75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS . 775 , 7 76-A UGU ST 25, 1937 051202, 051203, 051204, 051205, 051206, 051207, 051208, 051209, 051210, 051211, 051239, 051241, 051242, 051243, 051244, 051245, 051246, 051247, 051248, 051249, 051250, 051251, 051252, 051255, 051256, 051257, 051258, 051259, 051260, 051262, 051264, 051266, Santa Fe 069715, 069716, 069799, 069800, 069801, 069803, 069805, 069806, 069807, 070093, 070094, and to issue oil and gas leases under the ninth and tenth provisos of section 13 of the Act of Feb ruary 25, 1920, as a mended by the Act of August 21, 1935, pursuant to applications for prospecting permits filed after ninety days prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act by said attorney in fact, said applications bearing serial numbers Las Cruces 051275, 051301, 051302, 051303, 051304, 051305, 051321, 051322, 051323, 051324, 051325, 052231, 052232, 052233, 052234, 052235, 052236, 052237, notwithstanding that the proof of qualifications submitted by each applicant in connection with his appli catio n was not u nder oath altho ugh a cknowl edged befo re a notary public, and notwithstanding that a curative qualifying affi- davit was n ot filed u ntil after the passa ge of the amendatory Act of August 21, 1935, the delay in furnishing said curative qualifying affidavit being attributable to the suspension in the General Land Office of action on all appli cations for prospecti ng permits pending the enactment of the aforesaid amendatory Act and the promulga- tion of regulations thereunder : Provi ded, That the lands applied for and described in said applications are unreserved and unappro- priated p ublic land s not subj ect to prio r claims a nd that th e appli- cations are otherwise regular and allowable . Approved, August 25, 1937 . [CHAPTER 776] AN ACT To amend paragraph (1) of section 22 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That so much of paragraph (1) of section 22 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended , as re ads as follows : "Nothing in this part shall prevent any carrier or carriers subject to this part from giving reduced rates for the transportation of property to or from any section of the . country with the object of providing relief in case of earthquake, flood, fire, famine, drough 1, epidemic, pestilence, or other calamitous vis itation or disaster, if such reduced ra tes have first been authorized by order of the Commission (with or without a hearing)
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such order the Commission shall define such section and shall specify the period during which such reduced rates are to remain in effect." is amended to read as follows : "Nothing in this part shall prevent any carrier or carriers subject to this part from giving reduced rates for the transp ortatio n of pr operty to or f rom any sectio n of th e country with the object of providing relief in case of earthquake, flood, fire, famine, drought, epidemic, pestilence, or other calamitous vis itation or disaster, if such reduced ra tes have first been authorized by order of the Commission (with or without a hearing) ; but in any su ch order t he Commiss ion shall (1) define such secti on, (2) sp ecify the period during which such reduced rates are to remain in effect, and (3) clearly define the class or classes of persons entitled to such reduced rates : Provided, That any such order may define the class or classes entitled to such reduced rates as being persons designated as being in distress and in need of relief by agents of the United States or any State authorized to assist in relieving the distress I So in original . Proodso . Con diti on . August 25, 1937 [S . 26191 [Public, No. 372] Int erst ate Co m- merce Act, amend- ment . Redu ced tr ansp or- tation charges in cases of disaster, etc . 24 Stat .387. 49 U.S. C.°22. 809 Provisions govern- ing reduction . Proviso . Order may specify classes benefited .
