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74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 597, 598. AUGUST 21, 1935 . ease sa ve to lls collecting SeC . 5. In any case where there is in effect a toll prescribed by an order issued under section 2, for passage or transit over any bridge to which this Act applies, any person who demands or collects a toll for such passage or transit in excess of that so prescribed shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not to exceed $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and impr isonment . Approved, August - 21, 1935 . [CH APTER 598 .] AN ACT Augnst 21, 1935.
[H. R. 8845.1 To authorize the incorporated to wn of Cordova, Alaska, to construct, reconstruct, [Public, No. 297.1 enlarge, extend, improve, renew, and repair certain municipal public structures, utilities, works, and improvements, and for such purposes to issue bonds in any am ount not exceedi ng $50,0 00, and for othe r purpos es . Be it ena cted b y the Senate and H ouse o f Repr esenta tives of the Cordova, Alaska. United States of America in Congress assembled, That t he inc orpo- May construct, etc., cer ta in municipal pub- rated town of ordova, in the Territory of Alaska, is hereby author- uc structures . ized and empowered to construct, reconstruct, enlarge, extend, improve, and repair all or any part of the municipal public struc- tures, utilities, works, and improvements in said town hereinafter mentioned, to wit : (a) School buildings ; (b) wharf ; (c) sewers ; (d) city hall, offices, and fire-department house ; and (e) such other municipal public structures, utilities, works, and improvements as may be selected and approved by the common council of said town Bond issue,
of Cordova ; and for such purposes to issue bonds in any amount not exceeding $50,000 . Special election to authorize issue . SEC . 2. Before said bonds shall be issued a special election shall be ordered by the common counci l of the said town of Cordova, Alaska, at which election the question of whether such bonds shall be issued in the amount above specified for the purpose hereinbefore set forth shall be submitted to the qualified electors of said town of Cordova, Alaska, whose names appear on the last assessment roll of Form of ballot . said town for purposes of municipal taxation . The form of the ballot shall be such that the electors may vote for or against the issuance of bonds for the purposes herein specified up to the amount Notice to be posted, herein authorized . Not less than twenty days' notice of such election shall be given to the public by posting notices of same in three conspicuous places within the c orporate limits of the town of Cordova, Alaska, one of which shall be at the front door of the Unite d Stat es pos t offi ce at Cordov a, Ala ska . The electi on not ice shall specifically state the amount of bonds proposed to be issued Conduct of election . for the purposes herein specified. The registration for such election, the manner of conducting the same, and the canvass of the returns of said election shall be, as nearly as practicable, in accordance with the requirements of law in general or special elections in said municipality ; and such bonds shall be issued for the purposes herein authorized only upon condition that not less than a majority of the votes cast at such election in said municipality shall be in favor of the issuance of said bonds for such purpose . Form, etc ., of bonds . SEC . 3. The bonds herein authorized shall be coupon in form and shall mature in not to exceed thirty years from the date thereof. Denominations ; ma- Such bonds may bear such date or dates, may be in such denomina- turity dates. tion or denominations, may mature in such amounts and at such time or times, not exceeding thirty years from the date thereof, may be payable in such medium of payment and at such place or places, may
