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72d CONGRESS . SESS. I. CHS. 243, 244. JUNE, 11, 1932 .

301 [CHAPTER 243 .], AN ACT

June 11, 1932 . To provide for the transportation of certain juvenile offenders to States under [H . R .10598.] the law of which they have committed offenses or are delinquent, and for other [Public, No.159.] purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That for the pur- pose of cooperating with States (and for the purposes of this Act the words " State " and " States " shall include the District of Co- lumbia) in the care and treatment of juvenile offenders, whenever any person under twenty-one years of age shall, have been arrested, charged with the commission of any crime punishable in any court of the United States or of the District of Columbia, and, after in- vestigation by the Department of Justice, it shall appear that such person has committed a criminal offense or is a delinquent under the laws of any State that can and will assume jurisdiction over such juvenile and will take him into custody and de al with him according to the laws of such State, and that it will be to the best interest of the United States and of the juvenile offender to sur- render the offender to the authorities of such State, the United States attorney of the district in which such person has been ar- rested is authorized to forego the prosecution of such person and surrender him as herein provided . It shall be the duty of the United States marshal of such district upon written order of the United States attorney to convey such person to such State or, if already therein, to any other part thereof and deliver him into the custody of the proper authority or authori- ties thereof, : Provided, That before any person is conveyed from one State to another under the authority herein given, such person shall signify his willingness to be so returned, or there shall be presented to the United States attorney a demand from the executive authority of the State to which the prisoner is to be returned, sup- ported by indictment or affidavit as prescribed by section 5278, Re- vised Statutes (U . S . C ., title 18, sec . 662), in cases of demand on Stat e auth oritie s . The expense incident to the transportation, as herein authorized, of any such person shall be paid from the appro- priation " Salaries, Fees, and Expenses, United States Marshals ." Approved, June 11, 1932 . [CHAPT ER 244 .] J uven ile off ende rs . Surrender of, to States, when punish- abl e unde r Fed er al la ws . Jurisdiction, custody, etc. Federa l, etc ., prose- cution relinquished . Delivery by United States marshal to prop. er authority . Proviso . Condition . Fugitives from ]us• tice. R. S. sec . 5278, p, 1022 . U.S. C.,p.511. Fund available for expenses. AN ACT

June 11, 1932 To authorize conveyance to the United States of certain lands in the State of [II .It.10926.1 Ar izona f or use of the U nited St ates in maintai ning ai r-navig ation facilities,

[Public, No . 170.] and for other purposes . B e it enact ed by the S enate and House of Re prese ntativ es of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary . Air navigation facil- ities, ities, Arizon . of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept on behalf Exchange of lands of the United States title from the State of Arizona to all of section fo r, authorized . 18, township 22 north, range 8 west, and the northeast quarter of section 31, southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 30, and the west half of the northwest quarter of section 32, township 9 south, range 10 east, Gila and Salt River meridian, Arizona, and in exchange therefor may patent to the State of Arizona an approxi- mately equal area of surveyed, unreserved, unappropriated, nonmin- eral public lands within the State . Description .