1130 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 165,166. 1917. authorized to act for him, and said co oration counsel or his assistants shall file such information u on the presentation to him or his assistants of sworn information thfat the law has been violated; and such corporation counsel and his assistants shall have power to administer oaths to such informant or informants, and such others as resent themselves, and anyone making a false oath to any material ilict shall be deemed guilty of perjury and subject to the same penalties as now provided by law for such offense. _
- ‘ a°,,‘j,‘;'n°é When, however, it appears to the Commissioners of the District of
Y y` Columbia that it will be in the interest of more effective enforcement of the provisions of this Act, they ma request the United States district attorn for the District of Columbia to prosecute persons charged with olgenses ainst the law, and when so requested y said Iudhwunmns. Commissioners the said district attorney shall proceed before the grand jury and in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to prosecute such offenders in manner now prescribed by law for the . prosecution of persons charged with violations of the laws against In my I crigie in ther h of Columbia. h a mj ° **}.2 nc. 23. at or an reason an section, ar a , revision, gslioowcdfillvifrwt 8. clause, or art of this Aol; shall be hbld 1mcondtit1!l§ibrl)al ol; invalid, that fact £all not effect or destroy any other section, paragra h, provision, clause, or part of the Act not in and of itself invalid, lgut ge remainiulgdpagdts of sections shall be enforced without regard to at so inva at . mL:£rrr¤¤•*1<>¤ of Sec. 24. That in the interpretation of this Act words of the singular number shall be deemed to include their plurals, and words o the mascnéline gender shall be deemed to include the feminine, as the case ma e. rmsoramgsrm. Slice. 25. That this Act shall be in full force and effect on and after the first day of November, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and all $&>¤¤1¤¤=¤= 1¤w¤ N- laws and parts of laws inconsistent herewith, be, and they are, hereby xmas umm abel- repealed. And that the excise board for the District of Columbia, ‘“'$f,’;_3,,,,_,,,,_ provided for and established under the Act makin? appropriations 4¤¢¤· x>· 1*06- to provide for the expenses of the government o the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred adp; fpurteen, be, and it is hereby, abolished upon the taking effect of · ` ct. Approved, March 3, 1917. M»rch3.1917- CHAP. 168.-An Act Authorizin the tin of patent certam' ' lS· 83°7·] to the agricultural experimental staiion gglcottgbluff, Nellrglska, to I:lllg·e;agn·§::f {rubric, N6. ass.] the University of the tate of Nebraska for dry—1aud agricultural experimental purpoem. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United b__g’,§;°*¤’*Y °‘ N°· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the uuér gum-; nr Interior be, and he is here y, authorized to issue ateut to the regents $$2, S$,;,‘{’t§‘{,}{”,,§‘Y‘ of the University of the State of Nebraska for diy-land agricultural experiments to the east half of section thirty and the west half of section twenty-nine, township twenty-four north, range fifty-tive west; also the west half of the northeast quarter and the west half of the southeast quarter, section twenty—mne, township twenty-four P_ , north, range fifty-five west,_sixth principal meridian, m the State of R;,@ ,0, ,,0,,. Nebraska: Promded, That 111 the event the lands above described °=¤~ cease to be needed or used for the purposes above mentioned the same shall revert to the Government o the United States. Approved, March 3, 1917.
