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 0 1144 Additional complete sets and digests to offi- cers, etc ., who have not yet received them. Proviso. Limitation for mili- tary headquarters. Restricti on as to courts not held in Gov- ernment buildings. Pres erva tion, etc. Delivery fr om Public Printer as required. January 29, 1929 . CHAP. 114 .-An Act To amend section 10 of an Act entitled "An Act to [S .3949.]	provide for stock-raising homesteads, and for other purposes," approved Decem- [Public,No .693.] ber 29, 1916 (Public, Numbered 290, Sixty-fourth Congress). Be it enacted b y the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Sates o f America in Congress assembled, That the following be added as an additional proviso to section 10 of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for stock-raising homesteads, and for other purposes," approved December 29, 1916 (Public, Numbered 290, Sixty-fourth Co ngres s) "Provided fwrther, That the withdrawal from entry of lands nec essary to in sure a ccess by the publi c to wa tering place s rese rved her eunder shall not a pply t o depo sits o f coal and ot her mi nerals in the lands so wi thdraw n, and that the pr ovision s of s ection 9 of this Act are h ereby made a pplica ble to said deposit s in l ands e mbrace d in Stock-raising home- steads . Vol .39, p . 865, amend- ed. Mineral entries al- low ed on lan ds w ith- drawn for watering places. Vol.39,p.864 . SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS. II. Ciis . 113, 114 . 1929 . the Supreme Court, twenty-five copies; to the law library of the Department of the Interior, two copies; to the law library of the Department of Justice, five copies; to the law library of the Judge Advocate General of the Army, two copies; to the Secretary of the Senate for the use of committees of the Senate, thirty copies; to the Clerk of the House of Representatives for the use of the committees of the House, thirty-five copies; to the marshal of the Supreme Court as custodian of the public property used by the court for the use of the justices thereof in the conference room, robing room, and court- room, six copies; to the Secretary of War for the use of the proper courts and officers of the Philippine Islands, seven copies; to the Secretary of War for military headquarters which now exercise or may hereafter exercise general court-martial jurisdiction, such number, not to exceed in time of peace twenty-five copies, as the Secretary of War may from time to time specify; and to ea ch o f the places where district courts of the United States are now holden,. including Hawaii and Porto Rico, one copy. " The Attorney General shall distribute one complete set of said reports and one set of the digests thereof to such executive officers as are entitled to receive said reports under this section and have not already received them; to each United States judge and to each United States district attorney who has not received a set; to each of the places where district courts are now held to which reports have not been distributed, and to each of the places at which a district court may hereafter be held, the edition of said reports and digests to be selected by the judge or officer receiving them : Provided, That this Act shall not be construed so as to require that reports and digests printed prior to the date of approval of this Act shall be furnished to the Secretary of War for military head- quar ters . "No distribution of reports and digests under this section shall be made to any place where the court is held in a building not owned by the United States unless there be at such place a United States officer to whose responsible custody they can be committed. " The clerks of courts (except the Supreme Court) shall in all cases keep the said reports and digests for the use of the courts and of the officers thereof. Said reports and digests shall remain the prop erty of the United State s and shall b e pres erved by the offic ers above named and by them turned over to their successors in office . " The P ublic Printe r shal l turn over to the Attorn ey Gen eral, upon request, such reports as he may require in order to make the dis- tribution authorized to be made by the Attorney General hereunder ." Approved, January 29, 1929.

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. CHs. 114, 122, 126, 130. 1929. 1145 such withdrawals heretofore or hereafter made, but any mineral loca- tion or entry made hereunder shall be in accordance with such rules, regula tions, and r estric tions as may be pre scribe d by t he Sec retary of the I nterior ." Approved, January 29, 1929 . 30, CHAP . 122.-An Act For the exchange of lands adjacent to national forests Ja nuar y [S . 15i1i .] 1 1929. 1	in Montana. [Pu blic, No . 694.1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the provisions Nati onal fore sts . Lands in Montana of the Act of March 20, 1922 (Forty-second Statutes at Large, page within mi les thereof, 465) , en title d "An Act to c onsol idate nat ional fore st l ands, are ma y be 4acquire. hereby extended to include any suitable lands in the State of Mon- tana situated within six miles of a national forest boundary. Lands conveyed to the United States under this Act shall, upon acceptance of title, become parts of the national forest nearest to which they are situated. Approved, January 30, 1929. CHAP. 126.-An Act To amend section 279 of the Judicial Code. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 279 of the Judicial Code (section 416, Title 28, United States Code) be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows " Writs of venire facias, when directed by the court, shall issue from the clerk's office, and shall be served and returned by the mar- shal or by his deputy ; or, in case the marshal or his deputy is not an indifferent person, or is interested in the event of the cause, by such fit person as may be specially appointed for that purpose by the court, who shall administer to him an oath that he will truly and impartially serve and return the writ. Any person named in such writ by direction of the court may be served by the marshal mailing a copy thereof to such person commanding him or her to attend as a j uror a t a ti me and place desig nated therein, whic h copy shall be regis tered and deposite d in the post off ice addre ssed to s uch perso n at his or her usual post-office address . And the receipt of the person so addressed for such registered copy shall be regarded as personal service of such writ upon such person, and no mileage shall be allowed for the service of such person. The postage and registry fee shall be paid by the marshal and allowed him in the settlement of his January 31, 1929. [H. R . 14150 .] [Public, No. 695 .] Judicial Co de. Vol. 36, p. 1165, amended. U. S. Code, p. 912. Jur ors. Writs of venire facias . Ser vice and retu rn by marshal . By registered mail to party acc epted. Receipt deemed pe r- sonal service. acc ounts ." Approved, January 31, 1929 . CHAP . 130 .-An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to donate February 2, 1929 . [H . R .14452 .] to the city of Oakland, California, the United States Coast Guard cutter Bear . [Public, No. 696.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to donate, without expense to the United States, to the city of Oakland, California, the historic Coast Guard cutter Bear, for museum and exhibition purposes with- out charg e for admiss ion . Approved, February 2, 1929 . ƒBear, ,, Coast Guard cutter. Donated to Oakland, Calif.

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 1146 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. CHs. 131-133 . 1929 . February 2, 1929. [II.R . 14925] [Public, No. 697.] Bowdoin, font. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the R epaym ent to t own- lot purchasers in. United States of America in Congress assembled, That any excess Vol.44,p. 708. amounts paid by the purchasers of certain town lots in the town site of Bowdoin, Montana, and authorized to be repaid by the Act of Congress approved June 8, 1926 (Forty-fourth Statutes, page 708), shall, upon certification by the Secretary of the Interior, be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury in all cases where the application for refund is received on or prior to June 8, 1929. Approved, February 2, 1929. February 2, 1929. [H. J. Res. 350.] [Pub. Res., No. 78.] CHAP. 131 .-An Act To authorize repayment of certain excess amounts paid by purchasers of lots in the town site of Bowdoin, Montana, and for other purposes. CHAP. 132 .-Joint Resolution To provide for the reappointment of Fred- eric A. Delano and Irwin B. Laughlin as members of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institu- Resolved by the Senate and House o f Representati ves o f the t'on. Fred eric A. Delano United States o America in Congress asse mbled, T ha t th e v ac an ci es and Irwin B. Laughlin reappointed as Re- in the Board o Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class gents. other than Members of Congress, caused by the expiration of the terms of Frederic A. Delano, of the city of Washington, and Irwin B. Laughlin, of Pennsylvania, on January 21, 1929, be filled by the reappointment of the present incumbents for the statutory term of six years. Approved, February 2, 1929. February 2, 1929. [S.J. Res.o	C H AP. 1 33 .-Joint Resolution To provide for th e maintenance of public [P ub 7 order a nd the prote ction of lif e and propert y in connect ion with the presidentia l inauguration ceremonies in 1929. Inauguration of the Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pre side nt, 1 929 . A oun t aut hor iz ed States o f America in Congress assembled, That $25,000, or so much m for main tena nce of th ereof as may be ne cessa ry, pa yable in like manner as other ceremonies . during the appropriations for the expenses of the District of Columbia, is hereby po st, p . 1629. authorized to be appropriated to enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to maintain public order and protect life and property in said District from the 28th of February to the 10th of m5oh a=isyofthecom- March, 1929, both in clusive, inclu ding the empl oyment of pers onal services, payment of allowances, traveling expenses, hire of means of transportation, cost of removing and relocating street car loading platforms, and other incidental expenses in the discretion of the Regulations to be commissioners. Said commissioners are hereby authorized and made. directed to make all reasonable regulations necessary to secure such preservation of public order and protection of life and property, and to make special regulations respecting the standing, movements, and operating of vehicles of whatever character or kind during said Lice nses to p eddl ers, etc period; and to grant, under such conditions as they may impose, . special licenses to peddlers and vendors to sell goods, wares, and merchandise on the streets, avenues, and sidewalks in the District of Columbia, and to charge for such privilege such fees as they may deem proper. Ti me of enforcing Such regulations and licenses shall be in force one week prior to regulations, etc. said inauguration, during said inauguration, and one week subsequent thereto, and shall be published in one or more of the daily newspapers published in the District of Columbia, and in such other manner as the commissioners may deem best to acquaint the public with the s am e; and no penalty prescr ibed for the violation of any of such

