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 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 100. 1922. 419 housing dproject, _ Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, $275; for ordnance storage epot, Middletown, Pennsylvania, $50,000; for Aberdeen Proving Ground, Magyland, $174,591.61%. _ Sec. 2. That the ecretary of War is empowered to carry out ,,,§°,§‘,'§,‘p"}E,‘°“,§’f,,§ irfgreements for the purchase of said real estate, with power to make, ¤¤j}¤0¢;,¤*·¤d,,7 ` necessary, new agreements for the purpose and to take such other ’ p' ' steps as are or hereafter shall appear to be necessary: Provided, Pwrméhmmt 0, however, That the Secretary of War may in his discretion at any time property term ami before final payment for the property and before payment of 75 °°’m°"°P“`“““°“· per centum of the award therefor, as hereinafter authorized, discontinue any steps taken to acquire any such real estate and execute the necessagy qurtclaim deed to quiet the title thereto of the private Cm G t W, owners; an he is hereby authorized and directed to dismiss all muagopcmiriiiyfmmi actions (pending in co1u·t for the condemnation of the following- °°“°°m,'§,§“gc,{"‘g‘, describe tracts of real estate: The west half of the northwest myd len ¢¤ by divquarter of section thirteen, townshgpSforty-three north, range one east naéiptm of the third prmcrpal mer1dian· o the southwest qluarter of the southwest quarter of section twelve in the same towns `p and r e; also the east half of the northeast quarter of section fourteen, iiliniilre townshi and range aforesaid, excepting therefrom the rights of way of the Cliiczglpz) Burlington and Quincy and the Chicago, Memphis and Gulf R ads, the total number of acres to be inc uded within this description being one hundred and ninet -three and nine onehundredths acres, situated in the counfty of Winnebago and State of Illinois. The south two hundred and ty-three and forty-four onehundredths feet of the southwest quarter lying east of the east bank of the Rock River of section two, townshissgorty-three north, range one east of the third principal  _ the northwest quarter lgpg east of the east ank of tlre,Roek Iiryer of section eleven, towns `p forty-three north, range one east of the third principal meridian; also the south half of the northeast quarter (exclexa railroad rights of way) of section eleven,_township forty-three no, range one east of the third principal meridian, but including the right or possibility of reverter of the part or portion of said premises conveyed to the Rockford and Interurban ailway Company by deed dated August 20, 1917, and recorded on September 5, 1917, in book of deeds two hundred and fifty-six, on page 491, m the office of the recorder of Winnebago County, Illinois, m the event the premises so conveyed shall cease to be used for railway purposes; also the north fourteen acres of the southwest quar east of the east bank of the Rock River of section eleven, to 'p forty-three north, range one east of the third principal meridian; all in Winnebago County, Illinois, and containing in all two hundred and twepg-nine an fifty-five one-hundredths acres, more or less. The no half of the southwest quarter lying east of the east bank of Rock River (except the north fourteen acres thereof), and the north half of the southeast quarter of section eleven, township fort{—three north, range one east of the third principal meridian, except t athirtion thereo conveyed to Illinois, owa and Minnesota Railway mpany by deed dated April 25, 1905, and recorded May 6 1905, in book of deeds one hundred and eighty-seven, page 302; also the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section twelve, township forty-three north, ra e one east of the third principal meridian, comprising one hundriid and sixty-two and ninety-four one—hundredths acres, more or less, situated m the county of Winnebago in the State of Illinois. Tm mus Sec. 3. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized au ti1bui]d- and directed, at the time of the expiration of the leases now held by ‘“·'*‘·°‘°··“'°"“‘°"°"· the War Department covering the several tracts of land hereinbefore described, to enter into new contracts for the lease of such portions of said land as he deems necessary, and for such length of time as he deems advisable, to enable the War Department to remove all