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456 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 90, 91. 1920. N“¤*°P*°¤'·°· UNITBATE rnnzrs. ·*¤°°'·°"*‘* "To complete the purchase of or to settle the obl.igation_ of the L“‘P“’°’“"°· Government for real estate contracted for in connection with the erection of the mtrate plant at Ancor, Ham11ton County, Ohio, . $180,000. ’ ¢:¤li»°¤'$S¤t¤l°ess°f£i-°i>1..§°$t1$i Sec. 3. That no contract for construction covered by the appro- P‘°°"°"""“°“· priations contained in this Act, or any of the unexpended balances of ap)propriations heretofore made for the support of the M111tary Esta ent, except repair work, the cost o which can not be clearly estimated, shall be let to any contractor under what is known PWM · as the "cost—plus,;; "cost-plus percentage," or "cost-plus a. fixed fee _ Completion ogpcnd- for COH1p6I1S8.l210I1 SYSQBID. Ol' form of COI1l}1‘8.0lZZ Pfmhdéd, IDOWCWBT,

      • 8 "°'“ °“°" · That work or construction let under such system or form of contract

and now under process of completion may e concluded. s5?m°° l' BABITAN ansninn. a~,;°¥€I;°$;1h9§¤{•h°1:? Sec. 4. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized Vol. 40,p.353. to expend such portion of the unexpended balances of the appropriations made by the second urgent deficiency Act, approved October 6, 1917, for terminal storage an shipping as may be necessary for the (payment of awards to cover the acq_u1s1tion of the follow- V I 40 m ing-describe real estate which has been reguisitioned under the pro- °‘ ‘ visions of section 10 of the Act approved ugust 10, 1917 (Fortieth D°°°"*P“°¤- Statutes at Large, page 276), to wit: Two thousand and eighty-nine acres of land, more or less, and appurtenances thereto belonging, situated near Metuchen, in townships of Woodbridge and Raritan, Bmw. county of Middlesex, State of N ew ersey, and now occiagied as an cumpleqm of tm., ordnance depot and known as Raritan Arsenal: Prwtded, at where the title to the above-descnbed real estate sought to be acquired by such requisitions, already served,_ proves to be defective by reason of the_fact that all necessary parties m interest were not served with re<}1uis1tions or for any other reason, the Secreting of War be, and he is ereby, authorized to_ purchase or to acquu·e y condemnation or otherwise such outstanding titles as are necessary to completely vest the fee simple title to such real estate in the United States of America. ,,§§'*;}f,;j,,,§f°‘* G°°· wnxrmz mann enunnu. nosrrmn. ¤¤§$’i>i1$i·ii°i°es`Z$1esp$il-E That no provision contained in the Army Appropriation Act apggP¤¤¤'>'° '° °dd*¤°¤ proved July 11, 1919 (Public Numbered 7, Sixty-sixth Congress), am, p. us. shall be dgeggil) gl6§0!1;g'llt§l1 to prciihibilt the exlpenditpare of the appropria iono m e erem ort e urc aseo and contiguous to the Wia.lter Regdtgzeneral Ilospital, twenItyi1sixfand‘;1ine—tentl}s acres more or ess an_ e ac unsition 0 so muc o said acreage or the amount afppijopnated asfiihe Secretary of War, in his discretion, may deem to e m the public mterest. Approved, February 28, 1920.

 CHAP. 91.-An Act To provide for the termination of Federal control of railroads

[Pr-1¤1¤<>»¥*¤-I5?] and_systems of transportation; to provide for the settlement of disputes between carriers and their eigplgyees; to further amend an Act entitled "An Act to regulate commerce," approv ebruary 4, 1887, as amended, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re cse tat'· the lggommpmuticn Mt, United States of America in Congress assembled, pr n mes of D°‘*°“‘°“- TITLE I.——DEFINITIONS. T"' 19§3:c;r1ox 1. This Act may be cited as the "Transportation Act,