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150 (CHAPTER 83 .1 AN ACT Providing for the sale to Joe Graham Post Numbered 119 , American Legion, of the lands lying within the Ship Island Military Reservation in the State of Mississippi . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress as sem bl ed, That no twit h- standing the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act transferring a portion of the lighthouse reservation, Ship Island, Mississippi, to the jurisdiction and control of the War Department ", approved March 4, 1929, the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to conve y by quitc laim deed to J oe G raham Post Numb ered 119, of t he American Legion, Incorporated, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, all the lands lying within the Ship Island Military Reservation in such State, in consideration of the payment to the United States by such corporation of $15,000 ; but payment of such sum may be made in equal annual installments over a period of ten years from the date of such conveyance with interest on such deferred payments at the rate of 5 per centum per annum, all interest due to be paid annually . All sums paid to the United States for such land shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit of the military post construction fund . It shall be made a condition of the deed of conveyance herein provided for (1) that the lands so con- veyed shall be maintained by such corporation as a national recrea- tional park, (2) that such corporation shall erect and maintain on such lands a suitable monument or other memorial to the veterans of the World War, and (3) that such corporation shall set aside such parcel of land not exceeding one acre in area within such lands as may be selected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy for Reversionary pro vi- the sole use of that organization for the erection and maintenance of a memorial to veterans of the Civil War . If the corporation fails to use such lands for the purposes herein provided, or violates any of the conditions of the deed of conveyance or attempts to alienate such lands, title thereto shall revert to the United States, Approved, June 15, 1933 . June 15, 1933. _ [S .1813.1 [Public, No. 60.1 Ship Island Military R eserv atio n, Mi ss . Sales of lands within, to Joe Graham Post, Am erican Legio n . Vol.45, p. 1556. Payment. Receipts credited to military construction fund . Te rms and co ndi- tions. lions. AN ACT Authorizing Farris Engineering Company, its successors and assigns, to con- struct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Monongahela River at or near California, Pennsylvania. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re resentatives o f Monong ahela Riv er . the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order Farris Eng ineer ing Company may bridge, to promote interstate commerce, improve the postal service, and at California, Pa . provide for military and other purposes, Fa"r Engineering Com- pany, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to con- struct, maint ain, a nd ope rate a bridg e and a pproac hes th ereto across the Mon ongahe la Riv er, at a poi nt sui table t o the intere sts of navi- gation, at or near California, Pennsylvania, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters ", approved March 23, 1906, and subject to th e cond itions and l imitat ions co ntaine d in t his Ac t . Pennsylvania may SEC . 2. After the completion of such bridge, as determined by acquire, after comple- tion .

the Secretary of War, either the State of Pennsylvania, any political Lion . subdivision thereof within or adjoining which any part of such bridge is located, or any two or more of them jointly, may at any time acquire and take over all right, title, and interest in such bridge June 15, 1933. [H .R. 4872 .] [Public, No . 61 .) Con struction . Vol.34,p.84. 73d CONGRESS . SESS . I. CHS. 83, 84. JUNE 15, 1933 . [CHAPTER 84.]