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53 STAT.] 76TH CONG., IST SESS.-CHS. 481-483 , 493-AUG. 5 , 1939 to human health or life or to property, he shall cause such records to be destroyed immediately at such place and by such method as he shall select: Provided, however, That if said records have been transferred to his custody, he shall report the disposition thereof to the Congress and to the agency from which they were transferred. SEC. 9 . Whenever it shall appear to the Archivist that there are in his custody any records that are without permanent value or his- torical interest to the Federal Government he shall submit lists thereof to Congress in the manner provided by section 3 of this Act: Provided, however, That the Archivist shall not report to Congress, under the provisions of this section, records of any existing agency of the United States without the written consent of the said agency. SEC. 10. The procedures herein prescribed to be followed are exclu- sive, and no records of the United States Government may be alien- ated or destroyed except by authority sought and obtained under the provisions of this Act. SEC. 11. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions Of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved, August 5, 1939. [CHAPTER 482] AN ACT To permit the importation free of duty of certain literature for distribution at the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act relating to the importation of distilled spirits for consumption at the New York World's Fair, 1939, and the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939, and to duties on certain articles to be exhibited at the New York World's Fair, 1939", approved April 29, 1939, is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof a comma and the following: "or at the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939". Approved, August 5, 1939. [CHAPTER 483] JOINT RESOLUTION To approve the action of the Secretary of the Interior deferring the collection of certain irrigation construction charges against lands under the San Carlos and Flathead Indian irrigation projects. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in accordance with the Act of June 22, 1936, the action of the Secretary of the Interior in deferring such charges under said irrigation projects is hereby approved. Approved, August 5, 1939. [CHAPTER 493] AT ArT 1221 Proviso. Report to Congress. Report by Archivist of records in his cus- tody without perma- nent value, etc. Proviso. Records of existing agencies. Procedures pre- scribed deemed ex- clusive. Repeal of incon- sistent Acts. August 5, 1939 [H. R . 7263] [Public, No. 296] Golden Gate Inter- national Exposition of 1939. Ante, p. 626. Tourist literature for free distribution, free entry. August 5, 1939 [H. J. Res. 2641 [Pub. Res., No. 401 San Carlos and Flat- head Indian irrigation projects, deferment of construction charges. 49 Stat. 1803. 25 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 389-389e. August 5, 1939 To legalize a free highway bridge now being constructed across the Des Moines s. 2563] River, at Levy, Iowa. (Public, No. 297] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the Iowa State Highway Commission to complete construction of a free highway bridge and approaches Des Moines River. Bridge across, at Levy, Iowa, legalized.