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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss. I. CHs. 611-614. 1928. Prior stock-raising homestead entries in, all owed . Vol .39,p. 862. May 17, 1928. [S . 3565.1 CHAP . 612.-An Act To provide compensation for disability or death resulting [Public, No . 419.] from injury to employees in certain employments in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the District of Columbia. United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the pro - Com pensation fo r in- juries to employees in visions of the Act entitled "Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' avol . 44, p .1424. Compensation Act," approved March 4, 1927, including all amend- ments that may hereafter be made thereto, shall apply in respect to the injury or death of an employee of an employer carrying on any employment in the District of Columbia, irrespective of the place where the injury or death occurs; except that in applying such pro- Mean ing of " emp loy- visions the term "employer" s hall be held to mean every person er " and "emplo yee ." carrying on any employment in the District of Columbia, and the term "empl oyee" sha ll be held to mean every empl oyee of a ny su ch person . ex- cep ted . Em ployments ea- SEC . 2. This Act shall not apply in respect to the injury or death Vessel crews. of (1) a master or member of a crew of any vessel; (2) an employee Railroad empl oyees . of a common carrier by railroad when engaged in interstate or foreign commerce or commerce solely within the District of Colum- ee Governmente mploy- bia; (3) an employee subject to the provisions of the Act entitled Vol.39, p. 742. "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States U . S. Code, p.77. sufferi ng inj uries while in the perfo rmance of the ir dut ies, a nd for ag ricultural, domes- other .

purposes," approved September 7, 1916, as amended; and (4) tic, etc ., service

an empl oyee e ngaged in ag ricult ure, d omestic servi ce, or any e mploy- ment that is casua l and not in the u sual cour se of the trade, b usiness, Effective July 1,192s, occupat ion, o r prof ession of th e empl oyer . SEC . 3 . This Act shall take effect July 1, 1928. Approved, May 17, 1928 . May 17, 1928. [S .2 340 .] CHAP. 613 .-An Act To transfer to the city of Duluth, Minnesota, the old [Public, No .420.]

Federal Building, together with the site thereof . Be it enacted b y the Senate and House of Representatives of the Duluth, Minn .

United States o f America in Congress assembled, That upon coin- Transfer of old public building at, on comple- pletion of the new Federal building authorized to be erected under tion of new . of the provisions of the Act of March 2, 1907, in the city of Duluth, Minn esota, the Secr etar y of the T reas ury i s her eby autho rized to transfer to the city of Duluth, Minnesota, the old Federal building, together with the site thereof, at such price and on such terms as he deems to be reasonable, and to convey such property to the city of Duluth by the usual quitclaim deed and deposit the proceeds of such sale in the Treasury of the United States as a miscellaneous receipt . Approved, May 17, 1928 . May 17, 1928 . [S. 1662 .] [Public, No . 421 .1 Tule River Indian Reservation, Calif . Bo undaries cha nged . SEC . 2. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to con- sider and allow applications affecting any lands described in this Act which were filed prior to April 1, 1926, under the Stock-raising Homestead Act of December 29, 1916 (Thirty-ninth Statutes, page 862) . Approved, May 17, 1928 . CHAP. 614.-An Act To change the boundaries of the Tale River Indian Reser vatio n, Ca lifor nia . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the bound- aries of the Tule River Indian Reservation, California, created by Executive order dated January 9, 1873, are hereby changed so as