PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 23 -25 , 27-FEB. 11 , 12, 1938 [52 STAT. [CHAPTER 23] AN ACT February 11 1938 [S. 16911 To provide that residence requirements for judges shall not be held to apply to [Public, No. 425] judges who have retired. United States courts. Retired judges, resi- dence requirements. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no provision of law requiring any judge of any court of the United States to reside in any district or circuit shall be held or considered to apply to any such judge after he shall have retired. Approved, February 11, 1938. [CHAPTER 24] AN AOT February 11, 1938 . S. 23 87 ]- To authorize certain officers and employees of Federal penal and correctional [Public, No. 426] institutions to administer oaths. Federal penal or correctional institu- tions. Administration of oaths, etc. Fee, etc., restric- tion. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the warden and associate warden of each Federal penal or correctional institution are hereby authorized and empowered to administer oaths to and take acknowledgments of officers and employees, as well as inmates, of such institutions. SEC. 2. None of said officers or employees shall demand or accept any fee or compensation whatsoever for administering or taking any oath, affirmation, acknowledgment, or affidavit under the authority conferred by this Act. Approved, February 11, 1938. [CHAPTER 25] February 11, 1938 [H. R . 9043] [Public, No. 427] Retired Justices of the Supreme Court, recall to service. 50 Stat. 24 . 28 U. .SC. , Supp. III, § 375a. "Judicial circuit" to inclrdn the District of Columbia. AN ACT To amend an Act to provide for the retirement of Justices of the Supreme Court. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act to rovide for retirement of Justices of the Supreme Court approved March 1, 1937, be, and is hereby, amended by adding thereto the following: "SEC. 2 . The term 'judicial circuit' as used in this Act includes the District of Columbia." Approved, February 11, 1938. [CHAPTER 27] February 12. 1938 [S. 258s] [Public, No. 428] Tahoe National Forest. Nev. Acquisition oflands. 42 Stat. 465. 16U. .C.55485, 486. 25 Stat. 357. 40 U. S. C. §§257- 258e. AN ACT To provide for the acquisition of certain lands for and the addition thereof to the Tahoe National Forest, in the State of Nevada, and the acquisition of certain other lands for the completion of the acquisition of the remaining lands within the limits of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in east Tennessee. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to acquire, by purchase when purchasable at prices deemed by him reasonable, or by exchange under the provisions of the Act of March 20, 1922, as amended, or by condemnation under the provisions of the Act of August 1, 1888, on behalf of the United States with any fund or moneys available for such purpose, any of the following-described lands in the State of 28
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