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. Cirs. 133,145,146 . 1929 . 1147 regulations shall be enforced until five days after such publication. Any person violating any of such regulations shall be liable for each Penalties. such offense to a fine not to exceed $100 in the police court of said Dist rict, and, i n defa ult of payme nt ther eof, t o impr isonme nt in the workhouse of said District for not longer than sixty days. And the rarcy comfortc for tempo- workhouse stations, sum of $2,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby peronaservices, etc. likewise authorized, to be expended by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the construction, rent, maintenance, and expenses incident to the operation of temporary public-comfort sta tions, fi rst-aid s tations, and infor mation bo oths, dur ing the p eriod afo resaid, incl uding the em ployme nt of persona l serv ices. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Niobrara Island . United States o f A merica in Co ngress assemb led, That the co nsent of Transfer of, from city of Niobrara to Ne- the United States is hereby granted to the city of Niobrara, Ne- braska, consented to. br aska, to transfer to the St ate of Ne braska a ll the ri ghts, tit le, and C ondit ions. interest of such city in and to Niobrara Island, an island in the Nio- br ara Ri ver, i f the State of Neb raska, before the e xpirat ion of five years from the date of the enactment of this Act, formally accepts such is land s ubject to th e same condi tions ( except the c onditi on as Vol . 25, p. 897. to time of acceptance) as are imposed by section 21 of the Act en- titled "An Act to divide a portion of the reservation of the Sioux Nation of Indians in Dakota into separate reservations and to secure the relinquishment of the Indian title to the remainder, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1889, in respect of the donation to the city of Niobr ara of such island. Approved, February 4, 1929. February 4, 1929. CHAP. 146 .-An Act To provide for the transfer of the returns office from _ [g. x .9 576 .] the Interior Department to the General Accounting Office, and for other purposes. [Public, No.699 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Returns office, In- United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the returns tenor Department. office, together with its activities, contracts, bids, offers Transfer, iG furl personnel, ,, tions, etc, to eneral proposals, adverti sements, books, re cords, do cuments, furniture , office Accounting Office. equipment, and papers and property of whats oever character, is hereby transferred from the Interior Depart ment to the General Comptroller General Accountin Office ; and all owers and duties whatsoever in connec- v ested with full au- g h thority, etc. ti on the rewith now v ested in or requir ed to b e perf ormed by or under the Secretary of the Interior are transferred to, vested in, and required to be performed by or under the Comptroller General of the United States. Department appro- SEC. 2 . That so much of appropriations for the Interior Depart- pri ations transf erred. ment as applies to expenditures for the returns office, including personnel therefor, is transferred to and made applicable for expendi- ture by the General Accounting Office. Regulations, etc ., to SEC. 3 . That the Comptroller General of the United States iS be made. authorized to perform all acts and make such rules and regulations as necessary to carry the provisions of this Act into effect. Laws repealed. SEC. 4 . That all laws and parts of laws in so far as inconsistent p. 85, repeasees . - led .512 515, with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. U. S. Code, p.1309. SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect July 1, 1929. EffectiveJuly1, 1929. Approved, February 4, 1929. 54835°-29-PT 1-76 Approved, February 2, 1929. CHAP. 145 .-An Act To authorize the city of Niobrara, Nebraska, to February 4, 1929 . [s .4979 .] transfer Niobrara Island to the State of Nebraska. [Public, No. 698 .1

