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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 486 , 487- JUNE 16, 1938 Contracts with agencies for custody, care, etc. Appropriation available. Release on parole. 46 Stat. 272. 18 U.S. C. §§723a- 723c. Application of pro- visions to District of Columbia. Short title. June 16, 1938 IS. 4144] iPublic, No. 667] Puget Sound. Act authorizing bridge across, amend- ed. 48 Stat. 810. Pierce County or Washington Toll Bridge Authority, Wash., m ay bridge at "The Narrows." 34 Stat. 84. 33 U. S. C. §§491- 498. Time limitation ex- tended. 49 Stat. 907; 60 Stat. 474. Amendment. SEC. 6. The Director of the Bureau of Prisons may contract with public or private agencies for the custody, care, subsistence, educa- tion, and training of juvenile delinquents and may defray the cost of such custody, care, subsistence, education, and training from the appropriation for "Support of United States prisoners" or such other appropriation as the Attorney General may designate. SEC. 7. A juvenile delinquent committed under this Act who has, by his conduct, given sufficient evidence that he has reformed, may be released on parole at any time by the Board of Parole established by the Act of May 13, 1930 (46 Stat. 272, ch. 255; U. S. C ., title 18, sec. 723, subsecs. (a)-(c)). If it shall appear to the satisfaction of such Board that there is reasonable probability that such juvenile will, if conditionally released, remain at liberty without violating the law, then the Board may, in its discretion, parole such juvenile under conditions and regulations as the Board may deem proper. SEC. 8. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to supersede or repeal any provisions of law relative to the custody, care, subsistence, educa- tion, or training of juveniles, which are now or may hereafter be made particularly applicable to the District of Columbia. SEC. 9. This Act may be cited as "The Federal Juvenile Delinquency Act". Approved, June 16, 1938. [CHAPTER 487] AN ACT To amend section 1 of an Act entitled "An Act granting the consent of Congress to the county of Pierce, a legal subdivision of the State of Washington, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across Puget Sound, State of Washington, at or near a point commonly known as 'The Narrows' ", and to extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of such bridge. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of an Act entitled "An Act granting the consent of Congress to the county of Pierce, a legal subdivision of the State of Washington, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across Puget Sound, State of Washington, at or near a point commonly known as 'The Narrows'", approved May 28, 1934, be amended to read as follows: "SECTIrN 1. That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the county of Pierce, a legal subdivision of the State of Washington, or to Washington Toll Bridge Authority, a legal agency of the State of Washington, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across Puget Sound, State of Washington, at or near a point commonly known as 'The Narrows', at a point suit- able to the interests of navigation, in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled 'An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters', approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act." SEC. 2. That the times for commencing and completing the con- struction of such bridge, heretofore extended by Acts of Congress approved August 27, 1935, and July 5, 1937, are hereby further extended one and three years, respectively, from July 5, 1938. SEC. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, June 16, 1938. 766 [52 STAT.