Chapter 2458. To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the construction and maintenance of roads, the establishment and maintenance of schools, and the care and support of insane persons in the district of Alaska, and for other purposes,” approved January twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and five
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CHAP. 2458.— An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the construction and maintenance of roads, the establishment and maintenance of schools, and the care and support of insane persons in the district of Alaska, and for other purposes,” approved January twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and five. May 14, 1906. [[S. 3522](/us/bill/34/s/3522).] [[Public, No. 162](/us/pl/34/162).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Alaska Fund.
That section one of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the construction and maintenance of roads, the establishment and maintenance of schools, and the care and support of insane persons in the district of Alaska, and for other purposes,” approved January twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and five, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: " “Section. 1. Liquor, trade, etc., license fees outside incorporated towns to constitute the “Alaska fund.”Vol. 33. p.616, amended.That all moneys derived from and collected for liquor licenses, occupation or trade licenses outside of the incorporated towns in the district of Alaska shall be deposited in the Treasury Department of the United States, there to remain as a separate and distinct fund, to be known as the ‘Alaska fund’, and to be wholly devoted to the purposes hereinafter stated in the district of Alaska.
One-fourthUse of fees. of said fund, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be devoted to the establishment and maintenance of public schools in said district; five per centum of said fund shall be devoted to the care and maintenance of insane persons in said district, or so much of said five per centum as may be needed; and all the residue of said fund shall be devoted to the construction and maintenance of wagon roads, bridges,*Proviso*.Collection of license fees. and trails in said district: *And provided further*, That the clerk of the court of each judicial division of said district is authorized, and he is hereby directed, whenever considered necessary, to call upon the Marshal’s deputies to act as license inspectors.United States marshal of said judicial division to aid in the collection of said license moneys by designating regular or special deputies of his office to act as temporary license inspectors, and it shall be the duty of said United States marshal to render such aid; and the said regular or special deputies, while actually engaged in the performance Fees.of this duty, shall receive the same fees and allowances and be paid in the same manner as when performing their regular duties.
” " Sec. 2. That section two of said Act lie, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: " “Sec. 2. Construction of wagon roads.Appointment of road commissioners.That there shall be a board of road commissioners in said district, to be composed of an engineer officer of the United States Army to be detailed and appointed by the Secretary of War, and two other officers of that part of the Army stationed in said district and to be designated by the Secretary of War.
The said engineer officer shall, during the term of his said detail and appointment, abide in said Powers.district. The said board shall have the power, and it shall be their duty, upon their own motion or upon petition, to locate, lay out, construct, and maintain wagon roads and pack trails from any point on the navigable waters of said district to any town, mining or other industrial camp or settlement, or between any such town, camps, or settlements therein, if in their judgment such roads or trails are needed and will be of permanent value for the development of the district; but no such road or trail shall be constructed to any town, camp, or settlement which is wholly transitory or of no substantial value or importance Maps, etc.for mining, trade, agricultural, or manufacturing purposes.
The said board shall prepare maps, plans, and specifications of every road or trail Bids when actual construction cost aggregates over $20,000.Vol. 83. p. 616, amendedthey may locate and lay out. and whenever more than twenty thousand dollars, in the aggregate, shall have to be expended upon the actual construction of any road or section of road designed to be permanent, contract for the work shall be let by them to the lowest responsible bidder, upon sealed bids, after due notice, under rides and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of War.
The board may reject any bid if they deem the same unreasonably high or if they find that there is a combination among bidders. In ease no responsible and reasonable bid can 193be 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 report they shall state whether the road or trail has been completed conformably 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 con-tract or otherwise, shall govern as in the case of the original construction of the road or trail. The cost and expenses of laying out, constructing,Disbursement.Vol. 33, p. 617, amended. and repairing such roads and trails shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury, through the authorized disbursing 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 greater liability for construction or repair shall at any time be incurred by said board than the money available therefor at that time in said fund. TheReimbursement for actual expenses, etc. 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 living while serving as members of said board within the limits of the district and not stationed at a military post.
” " Approved, May 14, 1906.