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 1148 SEVEN TIETH CONG RES S. SEss. II. CH. 147. 1929 . February 4,1929. CHAP. 1 47 .-Joint Res olution Auth orizing the President to ascertain, a djust, [S.J. Res.59.] and pay certain claims of grain elevators and grain firms to cover insurance and [Pub. Res., No.80.] interest on wheat during the years 1919 and 1920, as per a certain contract authorized by the President. Whe at g uar antee d Whereas it is provided in the Act entitled "An Act to provide further 192 0 .5 c ontra cts, 1919, for the national security and defense by encouraging the produc- Preamble . tion, c onservi ng the supply , and c ontroll ing th e distr ibution of fo od products and fuel (chapter 53, Fortieth Statutes at Large, approved August 10, 1917, and chapter 125, Fortieth Statutes at Large, approved March 4, 1919), wherein the President was authorized to determine and fix a guaranteed price, to be paid producers of wheat, and whe rein the Pres ident was furt her authorize d as fol- lows Statutory authoriza- " Whenever the President shall find it essential in order to carry tion. out the guaran tees af oresai d, or t o prote ct the United States again st Vol. 40, pp. 281, 1350. undue enhancement of its liabilities thereunder, he is authorized to make rea sona ble comp ensa tion for han dlin g, t rans port atio n, i nsur - ance, and other charges with respect to wheat and wheat flour of said crops and for storage thereof in elevators, on farms and elsewhere" ; and Whereas, the President by an Executive order (Numbered 3087), dated May 14, 1919, in pursuance of the power conferred on him by said Act, did order as follows " I further find it essential and hereby direct that in order to carry out the guarantees made producers' of wheat of the crops of 1919, and to protect the United States against undue enhancement of its liabilities thereunder, the United States wheat director utilize the services of the Food Administration Grain Corporation (now the United States Grain Corporation by reason of a change of name authorized by Executive order) as an agency of the United States, and I authorize the Food Administration Grain Corpora- tion * such arrangements and to do and perform all such acts and things as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of said Act " ; and Whereas the United States Grain Corpor ation, in purs uance of said Executive order, and, for the purpose of carrying out and making effective the guaranteed price, made, and entered into, a certain con- tract, known as " the Grain Dealers' Agreement," with various ind ependent and farmer grain firms and grai n elevator co mpanies in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Wyoming, and Oklahoma, and wherein it was agreed as follows "Four th. In c ase the deale r (the elevato r firm s) shal l be un able, after using every effort and all diligence to ship in any week such total of grain as makes the equivalent of at least 20 per centum of the amount of wheat in his elevator and owned by him at the beginning of such week, the grain corporation shall pay to the dealer to cover insurance and interest for such week seven- twentieths of a cent per bushel on the wheat in the elevator owned by him at the beginning of such week " ; and Whereas the President, in an Executive order, dated August 21, 1920, did approve, ratify, and confirm all acts done or authorized by th e said United States Grain Corporation i n carrying ou t and making the guaranteed price effective ; and Whereas a number of claims of the said grain dealers, for money earned under said contract, still remains unpaid : Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United for earned claims under contracts money States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Comptroller Gen- to be adjusted by eral of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to ascertain Comptroller General . the amount due on said claims, if any, acid he is further authorized
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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs. 147, 148 . 1929 . 1149 to settle and adjust said claims, and to certify same to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to the several persons entitled thereto, Payment authorized. as their respective interests may appear together with the reasonable and necessary expenses incident to the administration of this resolu- tion, out of any funds now in the hands of the United States Grain Corporation, and belonging to the United States, or out of the funds in the United States Treasury, not otherwise appropriated : Provided, Artr 180 . ne ys' That attorneys' fees shall not exceed 15 per centum of the amount stricted. r ecov ered. Approved, February 4, 1929. fee s CHAP. 148 . Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to Februarys. 1929 . [H. J .Res. 340] . cooperate with the other relief creditor Governments in making it possible for [Pub. Res ., No .8i- Austria to float a loan in order to obtain funds for the furtherance of its recon- struction program, and to conclude an agreement for the settlement of the "indebtedness of Austria to the United States . Resolved by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United State s o f America in Congress a ssembled, That in order that the United States may cooperate with the Governments of Denmark, France, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland in making it possible for Austria to obtain by means of a loan the additional funds necessary in the furtherance of its recon- struction program, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby author- ized, if he determines that substantially similar action has been taken by each of such Governments in respect of the Austrian relief bonds held by it and that the Reparation Commission has given an appropriate release in respect of such loan, to subordinate the lien of the United States upon the assets and revenues of Austria pledged for the payment of the Austrian relief bond held by the United States (but without prejudicing the priority over costs of repara- tion stipulated in the relief bond) to a lien upon such assets and revenues as may be pledged for the payment of one or more loans floated by Austria in an aggregate net amount of not more than 725,000,000 Austrian schillings and for a period of not more than thirty years from July 1, 1929 ; and the Secretary of the Treasury, with the approval of the President, is hereby authorized to conclude an agreement, as set forth below in general terms, for the settlement of the indebtedness of Austria to the United States : Provided, how- ever, That the terms and conditions of such settlement shall not be less favorable than the terms and conditions granted by Austria to any of the other relief creditor Governments, and should more favor- able terms or conditions be granted by Austria to any of the other relief creditor Governments, the Secretary of the Treasury, with the approval of the President, is authorized to amend the proposed agree- ment so that the United States may enjoy a corresponding benefit. The amount of the indebtedness to be funded is $34,630,968 .68, which has been computed as follows Principal amount of obligation to be funded	$24,055,708 .92 Interest accrued a nd unpaid thereon to January 1, 1928, at the rate of 6 per centum per annum 10, 575, 259 .76 re- Austr ia. Coop eration wi th other creditor Govern- ments authorized to enable Austria by a loan to obtain funds for its reconstruction pro- gram. Su bstit utio n for lie n up on as sets pled ged for Austrian relief bonds, a lien upo n assets pledged for lo ans floated . Agreement for settle- ment of its indebted- ness to United St ates. Proviso. Terms to be not less favo rable than t hose granted other Govern- ments. Amount of indebted- ness. Total p rincipal and interes t accrued and unpaid as of January 1,19 28 	34,6 30,968 . 6 8 In full and final settlement of this indebtedness, Austria shall pay an- nuities Set tlem ent b ginning Jan- twenty-five equal annuities of $1,337,140 beginning on January 1, nary 1, 1943 . 1943 . Austria, however, shall have the option of paying instead of the optional in 40-an- nuities beginning Jan- aforesaid annuities forty annuities as follows : Five annual pay- nary 1, 1929. ments of $287,556 beginning on January 1, 1929 ; ten annual pay- Payments.

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 1150 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. CHs. 148, 151, 152 . 1929 . ments of $460,093 beginning on January 1, 1934 ; and twenty-five annual payments of $743,047 beginning on January 1, 1944. If Austria shall exercise this option to pay in forty annuities beginning January 1, 1929, the obligation of Austria to pay annui- ties during the years 1929 to 1943 will in the case of each annuity not arise if the trustees of the reconstruction loan of 1923 prior to the preceding December 1 have raised objection to the payment of the annuity in question on the due date. To the extent, if any, that any such annuity is not paid by reason of such objection on the part of the trustees, the amount thereof together with interest at 5 per centum per annum compounded annually to December 31, 1943, shall be repaid together with further interest at 5 per centum per annum by twenty-five equal annuities on January 1 of each of the years 1944 to 1968, inclusive. The bonds to be issued under the agreement to be concluded under authority of this resolution shall enjoy the same security as the relief obligation of Austria now held by the United States (relief . series B of 1920) except to the extent that the lien enjoyed by this obligation has been released by the Secretary of the Treasury under authority of the joint resolution of Congress approved April 6, 1922, and also to the extent that it may be further released by the Secretary of the Treasury under the authority of this resolution. Austria shall make no payment upon or in respect of any of its obligations issued to the relief creditor nations, to wit, Denmark, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Italy, Norway, Sweden, and S witzer land b efore, at, o r afte r matur ity, w hether for p rincip al or for interest, unless a similar and proportionate payment shall simultaneously be made upon the relief indebtedness of Austria to the United States. Any payment to be ma de under the agreemen t may be made at the option of Austria in any United States Government obligations issued after April 6, 1917, such obligations to be taken at par and accrued interest. Appro ved, Febru ary 4, 19 29. Obligation to pay annuities, 1929 to 1943, will not arise if recon- struction loan trustees object to a payment on a due date. Amount not paid. t o be repaid in 25 an- nuities on January 1, 1944 to 1968. Bond s is sued unde r this agreement to have same secu rity as of obl i- gation now held. Lien release d. Vol. 42, p. 492. No payment by Aus- tria to o ther cred itor natio ns u nless pro por- tionate payment simul- tan eou sly ma de to United States. Payments may be ma de in United States bonds. February 5, 1929. CHAP. 151 .-An Act To amend section 1396 of the Revised Statutes of the [n'R. 13414.]	United States relative to the appointment of chaplains i n the Navy. [Public, No. 700 . 1 Y' ' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Navy. Chaplains. United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 1396 . R. S., sec. 1396, p. of the Revised Statutes of the United States is hereby amended by 249, S Code p. U02. striking out the words "A chaplain " in the first line thereof and sub- Acting chaplain. Age qualifications. stituting therefor the words " acting chaplain," so that said section will read as follows "An a cting chap lain shal l not be less than twent y-on e nor more than thirty-five years of age at the time of his appointment ." Appro ved, Febiu ary 5, 19 29. February 5, 1929. [73 . R. 15324.]	CHAP. 152 .-An Act Authorizing the attendance of the Marine Band at the [Public No. 701 .] Confederate Veterans' reunion to be held at Charlotte, North Carolina. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Confederate ans' Reunion vet"- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President . Marine Band author- is authorized to permit the United States Marine Band to attend a tte nd, at Charlotte, NC ize d to and give concerts at the Thirty-ninth Annual Confederate Veterans' Reunion to be held at Charlotte, North Carolina, June 4 to 7, inclusive, 1929.

