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 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 69. 1919. 1201 except that portion of any such street or road alo which the houses average more than two hundred feet apart: Prowlid, That section 6 li:f;i.°Z'¤s aueweaze of said Act be further amended so that the limitation of payments B*{,'$ d_ not to exceed $10,000 per mile, exclusive of the cost of bridges of more ed. ’p` ' than twenty feet clear span, which the Secretary of Agriculture may make, be, and the same is, increased to $20,000 mile. Sec. 6. That for the of carrying out their provisions of said ,n$1ggs*gg¤¤¤°¤ *0*: Act, as herein amends, ere is hereby appropriated, out of any v¤i.s,§».zss,mwa. money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following °°* additional sums: The sum of $50,000,000 or the Escal year ending Aaammn moms June 30, 1919, and available immediately; the sum of $75,000,000 °““‘“""‘ for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920; and the sum of $75,000,000 for the Hscal year ending June 30, 1921, said additional sums to be expended in accordance with the provisions of said Act: Provided, {u*g,¤;·ah,m° Sum That where theconstntution of any State frgohibits the same from having constitutional engaging upon mternal improvements, or m contracting public {’,,'°,,§,"";",‘,§{,§,g?’,,§,‘,Lf’*,f,,‘,’,§j de ts for extraordinary purposes in an amonmt sumcient to meet the •*¤- monetary requirements of the Act of July 11, 1916, or any Act amend- . atory thereo, or restricts annual tax levies for the purpose of constructir§ and improving roads and bridges, and where a constitutional teration or amendment to overcome either or all of such prohibitions must be submitted to a referendum at a general election, ` the sum to which such State is entitled under the method of appor· “¤:§§_&·¤g•&•g· tionment provided in the Act of July 11, 1916, or ant; Act amendatory me thereof, s all be withdrawn by the Secretary of e Treasury from the principal fund appropriated by the Act of July 11, 1916, or any Act amen atory thereof, upon receipt of the certification of the governor of such State to the existence of either or all of said,-lpréohibitions, and such sum shall be carried by the Secretary of the asury as a separate fund for futm·e disbursement as hereinafter provided: Provided further, That when, by referendum, the constitutional alter- ]Av•g1g¤g_gg ations or amendments necemary to the enjoyment of the sum so with- mmm. drawn have been approved and ratiied by any State, the Secretary of the Treasury, upon receipt of certification from the ovemor of suc State to such effect, shall immediately make availab& to such State, for the purposes set forth in the Act of Juli 11, 1916, or any Act amendatory thereof, the sum withdrawn as ereinbefore provided: U ol Prowkiedfurtlwr, That nothing_herein shall be deemed to prevent anly mnféi, ’°'°°° P"` State from receiving such portion of said principal sum as is availab e under its existing constitution and laws: Provnkled {unher, That m h°{;•¤§_Fg,g>”,{,g*_;’,*;_°;‘jg the expenditure o this fund for labor ‘p;eference be given, other mmm conditions being equal, to honorably charged soldiers, sailors, and marines, but ang other preference or discrimination among citizens of the United tates in connection with the expenditure of this appropriation is hereby declared to be unlawful._ _ _ nc. 7. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized ,,,§d°,§’ ,,,'f.";£§ ,,“,,‘{.'. in his discretion to transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture all available g;:¢¤¤¤ ba ¤¤¤i» war material, equipment, and supplies not needed for the pm·poses of the War Department, but suitable for use m the rmprovernent of highways, and that the same be distributed among the highway wfwegg Sim bishdepartments of the several States to be used on roads constructed in ”' ` whole or in part by Federal aid, such distribution to be made upon a value basis of distribution the same as provided by the Federal aid road Act, approved July 11, 1916: Provided, That the Secretary of ,,, ,,,, ,,,,. Agriculture, at his discretion, may reserve from such distribution ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤"¤•°=»°°‘- not to exceed 10 per centum of such material, equipment, and supplies for use in the construction of national forest roads or other roads constructed under his direct supervision. _ Nwmdhum · Sec. 8. That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money_ m nsppggusum tr the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending me, ,,,,_ June 30, 1919, the sum of $3,000,000, for the fiscal year ending Jimc °¤¤¤¤¤¤i“°* 112460°—-vox. 40——r>·r 1--76