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74TH CONGRESS . SESS. I. CHS. 86, 88. A pril May l 291, 1935 . 935 . certain strip of land and the construction of a bridge across Archers Creek in South Carolina ", approved February 14, 1927, is amended to read as follows "That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to accept stnseptance ~ a on behalf of the United States, free from encumbrances and without authorized . cost to the United States, for military purposes, the title to the following-described parcel of land, to be used for a road from Jericho Point to the Marine Corps Reservation on Parris Island, South Carolina : Starting at a point on the north bank of Archers Description . Creek north sixty-four degrees, twenty-nine minutes west, six thou- sand five hundred and sixty-three feet from monument numbered 31 at the marine barracks, Parris Island, South Carolina, thence north, thirteen degrees, forty minutes west, four thousand six hundred and five feet to a point at the mean high-water line near Jericho Point ; thence north, eighty-seven degrees, thirty-nine minutes east, two hundred and four feet to a point also at the mean high-water line near Jericho Point ; thence south, thirteen degrees and forty minute s east , four thous and fi ve hun dred a nd six ty-fiv e feet to a point on the north bank of Archers Creek ; thence south seventy-six degrees and twenty minutes west, two hundred feet to the point of beginning : Provided, however, That the acceptance of such tract of use restricted. land by the Secretary is made upon the express condition and limita- tion that such tract shall be used only for military purposes, and when it shall cease to be actually used for military purposes the title Reversionary provi- and right of possession shall immediately revert to the State of sion . So uth Ca rolina witho ut not ice, d emand, or ac tion b rought . " Approved, April 29, 1935 . [CHAP TER 88 .] AN ACT To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the one hundred

IH . May R 2,1935. .W7 .1 and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the city of Hudson, New York, and

[Public, No. 48.] of the three hundredth anniversary of the founding of the city of Providence, Rhode Island, respectively . Be it ena cted b y the Senate and H ouse o f Repr esenta tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in commemo- H uds on, N. Y., and ration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding P coinageoR~mmem- of the c ity of Hudson, New York, there shall be coined by the orate of the Mint ten thousand silver 50-cent pieces, and in coln- memoration of the three hundredth anniversary of the founding of the city of Providence, Rhode Island, there shall be coined by the Numbers, Director of the Mint, fifty thousand silver 50-cent pieces, in each case such coins to be of standard size, weight, and fineness of a special appropriate design to be fixed by the Director of the Mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, but the United p No G v der nm ec t ex- States shall not be subject to the expense of making the models for master dies or other preparations for this coinage . SEc. 2 . Coins commemorating the founding of the city of Hudson, issue . New York, shall be issued at par, and only upon the request of the committee, person, or persons duly authorized by the mayor of the city of Hudson, New York, and the coins commemorating the found- ing of the city of Providence, Rhode Island, shall be issued at par and only upon the request of the Providence Tercentenary Committee . SEc . 3 . Such coins may be disposed of at par or at a premium by Disposal. the committee, person, or persons duly authorized in section 2, and all proceeds shall be used in furtherance of the commemoration of the founding of the cities of Hudson, New York, and Providence, Rhode Island, respectively . 165