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 leading spirit, he was in the following year, 1840, condemned to death, a sentence that was afterwards commuted to imprisonment for life. He was released by the revolution of 1848, only to resume his attacks on existing institutions. The revolution, he declared, was a mere change of name. The violence of the Société républicaine centrale, which was founded by Blanqui to demand a modification of the government, brought him into conflict with the more moderate Republicans, and in 1849 he was condemned to ten years’ imprisonment. In 1865, while serving a further term of imprisonment under the Empire, he contrived to escape, and henceforth continued his propaganda against the government from abroad, until the general amnesty of 1869 enabled him to return to France. Blanqui’s leaning towards violent measures was illustrated in 1870 by two unsuccessful armed demonstrations: one on the 12th of January at the funeral of Victor Noir, the journalist shot by Pierre Bonaparte; the other on the 14th of August, when he led an attempt to seize some guns at a barrack. Upon the fall of the Empire, through the revolution of the 4th of September, Blanqui established the club and journal La patrie en danger. He was one of the band that for a moment seized the reins of power on the 31st of October, and for his share in that outbreak he was again condemned to death on the 17th of March of the following year. A few days afterwards the insurrection which established the Commune broke out, and Blanqui was elected a member of the insurgent government, but his detention in prison prevented him from taking an active part. Nevertheless he was in 1872 condemned along with the other members of the Commune to transportation; but on account of his broken health this sentence was commuted to one of imprisonment. In 1879 he was elected a deputy for Bordeaux; although the election was pronounced invalid, Blanqui was set at liberty, and at once resumed his work of agitation. At the end of 1880, after a speech at a revolutionary meeting in Paris, he was struck down by apoplexy, and expired on the 1st of January 1881. Blanqui’s uncompromising communism, and his determination to enforce it by violence, necessarily brought him into conflict with every French government, and half his life was spent in prison. Besides his innumerable contributions to journalism, he published an astronomical work entitled L’Éternité par les astres (1872), and after his death his writings on economic and social questions were collected under the title of Critique sociale (1885).

 BLANTYRE, the chief town of the Nyasaland protectorate, British Central Africa. It is situated about 3000 ft. above the sea in the Shiré Highlands 300 m. by river and rail N.N.W. of the Chinde mouth of the Zambezi. Pop. about 6000 natives and 100 whites. It is the headquarters of the principal trading firms and missionary societies in the protectorate. It is also a station on the African trans-continental telegraph line. The chief building is the Church of Scotland church, a fine red brick building, a mixture of Norman and Byzantine styles, with lofty turrets and white domes. It stands in a large open space and is approached by an avenue of cypresses and eucalyptus. The church was built entirely by native labour. Blantyre was founded in 1876 by Scottish missionaries, and is named after the birthplace of David Livingstone.

 BLANTYRE (Gaelic, “the warm retreat”), a parish of Lanarkshire, Scotland. Pop. (1901) 14,145. The parish lies a few miles south-east of Glasgow, and contains High Blantyre (pop. 2521), Blantyre Works (or Low Blantyre), Stonefield and several villages. The whole district is rich in coal, the mining of which is extensively carried on. Blantyre Works (pop. 1683) was the birthplace of David Livingstone (1813–1873) and his brother Charles (1821–1873), who as lads were both employed as piecers in a local cotton-mill. The scanty remains of Blantyre Priory, founded towards the close of the 13th century, stand on the left bank of the Clyde, almost opposite the beautiful ruins of Bothwell Castle. High Blantyre and Blantyre Works are connected with Glasgow by the Caledonian railway. Stonefield (pop. 7288), the most populous place in the parish, entirely occupied with mining, lies between High Blantyre and Blantyre Works. Calderwood Castle on Rotten Calder Water, near High Blantyre, is situated amid picturesque scenery.

 BLARNEY, a small town of Co. Cork, Ireland, in the mid parliamentary division, 5 m. N.W. of the city of Cork on the Cork & Muskerry light railway. Pop. (1901) 928. There is a large manufacture of tweed. The name “blarney” has passed into the language to denote a peculiar kind of persuasive eloquence, alleged to be characteristic of the natives of Ireland. The “Blarney Stone,” the kissing of which is said to confer this faculty, is pointed out within the castle. The origin of this belief is not known. The castle, built c. 1446 by Cormac McCarthy, was of immense strength, and parts of its walls are as much as 18 ft. thick. To its founder is traced by some the origin of the term “blarney,” since he delayed by persuasion and promises the surrender of the castle to the lord president. Richard Millikin’s song, “The Groves of Blarney” (c. 1798), contributed to the fame of the castle, which is also bound up with the civil history of the county and the War of the Great Rebellion.

 BLASHFIELD, EDWIN HOWLAND (1848–), American artist, was born on the 15th of December 1848 in New York City. He was a pupil of Bonnat in Paris, and became (1888) a member of the National Academy of Design in New York. For some years a genre painter, he later turned to decorative work, marked by rare delicacy and beauty of colouring. He painted mural decorations for a dome in the manufacturers’ building at the Chicago Exposition of 1893; for the dome of the Congressional library, Washington; for the capitol at St Paul, Minnesota; for the Baltimore court-house; in New York City for the Appellate court house, the grand ball-room of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, the Lawyers’ club, and the residences of W. K. Vanderbilt and Collis P. Huntington; and in Philadelphia for the residence of George W. Drexel. With his wife he wrote Italian Cities (1900) and edited Vasari’s Lives of the Painters (1896), and was well known as a lecturer and writer on art. He became president of the Society of Mural Painters, and of the Society of American Artists.

 BLASIUS (or ), SAINT, bishop of Sebaste or Sivas in Asia Minor, martyred under Diocletian on the 3rd of February 316. The Roman Catholic Church holds his festival on the 3rd of February, the Orthodox Eastern Church on the 11th. His flesh is said to have been torn with woolcombers’ irons before he was beheaded, and this seems to be the only reason why he has always been regarded as the patron saint of woolcombers. In pre-Reformation England St Blaise was a very popular saint, and the council of Oxford in 1222 forbade all work on his festival. Owing to a miracle which he is alleged to have worked on a child suffering from a throat affection, who was brought to him on his way to execution, St Blaise’s aid has always been held potent in throat and lung diseases. The woolcombers of England still celebrate St Blaise’s day with a procession and general festivities. He forms one of a group of fourteen (i.e. twice seven) saints, who for their help in time of need have been associated as objects of particularly devoted worship in Roman Catholic Germany since the middle of the 15th century.

 BLASPHEMY (through the Fr. from Gr. , profane language, slander, probably derived from root of  , to injure, and  , speech), literally, defamation or evil speaking, but more peculiarly restricted to an indignity offered to the Deity by words or writing. By the Mosaic law death by stoning was the punishment for blasphemy (Lev. xxiv. 16). The 77th Novel of Justinian assigned death as the penalty, as did also the Capitularies. The common law of England treats blasphemy as an indictable offence. All blasphemies against God, as denying His being, or providence, all contumelious reproaches of Jesus Christ, all profane scoffing at the Holy Scriptures, or exposing any part thereof to contempt or ridicule, are punishable by the temporal courts with fine, imprisonment and also infamous corporal punishment. An act of Edward VI. (1547; repealed

