Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 63 Part 1.djvu/970

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932 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 758, 759-OCT. 26, 1949 [63 STAT. County, or counties adjacent thereto, Tennessee, and five of whom shall be qualified electors of the state of Missouri and shall reside in Pemiscot County, or counties adjacent thereto, Missouri. The Tennessee mem- bers are to be chosen by the state of Tennessee, and the Missouri members by the state of Missouri in the manner and for the terms fixed by the legislature of each state, except as herein provided. ARTICLE VI "1. The commission shall elect from its number a chairman and a vice chairman, and may appoint such officers and employees as it may require for the performance of its duties and shall fix and determine their qualifications and duties. "2. Until otherwise determined by the legislatures of the two states no action of the commission shall be binding unless taken at a meeting at which at least three members from each state are present and unless a majority of the members from each state present at such meeting shall vote in favor thereof. Each state reserves the right hereafter to provide by law for the exercise of the veto power by the governor thereof over any action of any commissioner appointed therefrom. "3. The two states shall provide penalties for violations of any order, rule or regulation of the commission, and for the manner of enforcing same. ARTICLE VII "The commission is authorized and directed to proceed with the planning and construction of the bridge and the approaches thereto Powers. as rapidly as may be economically practicable and is hereby vested with all necessary and appropriate powers, not inconsistent with the Constitution or the laws of the United States or of either state, to effect the same, except the power to assess or levy taxes. ARTICLE VIII "In witness thereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals under authority vested in us by law." [SEAL] (Signed) J. E . TAYLOR Attorney General of Missouri [SEAL] (Signed M. R. ROWLAND [SEAL] Signed) S. P . REYNOLDS [SEAL] Signed) N. W. HELM [SEAL] Signed) RoY H. BEELER Attorney General of Tennessee [SEAL] (Signed) E. W. EGGLESTON [SEAL] (Signed) W. N. ESTES In the presence of: (Signed) G. S . Wright (Signed) Charles F. Wayland, Jr. Approved October 26, 1949. [CHAPTER 759] October 26, 1949 AN ACT [H. R . 62301 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to School District [Public Law 412] Numbered 5, Linn County, Oregon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 5Schl Districu t No. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Conveyance. of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to convey to School District Numbered 5 of Linn County, Oregon, in consideration of a