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thereof as said company may elect so to convey, the said Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to issue a patent to the Colonial Realty Company, conveying to said company title to approximately an equivalent amount of public lands on the Tule Lake division of the Klamath project in Oregon-California to be selected and designated by said company from available lands in that division: Provided, That in order to avoid the expense of additional surveys, and and patented by Gov. since many of the tracts to be conveyed to the United States are designated as lots by public land surveys and for this reason the subdivisions contain areas both less than and in excess of legal subdivision, the areas conveyed to the Government and the areas patented by the Government need be only approximately of the same acreage: Unproductive lands. Provided further, That should any legal subdivision of the lands herein described consist of more than 50 per centum of unproductive land the whole subdivision may, at the option of said company, be conveyed to the United States, with the right of exchange of an equivalent area as herein authorized.

Water-right charges.

March 24, 1933. (S. 151.] [Private, No. 3.]

pital, Saint Ignatius, Mont.

professional care.

Proviso. torney's fees.

SEC. 2. The water-right charges payable by said company or its successor on the Tule Lake lands patented pursuant to this Act shall be the same as those fixed for similar lands in that district and shall be subject to payment in the same manner. Approved, March 23, 1933.

[CHAPTER 9.]

AN ACT

For the relief of the Holy Family Hospital, Saint Ignatius, Montana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Holy Family Hos- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay to the Holy Family Hospital, Saint Ignatius, Montana, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $8,825.66, in Compensation for full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for compensation for the care by such hospital of persons admitted thereto under authority of the Flathead Indian Agency, State of Montana, Limitation on at prior to and including November 30, 1931: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Penalty for violation. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.

March 24, 1933.

[8. 152.]

[Private, No. 4.]

tary Reservation, Calif.

Approved, March 24, 1933.

[CHAPTER 10.]

AN ACT

To authorize the Secretary of War to grant a right of way to the Alameda Belt
Line across the Benton Field Military Reservation, Alameda, California.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Benton Field Mill- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Right of way granted of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to grant to across, to Alameda Belt the Alameda Belt Line, a corporation organized and existing under

Line.

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For railroad

the laws of the State of California, its successors and assigns, a
permanent right of way, in such location and under such terms and
conditions as may be approved by the Secretary of War, over and
across the Benton Field Military Reservation, Alameda, California,
for railroad purposes, with full power to locate, construct, and
operate railroad tracks, together with necessary spurs and sidings
and other railroad appurtenances, appendages, and adjuncts: Pro-
vided, That the land shall not be used for other than railroad poses only.
purposes, and when the property shall cease to be so used it shall
revert to the United States: Provided further, That the right to
compel the removal of said railroad tracks and appurtenances is
hereby reserved in the Secretary of War, whenever he may determine
the interests of the Government require, and which said removal is to
be without expense to the Government, as a condition of this grant.
Approved, March 24, 1933.

[CHAPTER 11.]

AN ACT

To convey certain land in the county of Los Angeles, State of California. Whereas on or about the 22d day of August, 1921, the county of Los Angeles, State of California, conveyed to the United States of America the hereinafter-described tract of land for the use of the War or Navy Departments; and

Whereas the county of Los Angeles, in the State of California, purchased said property for the purpose of making said conveyance at a total sum of $148,655, of which amount the United States of America contributed $55,655 and the county of Los Angeles contributed the sum of $93,000; and

Whereas the United States of America has ceased to use said property, or any part thereof, for military, or naval, or other purposes, and the same is now and for some time has been idle: Therefore

pur.

Removal of tracks.

No Federal expense.

March 24, 1933. [8. 153.] [Private, No. 5.]

Los Angeles County, Calif.

Preamble.