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 1154 SE VENT IETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs. 158-160 . 1929 . Febru ary 6, IM. CHAP. 158.--An Act Recognizing the heroic conduct, devotion to duty, and [S. 5578 .]	skill on the part of the officers and crew of the United States steamship America, and for other purposes. [Public, No. 705.] "A mer ic a," Steam- ship. Meaning of" crew ." Thanks of Congress to officers and crew of "America," for rescue of Itali an s team ship "Florida." February 6, 1929 . [H. R. 12404.1 CHAP. 159 .-An Act Authorizing erection of a memorial to Major General [Public, No. 706 .] Henry A. Greene at Fort Lewis, Washington. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Henry A. Greene Memorial Association, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Washington, be, and is hereby, author- ized to erect and maintain a suitable building, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, in and upon the United States military reservation at Fort Lewis, Washington, the plans of such building to be first approved and the building to be constructed in such location as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War : Pro- vided, That the use of such portion of the ground floor of said building as may be necessary shall be given to the Post Office Dep artmen t of t he Uni ted S tates, free of ch arge, for the post- office service of the reservation, so long as said building remains on said grounds. Approved, February 6, 1929. He nry A. Greene. Memorial to Major General, authorized at Fort Lewis, Wash. Plans, etc ., subject to approval of Secretary of War. Proviso. Use for post office of portion of building. February 7, 1929. [H. R. 12113.] [Public, No. 707.] Lincoln National Forest, N. Mex. Acquirement of pri- vately ow ned lands in. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the term " crew " as used in this Act shall mean and include any person car- ried on the ship's register or serving on the ship in any capacity, regardless of rank or rating, at the time of the rescue referred to in this Act. SEC. 2 . That the tha nks and appre ciation of the Congress of the United States be, and they are hereby, tendered to the officers and crew of the United States steamship America as constituted on Janu- ary 23, 1929, for the heroic conduct shown and noble service ren- dered in the rescue of the officers and crew of the Italian steamship Flori da. Approved, February 6, 1929. CHAP. 160.-An Act Providing for the acquirement by the United States of privately owned lands situated within certain townships in the Lincoln National Forest, in the State of New Mexico, by exchanging therefor lands on the public domain also within such State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That whenever the own er or owners of any private ly owned land s, situated wi thin townships 16 and 17 south, range 13 east, New Mexico principal meridian, within the county of Otero and State of New Mexico, and within the present boundaries of the Lincoln National Forest, shall submit to the Secretary of Agriculture a proposal for the exchange of said lands for lands upon the public domain situated elsewhere in the State of New Mexico, and such Secretary shall be of opinion that the acquirement of the same by the United States for national- forest purposes would be beneficial thereto, he is hereby authorized and empowered to transmit to the Secretary of the Interior such offer so ma de to him, to gether with su ch recommenda tions as he m ay see proper to make in connection therewith, together with a description of the property included in such offer and an estimate of the com- mercial or other value thereof, intrinsically or otherwise; and if he

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs. 160-162 . 1929 . 1155 shall recommend the acquirement of the same by the United States under the provisions hereof, then, in such event, the Secretary of the Interior shall be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered, in his discretion, to enter into and conclude negotiations with such owner or owners thereof, and in exchange for such designated privately owned lands, and upon conveyance by the owner or owners thereof to the United States by a good and sufficient deed, to cause to be patented to such owner or owners such acreage of nonmineral, non- irrigable grazing lands not suitable for agricultural purposes, except for raising grass, situated within the said State of New Mexico, of equal value, as near as he may be able to determine, to the lands so conveyed to the United States. SE C. 2. That any lands conveyed to the United States under the provisions of this Act shall, upon acceptance of the conveyance thereof, become and be a part of such Lincoln National Forest. SEc. 3. That before any exchange of lands as above provided is effected, notice of such exchange proposal describing the lands involved therein shall be published once each week for four consecu- tive we eks in some newspa per of gener al circ ulatio n in t he cou nty in which such lands so to be conveyed to the United States are situated. Exchange for, of pub- lic lands. Patents to be issued. Added to the Forest. Notic e of pro posed exchange to be pub- lished. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Oklahoma. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second Drainage assessments paragraph of secion 3 of Public Act Numbered 20 (Thirty-seventh land Indian restricted Statutes at Large, page 194), approved July 19, 1912, being an Act to provide for the payment of drainage assessments on Indian lands in Oklahoma, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows "That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his a lo tmen ts in any discretion, to approve the assessments, together with right-of-way dr volage,pistr icte d- maps, upon all other restricted Indian allotments situated within any ed . drainag e dist rict l ocated withi n and organiz ed und er the laws of the Pro,j,,,. State of Oklahoma : Provi ded, That the limitation prescribed in Limitation on assess- me nt payment, not section 2 hereof that no assessment shall exceed the sum of $15 per applicable . acre on any allotment or portion thereof shall not apply to assess- ments approved hereunder : Provided further, That for the purpose Payment authorized of assessments in Little of payi ng suc h asse ssment s appr oved b y the S ecreta ry of the In terior River drainage d is- March 21, 1928, aga inst restr icte d lan ds wi thin the Littl e Riv er tries' drainage district Numbered 2, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Post, p. 103x. Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,720 .94, to be reimbursable as provided in section 2 of this Act ." Approved, February 7, 1929 . February 8, 1929. CHAP. 162 .-An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to sell	[8 .4739 .1	certain Government-owned land at Manchester, New Hampshire . [Public, No . 709 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State s o f Americ a in C ongres s assem bled, That the Secretary Sal e of part of public of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered, in bui ldi n g site at, a uthor- his discretion, to sell to the highest bidder, after public advertise- ment, for an amoun t not less t han $2 0,000, the ea sterly twent y-five feet of the Government-owned site at Manchester, New Hampshire y at such time and upon such terms as he may deem to be to the best Approved, February 7, 1929 . CHAP. 161 .-An Act To amend section 3 of Public Act Numbered 230 Feb 13507 .19 (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page 194). [Public, No . 708.1

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 1156 February 8, 1929, [H .R .7200.] [Public, No. 710 .] Criminal Code. Vol. 35, p. 1150, amen ded. Pugilistic encounters, Hawaii and Alaska. Provisi ons allo wing. February 8, 1929. [11. R.141511 [Public, No. 711 .] Coast Guard. Station authorized on Pacific coast, near mo ut h of Quillay ute River, Wash. Sum authorized for. February 9, 1929. [S. 5110.] [Public, No. 712 .] Public lands. Patents authorized of designated ent ries. Charles G. Jewett. Desert-land entry. Edwin T. Pfister. Stock-raising home- ste ads. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs. 162-165 . 1929 . interests of the United States, and to convey such property to the purch aser t hereof by th e usua l quit -claim deed, the pr oceeds of su ch sale to be deposited in the Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt. Approved, February 8, 1929. CHAP. 163.-An Act To amend section 321 of the Penal Code. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 321 of the Act entitled "An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States," approved March 4, 1909, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence "Nothing in this section or in the preceding section shall be held to prohibit any pugilistic encounter in the Territory of Hawaii or the Territory of Alaska, in conformity with the laws of the respec- tive Territories, if (1) the contestants use gloves not less than five ounces each in weight, (2) such encounter is not held on Sunday and does not consist of more than ten rounds of a duration of more than three minutes each with an interval of one minute between each round and the succeeding round, and (3) each contestant is over eighteen years of age and, one hour prior to such encounter, has been examined by a licensed physician, who shall certify in wri ting to t he re feree of such encou nter that such cont esta nt is physically fit to engage therein ." Approved, February 8, 1929. CHAP. 164 .-An Act To provide for establishment of a Coast Guard station at or near the mouth of the Quillayute River in the State of Washington. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to establish a Coast Guard station on the Pacific coast at or in the vicinity of the mouth of the Quillayute River, in either Clallam or Jefferson County, State of Washington, in such locality as the commandant of the Coast Guard may recommend, and the sum of $50,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized to be appropriated for this purpose. Approved, February 8, 1929. CHAP. 165 .-An Act Validating certain applications for and entries of public lands, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House, of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue patents upon the entries hereinafter named upon which proof compliance with law has been filed, upon the payment of all moneys due thereon Desert-land entry, Evanston, Wyoming, numbered 07863, made by Charles G. Jewett on January 5, 1922, for the east half of the south- west quarter and north half of the southeast quarter, section 26, township 34 north, range 114 west, sixth principal meridian. Stock-raising homestead en tries, Cheyenne, Wyoming, numbered 035367, 039066, and 042059, made by Edwin T. Pfister for the north- east quarter of the southeast quarter, section 34, and north half and north half of the south half, sectio n 35, t ownshi p 38 n orth, and lo t

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 Provided further, That no such entryman shall be entitled to have counted as a part of the required period of residence any period of time during which he was not actually upon said land prior to the date of the notice aforesaid.

