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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss . I. CHs. 154, 155, 158 . 1928 . thousand feet concave to the southeast, a distance of one thousand five hundred and seventy and eighty one-hundredths feet to a point in the northerly line of section 2, township 17 south, range 18 east, San Bernardino base and meridian, which point is eight hundred and twenty-eight and forty-two one-hundredths feet easterly of the northwest corner of the last-mentioned section 2 ; thence easterly along the northerly line of sections 1 and 2, township 17 south, range 18 east, San Bernardino base and meridian, to its intersection with the center line of the California State highway extending fro m Holtville, California, t o Yuma, Arizon a : Pro vid ed, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized, as a condition precedent to the granting of said parcels of land for the purposes herein specified, to prescribe such conditions, to impose such limitations and reservations and to require such bonds or undertakings as he may deem necessary in order to protect valid existing rights in and to said lands, including reclamation and p ubl ic wat er res erv e pur pos es : Provided furth er, That the grant herein made shall not apply to the southwest quarter, section 1, towns hip 17 south, range 16 east , San Bernard ino meridian . Sac . 2 . That the land herein ceded shall revert back to the United States when same shall cease to be used as a public highway . Appr oved, March 8, 19 28 . Provisos . Protection of existing rights . Lands excluded . Reversion for non. user. March 8, 1928. [8.J. Res.66.] CHAP . 155 .-Joint Resolution Authorizing an additional appropriation to be [Pub. Res., No.14.] used for the memo rial buildin g provided fo r by a joint resolution entitled "Jo int resolution in relation to a monument to commemorate the services and sacrifices of the women of the United States of America, its insular possessions, and the Distric t of Columbia in the World War," approve d June 7, 1924 . Resolved by the Senate and House o f Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That there is authorized to be appropriated, in addition to the sum authorized to be appropriated by a joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution in relat ion to a monu ment to commem orate the ser vices and sac rifices of the women of the United States of America, its insular possessions, and the District of Columbia in the World War," approved June 7, 1924, the sum of $50,000 to be used for the erection and equipment of the memorial building provided for by such joint resolution. Dis burse ment not Such su m shall be ex pended under t he direction of the commiss ion contingent on private

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consist ing of the ch airman of the Senate Commit tee on the Lib rary Vol. 43, p. 666 . and the chairman of the House Committee on the Library, created by such joint resolution, and its disbursement shall not be contingent upon an y private sub scription . Approved, March 8, 1928 . District of Columbia. Memorial building to women of the World War . Add ition al amount for erection, etc ., au- thorized . Vol . 43, p. 665. Post, p. 886 . March 0, 1928.

[H. R. 5635.] CHAP. 158.-An Act To amend the Act approved June 7, 1924, authorizing [Public, No . 113 .] the Secretary of War to sell a portion of the Carlisle Barracks Reservation . Carlisle Bar racks, Pa . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Vol.43, p.658, amend- United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Act ad Change auth orized of approved June 7, 1924, entitled "An Act authorizing the Secretary tract to be purchased. of War to sell a portion of Carlisle Barracks Reservation" (Forty- third Sta tutes at Large , page 657), is hereby ame nded by revoki ng the authority in that Act to purchase the Henderson tract of land and to authorize the proceeds derived from the sale of part of the tract known as farm numbered 2, authorized to be sold by said Act, to be applied to the purchase of the so-called Alexander tract of land adjacent to Carlisle Barracks Reservation and authorized to be purchased by said Act . Approved, March 9, 1928 .