Certain land

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- veyed to, for recreation tary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to convey purposes. to the county of Los Angeles the hereinafter-described land, exclusive of such structures thereon which may be designated by the Secretary of War for retention by the War Department with a view to their eventual removal from the premises, to be used for public park, playground, and recreation purposes only, on condition that should the land not be used for that purpose it shall revert to the United States: Provided, however, That the county of Los Angeles, State of California, pay to the United States of America the sum of $55,655, the amount originally paid by the Government on the purchase price of said property, which property is particularly described as follows:

All those certain lots, pieces, or parcels of land, together with all buildings thereon, situate, lying, and being in the city of Arcadia, county of Los Angeles, and State of California, and particularly described as follows, to wit: Lot 4 of tract numbered 949 as delineated upon the map of said tract recorded in book 17 of maps, at page 13, records of Los Angeles County, and lots 3, 4, 5, and 6 of tract numbered 2409 as delineated upon the map of said tract, recorded in book 23 of maps, at page 23, records of Los Angeles County. The land intended to be conveyed by this deed is bounded on the north by Falling Leaf Avenue, on the east of Santa Anita Avenue, on the south by Huntington Drive and by land now owned

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by Clara Baldwin Stocker, and on the west by the rights of way of Pacific Electric Railroad Company and Southern Pacific Railroad Company, and being all of the land claimed or owned by the grantor within the exterior bounds of Arcadia balloon field.

SEC. 2. That the amount received from the county of Los Angeles, State of California, for the land above described shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. Approved, March 24, 1933.

[CHAPTER 12.]

AN ACT

For the relief of Agnes M. Angle.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States Employees' Compensation Commission is hereby authorized to consider and determine, in the same manner and to the same extent as if application for the benefits of the Employees' Compensation Act had been made within the one-year period required by sections 17 and 20 thereof, the claim of Agnes M. Angle on account of disability due to tuberculosis if contracted at Wichita, Kansas, while employed in the service of the United States as a stenographer in the office of the United States Veterans' Bureau in 1921: Provided, That no benefit shall accrue prior to the enactment of this Act. Approved, March 28, 1933.

[CHAPTER 13.]

AN ACT

For the relief of Daisy Anderson.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States Employees' Compensation Commission is hereby authorized to consider and determine, in the same manner and to the same extent as if application for the benefits of the Employees' Compensation Act had been made within the one-year period required by sections 17 and 20 thereof, the claim of Daisy Anderson on account of disability due to tuberculosis if contracted while employed in the service of the United States as a nurse in the United States Marine hospitals: Provided, That no benefit shall accrue prior to the enactment of this Act.

Approved, March 28, 1933.

[CHAPTER 14.]

AN ACT

For the relief of W. H. Hendrickson.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the W. H. Hendrickson. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Payment to, for of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to W. H. Hendrickson, of Salt Lake City, Utah, the sum of $175 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States arising out of the sale of a Ford truck to him by the prohibition administrator on June 7, 1930, at Salt Lake City, Utah.

Approved, March 28, 1933.

[CHAPTER 15.]

AN ACT

For the relief of A. Y. Martin.

June 9, 1933.

March 28, 1933. [8. 155.] [Private, No. 9.]

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- A. Y. Martin. troller General of the United States is authorized and directed to settle and certify for payment to A. Y. Martin, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $980, as in full for services rendered as a de facto United States commissioner at Paducah, Kentucky, from December 8, 1930, to August 5, 1931. Approved, March 28, 1933.

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To authorize the acceptance of certain lands in the city of San Diego, California, by the United States, and the transfer by the Secretary of the Navy of certain other lands to said city of San Diego.

June 9, 1933. [H. R. 1767.] [Private, No. 10.]

