to the manner in which the work of repair shall be done, whether by contract or otherwise, shall govern as in the case of the original construc— tion of the road or trail. The cost and expenses of laying out, con- §’g§‘§’f‘gj$‘Q;,m,d_ structing, and repairing such roads and trails shall be paid by the cd- ll ` Secretary of the Treasury, through the authorized disbursin officer of the board designated by the Secretary of War, out of the road and trail portion of said ‘Alaska fund’ upon vouchers approved and certified by said board. The Secretary of the Treasury shall, at the end of each month, send by mail to each of the members of said board a statement of the amount available of said ‘Alaska fund’ for the construction and repair of roads and trails, and no reater liability for construction or repair shall at any time be incurregl by said board ' than the money available therefor at that time in said fund. The uc§,f;§“§:;“¤';;g“;,Qf’ members of said board shall, in addition to their salaries, be reimbursed ` in the sums actually paid or incurred by them in traveling expenses in the performance of their duties, and shall be entitled to receive their actual expenses of livin while serving as members of said board within the limits of the <Estrict and not stationed at a military post." Approved, May 14, 1906. CHAP. 2459.-An Act To authorize the Minnesota, Dakota and Pacific Railway M¤g*14.1906· Company to construct a bridge across the Missouri River. __ :1* i’?‘lS‘L___ [Pu 1 c, No. 163. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repreaentatioes of the United 1 Staten of America in Congress assembled, That the Minnesota, Dakota baissouri River, s. and Pacific Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws °“M{,,,,,,,,,,,,,_ D,,,.,,,, of the State of South Dakota, its successors an assigns, be, and they fg2y;; are hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a railway umass. ' bridge and approaches thereto, across the Missouri River between the mouth of the Moreau River and the south line of \Valworth County in the State of South Dakota, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridgles over .-m¢e,p.s¢ navigable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen undred and six. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. Approved, May 14, 1906. gg}, 3 _.. Act To amend section fort -four hundred and twenty-six of M¤>’16~i906· ting Reviset?Sta?utes\& the United States; regulatikm of motor boats. y ..[Pulf;;°3*d1;H .1- . - 0. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Olmgresx assembled, That section forty-four hun- m§;¤;¤rgg·g-¤¤—v¤¤- dred and twentv—six of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, mpténgesus my me and it is hem},)?, gmgndgd by striking out, after the words "launches R_S__,éc_m,,,,,_858_ of ten," and before the words "and under/’ the words "tons burden,” •¤·¤¤¤¤¤- von xxxiv, rr 1--13