The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-09

the Territorial Board of Road Com missioners.
 Section 2 The Territorial Board Of Road Commissioners shall have authority to enter into cooperative agreements with the Board of Road Commissioners for Alaska, and the Secretary of Agriculture of the Unit ed States. or other Federal author ity, for the construction. repair and maintenance of any public road, bridge or ferry within the Territory of Alaska. In the case of co-opera- tive work, the Territorial Treasurer is authorized to deposit in the Unit ed States Treasury the funds agreed upon to cover the share of the Ter ritorial Road Commission in such CO., operative projects as are entered into, in accordance with the provis- sions of this Act. Such funds shall be expended by the Disbursing Off cer of the Federal authority desig- mated in the cooperative agreement, and a detailed Statement of expen Gitures from such funds so deposited shall, upon the completion of the project for which they were deposit cd, be furnished to the Territorial Treasurer. Any unexpended balance of such Territorial funds shall be returned
 Section B. The said Territorial Board of Road Commissioners is em- powered to act for the Territory in the receipt, allotment and disburse- ment of any Federal funds that may be turned over to the Territory for the building and maintenance of roads, bridges and trails unless oth- elwise provided for.
 Section A. It shall be the duty of the Territorial Board of Road Commissioners to furnish the Legis- lature of the Territory while in ses. sion, with an estimate of the amount required to construct and maintain roads, bridges and trails in each of the Territorial Road Divisions and to apportion and to transfer to the Treasurers of the various Divisional Road Commissions such funds as shall be available as hereinafter pro- vided, and to appoint Treasurer torial or National Bank in the Dl' vision for which he is appointed, for each of the four Road Divisions. The Treasurer shall be the custodian and disbursing officer of all moneys appropriated for the building and maintenance of roads, bridges and trails in the Division for which he is appointed, when the same is trans ferred to him from the Territorial Treasurer on the order of the Terri torial Board of Road Commissioners. The term of office of the Divisional Road Treasurer shall be for two years, but he may be removed for cause by the Territorial Board of Road Commissioners and he shall be required by the Territorial Board of Road Commissioners to give bond, good and sufficient, in amount to well protect the Territory.
 "Section 5 That in the appor- tionment of funds to the Divisional Boards of Road Commissioners, the Territorial Board of Road Commis sioners shall so arrange the appor- iionments that no Division shall dur ing any biennium receive a less amount of the combined amounts Of Territorial appropriations and CO operative funds than one quarter of the total amount appropriated to carry in effect the provisions of this Act. Provided, however, that the Territorial Board of Road Commits sioners may, in their discretion, ap- portion all or any part of the total apportionment to any Division in either year of the biennium, and pro- vidded further, that where co-opera- five funds are available in any one Division and not in others that they may reduce the Territorial appor- tionment to such Division and in crease the apportionment to other Di- visions where such cooperative funds are not available.
 Section 6. The Territory of Alas ka shall be divided into four Ter ritorial road divisions corresponding and coinciding with the four Judic- ial Divisions in the Territory with one office in each Division. Until March 1. 1921. in each Territorial Road Division there shall be a Di- visionad Road Commission consist ing of three members. two of whom shall be appointed by the Territorial