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Lands transferred by

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized on behalf of the United Diego, Calif., authorStates to accept from the city of San Diego, California, when said ized. city has been duly authorized to make such transfer by the State of California, free from all encumbrances and without cost to the United States, all right, title, and interest in and to the lands contained within the following-described area: Beginning at the inter-city. section of the prolongation of the northwesterly line of Bean Street with the United States bulkhead line as established in February, 1912; thence southwesterly along the prolongation of the northwesterly line of Bean Street to the pierhead line as the same has been or may hereafter be established by the United States; thence northwesterly and southwesterly along the said pierhead line to its intersection with the prolongation of the northeasterly line of Lowell Street; thence northwesterly along the prolongation of the northeasterly line of Lowell Street to the United States bulkhead line as established in February, 1912; thence northeasterly, easterly, and southeasterly along the United States bulkhead line as established in February, 1912, to the point of beginning containing approximately 242 acres; and also, all of block 16, municipal tide lands subdivision, tract numbered 1; said lands being desired by the Navy Department for national defense and for use in connection with existing naval activities at San Diego, California.

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The said Secretary of the Navy is also authorized hereby to transfer to the city of San Diego, California, free from all encumbrances United States. and without cost to said city of San Diego, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the lands contained within that part of the Marine Corps base, San Diego, California, described as follows: Beginning at a point on the United States bulkhead line as established in February, 1912, distant three hundred feet northwesterly from station numbered 104 on said bulkhead line; thence north seven degrees east a distance of two thousand one hundred and sixty feet; thence north sixty degrees thirty-four minutes fifty-nine seconds west to an intersection with the prolongation of the northwesterly line of Bean Street; thence southwesterly along the prolongation of the northwesterly line of Bean Street to an intersection with the United States bulkhead line, as established in

June 14, 1933. [S. 1514.]

[Private, No. 11.]

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tain lands to.

Description.

February, 1912; thence south eighty-three degrees east along said bulkhead line to the point of beginning, containing approximately 67 acres.

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Authorizing the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to convey certain lands to
Harrison County, Mississippi.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Harrison County, United States of America in Congress assembled, That the AdminConveyance of cer- istrator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized and directed to convey by quitclaim deed to Harrison County, State of Mississippi, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the followingdescribed lands along the north line of the United States Veterans' Administration property at Gulfport, Mississippi: Beginning at the northwest corner of said property at the intersection of the western boundary of section 36, township 7 south, range 11 west, Saint Stephens meridian, and the southern boundary of the Old Pass Christian Road; thence northeasterly along the existing northern boundary of said property a distance of nine hundred and ninety feet, more or less, to the northeast corner of said property; thence southerly on a line parallel to the aforesaid western line of said section 36 a distance of fifteen and eight-tenths feet, more or less, to a point; thence southwesterly on a line fifteen feet from and parallel to the aforesaid northern boundary of said property a distance of nine hundred and ninety feet, more or less, to a point on the western boundary of said section 36; thence northerly along the western boundary of said section 36 to the point of beginning; and containing thirty-four one-hundredths acre, more or less. Approved, June 14. 1933.

June 14, 1933. [S. 1536.]

[Private, No. 12.]

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patents.

[CHAPTER 75.]

AN ACT

Giving credit for water charges paid on damaged land.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Klamath irrigation United States of America in Congress assembled, That all construction charges heretofore paid by owners on lands to be conveyed to Ante, p. 1295, amend the United States of America pursuant to the Act of Congress Transfer of credit for approved March 23, 1933 (S. 156, Seventy-third Congress), shall be water payments on damaged land, to new transferred as a credit to the lands to be so patented by the United States, and all payments of operation and maintenance charges with penalty and interest heretofore made on such of the lands to be conveyed as were not, in the determination of the Secretary of the Interior, during the period for which payment was made, susceptible of successful cultivation by reason of seepage, alkalinity, or other causes not within the control of the owners of such land, shall be allowed as credits on future construction, operation, and maintenance charges on the lands retained or those to be patented by the United States pursuant to the Act of Congress approved March 23, 1933 (S. 156, Seventy-third Congress). Like credit shall also be given the irrigation district for all the charges heretofore paid by it on such lands and for which the owners of said lands have not in turn reimbursed the irrigation district.

Approved, June 14, 1933.

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