SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss. I . CHs. 665, 666, 675. 1928. Provided, That no part of the funds herein authorized to be appro- priated shall be available for compensation in connection with the establishment of a noncotton zone in any county unless and until the live pink bollworm is found within such county or within a radius of five miles thereof : Provided further, That such loss as to non- cotton zones established by the State of Texas shall be determined as provided for i n existing st atutes of tha t State, and s imilarly by similar statutes which may later be provided by other States con- cerned, and that in estimating such loss due account shall be taken of the value of other crops which may be produced on said land, so that the loss shall not exceed the difference in return to the farmer from cotton over such other crops : Provided further, That such determination of actual and necessary loss shall be subject to the review and approval of the Secretary of Agriculture : And provided further, That no reimbursement shall be made with respect to any farmer who has not complied in good faith with all of the quarantine and cont rol regu lati ons pres crib ed b y sa id S ecre tary of Agri cult ure and such State relative to the pink bollworm : And provided further, That the appropriation herein authorized shall be available only for compensation for the crop of 1928 unless the State in which any noncotton zone is established shall thereafter appropriate and pay a sum in each year equal to the amount expended in such State by the United States under this authorization . Approved, May 21, 1928 . TI TLE I-DECLARATION OF POLICY SEC. 1 . The policy and the primary purpose declared in section 1 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 [U . S . C., Title 46, « 861], are hereby confirmed . 689 Provisos. Not available unless live bollworm be found in county, etc . Deter minat ion of lo ss in Texas as provided by laws thereof . Similar legislation by other States . Subject to approval of Secretary . Compliance with all quarantine regulations required . Available on ly for crop of 1928. Post, p . 1216. May 21,1928 . [H.J. Res.263.1 [Pub . Res., No. 48 .] CHAP. 666 .-Joint Resolution Authorizing the president and fellows of Har- vard College to erect on public grounds in the District of Columbia a monument to Major General Artemas Ward . Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State of America in Congress assembled, That the Director Major General Arte- as Ward . of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital be; ize d to merected aut hor - - and he hereby is, authorized and directed to select a suitable site District of Columbia . and to grant permission to the president and fellows of Harvard College to erect, as a gift to the people of the United States, on public grounds of the United States in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, a monument in memory of Major General Artem as War d comm emora tive o f the servic es re ndered by hi m to his country during the war of Independence : Provided, That the Approval of site and site chosen and the design of the memorial shall be approved by the des ign . Commission of Fine Arts, that it shall be erected under the supervi- sion of the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, and that the United States shall be put to no expense in or by the erection of the monument . Approved, May 21, 1928 . No Federal expense . May 22, 1928 . C H A P . 675 .-An Act To furthe r develop an American merchant marine, to [s .74 4 .] assure its permanence in the transportation of the foreign trade of the United [Public, No . 463.] States, and for other p urposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Merchant Marin e not, 1925 . United States o f America in Congress assembled, Policy of former Act confirmed . Vol. 41, p. 988 . U.S . Code, p. 1537.
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