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54 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 56 -5--MAR. 15, 1940 SEC. 3. That the Senate and the House of Representatives shall conduct suitable exercises whereby Congress may mark the anniversary. Approved, March 15, 1940. [CHAPTER 57] AN ACT To amend section 23 of the Act of March 4, 1909, relating to copyrights. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That section 23 of the Act of March 4, 1909 (35 Stat. 1080; U. S. C., title 17, sec. 23), is hereby amended by deleting from the second proviso clause thereof the words "when such contribution has been separately registered". Approved, March 15, 1940. [CHAPTER 58] AN ACT To authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to exchange certain property located at Veterans' Administration facility, Tuskegee, Alabama, title to which is now vested in the United States, for certain property of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of 'America in Congress assembled, That the Admin- istrator of Veterans' Affairs is hereby authorized and directed to transfer to the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, title to the land described in subsection (a) of this Act, now vested in the United States, in exchange for certain property, described in subsection (b) of this Act, from the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. (a) The following-described property located in the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 23 township 17, range 23 east, Macon County, Alabama, and being all that portion of the Government reservation lying west of the old Chehaw Road: Beginning at a point, said point being the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of said section 23, said point also being the northwest corner of that part of the Govern- ment reservation lying west of the old Chehaw Road; thence east along the north line of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of said section 23, same also being the north line of that part of the Government reservation lying west of the old Chehaw Road, a dis- tance of three and four-tenths chains to a point in the west side of the old Chehaw Road; thence south twenty-five degrees east along the west line of the old Chehaw Road, a distance of three and thirty- four one-hundredths chains to a point, said point being in the south- erly boundary line of the Government reservation; thence west along the southerly boundary line of the Government reservation, a distance of four and eighty-one one-hundredths chains to the west line of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of said section 23; thence north along the west line of the northeast quarter of the south- west quarter of said section 23, a distance of three and three one- hundredths chains to the point of beginning, containing, in all, one and twenty-four one-hundredths acres more or less. (b) The following-described property located in the north half of the southeast quarter of section 23, township 17, range 23 east, Macon County, Alabama: Begining at a point, said point being in the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of said section 23, and also being three and 51 C ommemorative ex- ercises by Congress. March 15, 1940 [S. 547] [Public, No. 434] Copyright Act of 1909, amendment. Renewals and ex- tensions. March 15, 1940 Is. 1088ss] [Public, No. 435] Tuskegee, Ala. Exchange of lands at, authorized. Property transferred byU.S. Description. Property transferred by Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Insti- tute. Description.