Approved, February 9, 1929.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be and he is hereby, authorized to transfer to the control of the Secretary of the Interior, for the use and benefit of certain Indians now using and occupying the land as a fishing camp site, two irregular shaped parcels of land containing in the aggregate approximately seven and four-tenths acres, located in lot 1 of section 17 and in lots 1 and 2 of section 20, township 2 north, range 15 east, Willamette meridian, Oregon, originally acquired by the United States as a right of way for a projected boat railway in connection with the improvements of The Dalles-Celilo section of the Columbia River: Provided, That a strip forty feet wide be reserved from such transfer for a roadway connection between the lock keeper's grounds at Celilo and the Columbia River Highway.

Approved, February 9, 1929.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President be, and is hereby, authorized to award, in the name of Congress, gold medals of appropriate design to Commander John H. Towers for conceiving, organizing, and commanding the first trans-Atlantic flight; to Lieutenant Commander Albert C. Read, United States Navy, commanding officer NC-4; to Lieutenant Elmer F. Stone, United States Coast Guard, pilot; to former Lieutenant Walter Hinton, United States Navy, pilot; to Lieutenant H. C. Rodd, United States Navy, radio operator; to former Lieutenant J. L. Breese, United States Naval Reserve Force, engineer; and to former Machinist's Mate Eugene Rhodes, United States Navy, engineer, for their extraordinary achievement in making the first successful trans-Atlantic flight, in the United States naval flying boat NC-4, in May, 1919.

Approved, February 9, 1929.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the city of Savanna, Illinois, and the city of Sabula, Iowa, authorized to be built by the States of Illinois and Iowa by the Act of Congress approved May 26, 1924, as revived and reenacted by Act of Congress approved March 10, 1928, are


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 hereby extended one and three years, respectively, from March 10, 1929.

. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.

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February 9, 1929. CHAP. 189 .-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Danville and 	[s .4957 .1 Western Railway Company to reconstruct, maintain, and operate the existing [Public, No. 716.] railroad bridge across the Dan River in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repr esen tati ves of t he Dan River. United States o America in Congress assembled That the consent Danville and West- f ern Rail way Compan y of Congress is hereby granted to the Danville and Western may rec onstr uct, etc ., bridge across, in Pitt- Railway Company, a corporation of the State of Virginia, its sylvania County, Va. successors and assigns, to reconstruct, maintain, and operate its existing railroad bridge and approaches thereto across the Dan River, at a point seven and eight-tenths miles west of Danville, in Pittsyl vania County, in the State of Virginia, in accordance with voi34, p. 84. the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construc- tion of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906. Right to sell, etc., SEC. 2. The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the conferred. rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act is hereby granted to the Danville and Western Railway Company, a corporation of the State of Virginia, its successors and assigns ; and any corporation to which such rights, powers, and privileges may be sold, assigned, or transferred, or which shall acquire the same by mortgage foreclosure or otherwise, is hereby authorized to exercise the same as fully as though conferred herein directly upon such corporation. SEC. 3 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amen dment . expressly reserved. Approved, February 9, 1929. February 9, 1929. CHAP. 170.-An Act To extend the time for completing the construction of [11. R . 16035 .] the bridge across Port Washington Narrows, within the city of Bremerton, State [Public, No. 717 .] of Washington. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the P o r t Washing ton United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the time Narrows. for completing the construction of the bridge across Port Washing Ti m, extended for o g br idging, at B remer- ton Narrows, within the city of Bremerton, State of Washington, ton, Wash. authorized by the Act of Congress, entitled "An Act granting the Vol . 44, p. 744. consent of Congress to W . E. Buell, of Seattle, Washington, to con- struct a bridge across Port Washington Narrows, within the ci ty of Bremerton, in the State of Washington," approved June 14, 1926, be, and the same is hereby, extended three years from June 14, 1929. SEC. 2. The ri ht to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Am endment. expressly rese rve. Be it enacted by t he Senate and House o f Re pres enta tive s of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- Texas hro i growers. a al troller General of the United States be, and is hereby, authorized to examine, and settle claim s of, pre vente d by and directed to examine and settle, on the basis of facts and figures an maldiseascsquaran tine, from harvesting to be found and reported by the Secretary Agriculture, of Agriculture, the claims t 192 5 ine cr op om r inB harvesting zoria, of hay growers in Brazoria, Galveston, and Harris Counties, Texas, ate ., Coun ties . Approved, February 9, 1929. C H A P. 1 7 2 .-An Act For the relief of hay growers in Br azoria, Galveston, February 11, 1929. [9 .4818.] and Harris Counties, Texas. [Public, No. 718.]

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 1160 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs. 172, 173 . 1929 . Provisos. All owanc e li mited. Appropriation for paying allowed claims. Maximu m allowane s to attorneys for serv- ices. Receiving in excess, unlawful . Penalty for. who were prevented during the year 1925 from harvesting their hay because of quarantine restrictions against the spread of the hoof and mouth disease : Provided, That the allowance made on any such claim shall not exceed the amount paid thereon by the Livestock Sanitary Commission of Texas, pursuant to an act of the State legislature approved October 6, 1926. There is hereby appropriated, from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a suffi- cient amount, not to exceed $218,177 .50, to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay such of the claims as may be allowed by the Comptroller General : Provided, That no part of the amount of any item appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, att orney or att orneys, on a ccount of se rvices render ed in connec tion with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum which in the aggregate exceeds 10 per centum of the amount of any item appropriated in this Act on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwith- standing. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be de emed guil ty of a mi sdeme anor and upon conv ictio n the reof shal l be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, February 11, 1929. February 11, 1920. [S .3581 .1 CHAP. 173 .-An Act Authorizing the Commissioners of the District of [Public, No. 719 .] Columbia to settle claims and suits against the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the District of colum- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commis- bia . claims ag ainst,go be sioners of the District of Columbia be, and they hereby are, empow- settled by the Com - missioners. ered to settle, in their discretion, claims and suits, either at law or in equity, against the District of Columbia whenever the cause of action- Negligent acts, etc ., of employees. (a) Arises out of the negligence or wrongful act, either of com- mission or omission, of any officer or employee of the District of Columbia for whose negligence or acts the District of Columbia is prima facie liable to respond in damages. Wher e Di stric t le gal- ly responsib le. (b) Arises out of the existence of facts and circumstances which . place the claim or suit within the doctrines and principles of law decided by the courts of the District of Columbia or by the Supreme Court of the United States to be controlling in the District of Columbia. Refund of taxes, etc ., erro neous ly assessed SEC. 2. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby subsequent to Septem- authorized and empowered to grant relief in claims for refund of ber 1, 1916. taxes paid, or for cancellation of assessments heretofore made and subsequent to September 1, 1916, in such cases where like assess- ments, or assessments against property of similar character, have been held to be void or erroneous by decision of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, the Court of Appeals of the District .Proviso. Time for filing, re- of Columbia, or the Supreme Court of the United States : Provided quired. That any claims for refunds of taxes heretofore paid or for cancel- lations of assessments heretofore made shall be filed within one year statute of limitations from the approval of this Act. not reduc ed. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as reducing the Limit of amount. period of the statute of limitations. SEC. 3 . No settlement of any claim or cause of action herein author- ized to be made by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall in any event exceed the sum of $5,000 and all settlements entered into by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia act- Report to congress. ing under the terms and provisions of this Act shall be presented

