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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss. I . CHs . 608-610 . 1928 .

597 CHAP . 608 .-An Act Amending section 5 of the Act approved June 9, 1916 (Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large, page 218), so as to authorize the sale of timber on class three of the Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay wagon-road grant lands. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 5 of Oregon -California railroad, etc ., reverted the Act of June 9, 1916 (Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large, page 218), grant lands. and as amended and extended by section 3 of the Act of February 26, ed o1 .39,p .220,amend- 1919 (Fortieth Statutes at Large, page 1179), be, and the same is Vol-40, p . 1180 . hereby, amended by adding thereto the following paragraph cc

Tim ber sales on agri- And provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may, cultural lands, author- in his discretion and in the manner now provided for the sale of ized . timber on lands of class two, sell the timber on any of the lands of class three which at the time application to purchase the timber is filed have been subject to entry for a period of at least two years and are not embraced in an application or entry, such sale of the timber not to preclude the disposal of the land under laws applicable thereto, subject to the right of the purchaser of the timber to cut and remove the same ." Approved, May 17, 1928 . CHAP . 609 .-An Act To provide for the membership of the Board of Visitors, United States Military Academy, and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter the Board of Visitors to the United States Military Academy shall consist of five members of the Committee on Military Affairs of the Senate, two members of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, seven members of the Committee on Military Affairs of the House of Representatives, and five members of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the respective chairmen thereof; the members so appointed shall visit the United States Military Academy at least once annually at such time or times as the chairmen of said committee shall appoint, and the me mbers from each of s aid committees may vi sit said academy together or separately as the respective chairmen of said committees may elect; and the superintendent of the academy and the members of the Board of Visitors shall be notified of such date by the chairmen of the said committees : Provided, That members chosen by the respective chairmen of the said committees who have been reelected to the Senate or House of Representatives may con- tinue to serve as members of the Board of Visitors and visit the United States Military Academy, notwithstanding the expiration of Congress . The expenses of the members of the board shall be their actual expenses while engaged upon their duties as members of said board and their actual expenses of travel . Approved, May 17, 1928 . May 17, 1928 . [H . R.8307 .] [Public, No . 415.1 May 17, 1928 . [H. R.8105.] [Public, No. 416 .] Mil itar y Ac ademy . Board of Visitors . Composition . Vol .37, p .257, amend. ed. U.S. Code, p.208. Proviso. Con tinua nce of re- elected members . Expenses limited . May 17, 1928. CHAP. 610.-An Act To amend chapter 137 of volume 39 of the United [H . R . 158 .] States Statutes at Large, Sixty-fourth Congress, first session .

[Public, No . 417 .1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United SStates o f America in Congress assembled, That the sentence in lines 17 to 20, page 220 of volume 39, United States Statutes at Large, chap ter 13 7, Six ty-fou rth Co ngress, first sessi on, re ading as follows : " The timber thus purchased may be cut and removed by the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, within such period as may be Oregon-California Railroad land grant. Sale of timber fr om reverted lands . Vol. 39, p . 220, amend- ed. Matter stricken out .