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7 5TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS . 123, 125, 127-APRIL 22, 23, 26, 1937 [CHAPTER 1 23] April 22, 1937

AN ACT [H . R. 5551]

To reserve certain public domain in California for the benefit of the Capitan [Public, No . 46]

Grande Band of Mission Indians . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following- described public domain be, and it is hereby, withdrawn from entry, sale, or other disposition and set aside as an addition to the Barona Ranch, a tract of land purchased for the Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians under authority contained in the Act of May 4, 1932 (47 Stat. L. 146) : Lots 1 and 2 of section 23, township 14 south, rang e 1 ea st, Sa n Bern ardino merid ian, Ca liforn ia, co ntaini ng twe lve and nineteen one-hundredths acres : Provided, That said withdrawal shall not affect any valid rights initiated prior to approval hereof . Approved, April 22, 1937 . Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians . Reservation of cer- tain lands for be nefit of . 47 Stat. 146. Proviso . Prior rights not affected . April 23, 1937 [H.R. 1681 [Public, No. 47] Books, etc ., for the adult blind . 46 Stat. 1487; 49 Stat. 374 . 2 U.S.C., Supp.II, °135a. Ann ual ap pro pri a- tion for, inc reased . Proviso. Divisi on of amount . Applicability . April 26, 1937 [H. R . 4985] [Public, No. 48] Bituminous Coal Act of 1937 . Declaration of policy and ne cessity of re gu- lation . National Bitumi- nous Coal Commis- sion . Establishment, compos ition, etc . Post, p. 567. [CHAPTER 125] AN ACT To authorize an increase in the annual appropriation for books for the adult blind, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1, as amended, of the Act entitled "An Act to provide books for the adult blind", approved March 3, 1931 (U . S . C ., 1934 ed ., Supp . II, title 2, sec . 135a), is amended to read as follows "That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually to the Library of Congress, in addition to appropriations otherwise made to said Library, the sum of $275,000, which sum shall be expen ded un der th e dire ction of the Librar ian of Congr ess to provi de books published either in raised characters, on sound-reproduction records, or in any other form, for the use of the adult blind residents of the United States, including the several States, Territories, insu- lar possessions, and the District of Columbia : Prov ided, That of said annual appropriation of $275,000, not exceeding $100,000 thereof shall be expended for books in raised characters, and not exceeding $175,000 thereof shall be expended for sound-reproduction records . ' SEC. 2 . This Act shall be applicable with respect to the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and for each fiscal year thereafter . Approved, April 23, 1937 . [CHAPTER 127] AN ACT To regulate interstate commerce in bituminous coal, and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That regulation of the sale and distribution in interstate commerce of bituminous coal is imperative for the protection of such commerce ; that there exist practices and methods of distribution and marketing of such coal that w aste t he coa l reso urces of the Nation and d isorga nize, burden , and o bstruc t inte rstate comme rce in bitumi nous c oal, w ith th e resu lt that regulation of the prices thereof and of unfair methods of com- petition therein is necessary to promote interstate commerce in bitu mino us co al an d to remo ve bu rdens and obst ructi ons there from . NA TION AL B ITUM INOU S C OAL COMM ISSI ON SEC. 2 . (a) There is hereby established in the Department of the Interior a National Bituminous Coal Commission (herein referred to as Commissi on), which shall be composed of seven me mbers