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs. 173-175 . 1929 . 1161 to the Congress, together with a brief statement of the nature of the cla im or suit, the am ount c laimed, and the amo unt of the s ettlem ent, with a summary of the evidence and circumstances under which the settlement was made. Appropriations for the payment of such settlements are hereby authorized, payment thereof to be made in the same manner as are other expenditures for the District of Columbia. SEc. 4 . This Act shall take effect from and after its passage but nothing herein contained shall be construed as prohibiting the aom- missioners of the District of Columbia from proceeding according to the terms and provisions hereof to settle any claim or suit pending at the time of the enactment hereof, irrespective of the date of presentation of the claim to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or the date of the filing of the suit. Approved, February 11, 1929. Appropriations au- thorized. Effec tive date. Acti on on pendi ng claims. February 11, 1929. CHAP. 174 .-An Act To reserve certain lands on the public domain in Santa [S .7146 .1 Fe County, New Mexico, for the use and benefit of the Indians of the San [Public, No. 720.] Ildefonso Pueblo. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o America in Congress assembled, That all the vacant Public lands. f > > T ract reserved for unappropriated, and undisposed of lands within the unsurveyed area Sa n Ildefonso Pueblo in township 19 north, range 7 east, New Mexico principal meridian, Indians, N. Alex. New Mexico, identified as a narrow strip, a little more than one and one-half miles wide and four miles long, running north and south, lying between the western boundary of the San Ildefonso Pueblo grant on the east and the eastern boundary of a portion of the Santa Fe National Forest on the west, be and they are hereby reserved for the sole use and benefit of the Indians of the San Ildefonso Pueblo : Provided, That the rights and claims of any bona Proviso. oof bona fide fide se ttler initia ted un der th e publ ic land laws prior to Jul y 27, settlers not affected. 1928, the date of withdrawal of the lands from all forms of entry, shall not be affected by this Act. Approved, February 11, 1929. February 11, 1929 . CHAP. 175 .-An Act To reserve nine hundred and twenty acres on the pub- 	[S. 5147 .]	lie domain for the use and benefit of the Kanosh Band of Indians residing in the [Public, No. 721 .] vicinity of Kanosh, Utah. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That nine hundred R ublicla os Kanosh and twenty acres of land described as the east half west half, west Band of India ns, Utah. half southwest quarter section 1; east half southwest quarter section 10; northeast quarter section 11; southeast quarter northwest quarter section 12; southwest quarter section 23; east half east half, west half southwest quarter section 27; all in township 23 south, range 5 west, Salt Lake meridian, Utah, be and the same is hereby reserved for the sole use and occupancy of the Kanosh Band of Indians in Proviso. Utah : Provided, That the rights and claims of any bona fide settler Rights of bona fide initiated under the public land laws prior to October 27, 1928, the settlers not affected. date of withdrawal of lands, from all form of entry, shall not be affected by this Act. Approved, February 11, 1929.

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 1162 SEVEN TIET H CONGRESS. SEss. II. CHs. 176, 177. 1929 . February 11, 1929. CHAP. 176 .-An Act To provide for the improvement and preservation of [H. R. 15657.1_ the land and buildings of the Abraham Lincoln National Park or Reservation. [Public, No. 722 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives of the Abraham Lincoln United States o America in Congress assembled That fo r the ur- National Park, Ky. f p Improvements pose of protecting from disintegration and of improving, beautify- directed °f, including cab in Lincoln ing, and preserving the Abraham Lincoln National Park or Reserva- in whic h Lin coln was bon 39,. p. 385 . tion established under the Act entitled "An Act to accept a deed or gift or conveyance from the Lincoln Farm Association, a corporation, to the United States of America, of land near the town of Hodgen- ville, county of Larue, State of Kentucky, embracing the homestead of Abraham Lincoln and the log cabin in which he was born, together with the memorial hall inclosing the same ; and further to accept IT. S .Code,p.407. an assignment or transfer of an endowment fund of $50,000 in relation thereto," approved July 17, 1916 (United States Code, title 1 .6, sections 211-214), the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to provide for (1) the improvement of such existing roadways, walks, and buildings in such park or reservation ; and (2) the planting of such trees, plants, and shrubbery ; the construction of such additional roadways, walks, and buildings, and of such fences, parking spaces, drainage structures, culverts, and bridges ; and the making of such other improvements, as in his judgment may be necessary for the preservation, beautification, and protection from disintegration of such park or reservation, including the log cabin in which Abraham Lincoln was born and the memorial hall inclosing the same, and which may serve to render such p ark or reserv ation conveni ent for the appropriate use and enjoyment by the public. for Amount a imp ro vem ent s, au thor ized d SEC. 2 . There is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $100,000, ces, bridges, etc. or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry out the provisions Post, p.1666. of section 1 of this Act ; and authorization is also hereby given for such appropriations as may, in the _future, be deemed necessary for the proper protection, preservation, care, maintenance, and operation Superintendent, and of the said national park or reservation, including the salaries and emp loye es, compensation of a superintendent and other needed employees. Approved, February 11, 1929. February 11, 1929. [H. R. 16208.] [Public, No. 723.] San dusk y Ba y. Ced ar P oint Brid ge Company may bridge, at Sandusky, Ohio. Constru ction. Vol.34,p.84. Acquisition author- ize d, a fter comp letio n, by Ohio, etc. CHAP. 177 .-An Act Authorizing the Cedar Point Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the southeast arm of Sandusky Bay at or near Sandusky, Ohio. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That in order to promo te interstate commerce, imp rove the post al service, a nd pro- vide for military and other purp oses, the Ced ar Point Brid ge Com- pany, a corporation organized under the laws of Ohio, of Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, its successors and assigns, be and is hereby author- ized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the southeast arm of Sandusky Bay, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, from a point on the southerly shore of Sandusky Bay in the city of Sandusky, Ohio, to a point on what is known as Cedar Point Peninsula, on the northeasterly shore of San- dusky Bay, Ohio, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navi- gable waters," approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act. SEC. 2 . After the completion of such bridge, as determined by the Secretary of War, either the State of Ohio, any political subdivision thereof within or adjoining which any part of such bridge is located, or any two or more of them jointly, may at any time acquire and take over all right, title, and interest in such bridge and its

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 SEVENTIETH C ONGRESS. SEss. II. CH. 177 . 1929 . 1163 approaches, and any interest in real property necessary therefor, by purchase or by condemnation or expropriation, in accordance with Condemnation pro- the laws of such State governing the acquisition of private property ceedings . for publ ic p urpo ses by c onde mnat ion or e xpro pria tion . If at any Compensation if Re- quired by condemna- time after the expiration of five years after the completion of such tion, etc. bridge the sa me is acquired by condemnation or expropriation, the amount of damages or compensation to be allowed shall not include good will, going value, or rospective revenues or profits, but shall be limited to the sum of ( p1) the actual cost of constructing such Limitations . bridge and its approaches, less a reasonable deduction for actual de- pr ec iat io n in v al ue ; (2) the actual cost of acquiring such interests in real property ; (3) actual financing and prom otion cost, not to exceed 10 per centum of the sum of the cost of constructing the bridge and its approaches and acquiring such interests in real prop- er ty ; and (4) actual expenditures for necessary improvements. SEC. 3. If such bridge shall at any time be taken over or acquired etc ., oper atio n . State, by the State of Ohio, or by any municipality or other political sub- division or public agency thereof, under the provisions of section 2 of this Act, and if tolls are thereafter charged for the use thereof, the rates of toll shall be so ad j usted as to provide a fund sufficient Rates applied t f op- the sinking fund, topayforthereasonablecostofmaintaining,repairing,andoperat-etcg ing the bridge and its approaches under economical management and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to amortize the amount paid therefor, including reasonable interest and financing cost, as soon as possible under reasonable charges, but within a period of not to exceed twenty years from the date of acquiring the same . After a bridgelbisintenance as free , etc ., after sinking fund sufficient for such amortization shall have been so pro- tizing costs . vided, such bridge shall thereafter be maintained and operated free of tolls, or the rates of toll shall thereafter be so adjusted as to pro- vide a fund of not to exceed the amount necessary for the proper maintenance, repair, and operation of the bridge and its approaches under economical management. An accurate record of the amount Record of expendi- paid for acquiring the bridge and its approaches, the actual expendi- tures and receipts . tures for maintaining, repairing, and operating the same, and of the daily tolls collected shall be kept and shall be available for the infor- mation of all persons interested. SEC. 4. The Cedar Point Bridge Company, its successors andconstSworn statement of ru ctio n n etc ., costs, assigns, shall, within ninety days after the completion of such bridge. t o he filed after com- file with the Secretary of War and with the highway department of plet'on. the State of Ohio, a sworn itemized statement showing the actual o rigi nal cost of cons truc ting the bri dge and its appr oach es, the actu al cost of acquiring any interest in real property necessary therefor, and Investigation by See- the actual financing and promotion costs. The Secretary of War retary of war. may, and at the request of the highway department of the State of Ohio shall, at any time within three years after the completion of such bridge, investigate such costs and determine, the accuracy and the reasonableness of the costs alleged in the statement of costs so filed, end shall make a finding of the actual and reasonable costs of con- stru ctin g, f inan cing, an d pr omot ing such bri dge ; for the purpose of such investigation the said Cedar Point Bridge Company, its suc- cessors and assins, shall make available all of its records in con- L_ Findings of Secretary nection with the construction, financing, and promotion thereof. The conclusive. findings of the Secretary of War as to the reasonable costs of con- struction, financing, and promotion of the bridge shall be conclusive for the purposes mentioned in section 2 of this Act, subject only to review in a court of equity for fraud or gross mistake. Right to sell, etc ., SEC. 5. The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the conferred. rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act is hereby granted to the Cedar Point Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, and any corporation to which or any person to whom such rights, powers, 54835°-29-pr 1-77

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 1164 Amend ment. February 12, 1929. [S. 5180 .] --[Public, No. 724 .] Indian trust funds . Interest rate on, es- tablished. Amount not required for paym ents cov ered int o the Tre asury. February 12, 1929. [H. R. 13484.] CHAP. 179.-An Act Authorizing preliminary exa mina tion s of sundry [Public, No. 725 .] Flood control. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Preliminary exami- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary nations for, of desig- nated streams, author- of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause pre- iZed. lien nary examinations to be made of the following streams with a view to the control of their floods in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for control of the floods of the Mississippi River, and of the Sacramento River, Cali- fornia, and for other purposes," approved March 1, 1917, the cost thereof to be paid from appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for such purposes West branch of the Susqueh anna River, Pennsylvania; A u g la i z e , Blanchard, and Ottawa Rivers, Ohio, and their tributaries; Saint Marys River, Ohio; Kootenai River, Idaho; Mouse River, North Dakota; Black River, Arkansas; Mud River, Kentucky; Lumber and Little Pee Dee Rivers._ South Carolina; Lynchs River, South Caro- lina; Mayfield Creek, Kentucky; Missouri River, near Elk Point, South Dakota; Salmon River, Alaska; Choctawhatchee River and its tributaries, Florida and Alabama; Brazos and Colorado Rivers, Texas, and their tributaries; Canadian River and its tributaries, New Mexico; Staunton, Roanoke, Dan, and James Rivers, Virginia; Yellowstone River, Montana; and Rough River, Kentucky. Re mov al of pollu- SEC. 2. The reports of the preliminary examinations of the west tion. bra nch o f th e Sus queha nna River, Pen nsyl vania, and the Augl aize, Blan chard, and O ttawa Rivers, Ohio, shall also contai n data relat ive to d evisin g meth ods wh ereby the so urces o f poll ution of sai d stre ams may be removed. Approved, February 12, 1929. Rivers indicated. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. CHs. 177-179 .7 1929 . and privileges may be sold, assigned, or transferred, or who shall ac quire the same by m ortga ge f orecl osure or other wise, is h ereb y authorized and empowered to exercise the same as fully as though conferred herein directly upon such corporation or person. SEC. 6 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 11, 1929. CHAP. 1 7 8 .-An Act To au thorize the payment of interest on certa in funds held in trust by th e United Sta tes for India n tribes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all money in excess of $500 held by the United States in a trust fund account, and carried on the books of the Treasury Department to the credit of an Indian tribe, if the payment of interest thereon is not other- wise authorized by law, shall bear simple interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum from the date of the passage of this Act. The amount held in any such trust fund account, which in the judg- ment of the Secretary of the Interior may not be required for pay- ment in accordance with law, shall be covered into the surplus fund of the Treasury; but so much thereof as may be necessary for mak- ing any such payment may, at any time thereafter, be restored to such account without reappropriation by Congress. Approved, February 12, 1929. streams with a view to the control of their floods, and for other purposes.

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 SEVEN TIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs . 180,181. 1929 . 1165 CHAP. 180 .-An Act To authorize the construction of certain naval vessels February 13,1929. and for other purposes. [11. R . 11526 .] [Public, No. 726 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the. Navy. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President Light' cruisers and of the United States is hereby authorized to undertake prior to aircraft carrier author- . July 1, 1931, the construction of fifteen light cruisers and one air- i zed craft carrier according to, the following program (a) Five light cruisers during each of the fiscal years ending June 19 Fiive crui sers in 1 929, 30, 1929, 1930, and 1931, to cost, including armor and armament, not Cost . to exceed $17,000,000 each. Post, p. 1468. (b) One aircraft carrier prior to June 30, 1930, to cost, including Aircraft p. 1468 .er. armor and armament, not to exceed $19,000,000 : Provided, That if Provisos. of con- the construction of anv vessel herein authorized to be undertaken in struction . the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929 or 1930, is not undertaken in that fiscal year, such construction may be undertaken in the next succeed- ing fiscal year : And provided further That the first and each sue- Construction of alter- nate cruisers in Gover- cee ding alternat e cruiser upo n which work i s undertaken, together m e nt pl a nt s, et c. with the main engines, armor, and armament for such eight cruisers, the construction and manufacture of which is authorized by this Act, shall be constructed or manufactured in the Government navy yards, naval gun factories, naval ordnance plants, or arsenals of the United States, except such material or parts as are not customarily manufactured in such Government plants. SEC. 2 . The Secretary of the Navy is directed to submit annually estimates. construction to the Bureau of the Budget estimates for the construction of the foregoing vessels. SEC. 3. The construction of the light cruisers and of the aircraft Vol .43,p . carrier herein authorized shall be subject to the limitations pre- scribed by the treaty limiting naval armament, ratified August 17, 1923, so long as such treaty shall remain effective. Construction su s- SEC. 4 . In the event of an international agreement, which the Pres- pended if further naval ident is requested to encourage, for the further limitation of naval limitation internation- armament, to which the United States is signatory, the President is ally agreed to. hereby authorized and empowered to suspend in whole or in part anv of the naval construction authorized under this Act. SEC. 5. First. That the Congress favors a treaty or treaties with Tre ati es wi th a ll- 7 I marit ime nati ons f a- all the principal maritime nations regulating the conduct of belliger- vored b y Cong ress. ents and neutrals in war at sea, including the inviolability of private property thereon. Negotiation of, prior- Second. That such treaties be negotiated if practically pos- to limitation con- sible prior to the meeting of the confer ence on the li mitation of ference. armaments in 1931. Salv age v esse ls. SEC. 6 . The Secretary of the Navy is hereby directed to present Plan s for two auth or- to the Congress on or before December 10, 1929, preliminary plans, ized. specifications, and estimat es of cost fo r the construc tion of two salvage vessel s for u se in ship di sasters. Approved, February 13, 1929. CHAP. 1s1 .-An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to lend to the Governor of North Carolina three hundred pyramidal tents, com- plete; nine thousand blankets, olive drab, numbered 4; five thousand pillow- cases; five thousand canvas cots; five thousand cotton pillows; five thousand bed sacks United Confederate Veterans to be held at Charlotte, North Carolina, in June, 1929 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to lend, at his discretion, to the entertainment committee of the United Confederate Veterans, whose encampment is to be held at Charlotte, North Carolina, June February 13, 1929. [H. R. 15427.] [Public, No. 727.] United Confederate Veterans Loan of Army tents, etc ., for reunion of, at Charlotte, N. C.
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