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 6 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cus. 16,17. 1924. the State of California, bearing date December 11, 1922, made in form by the Govermnent of the United States through Albert; B. Fall, Secretary of the Interior, and Edwin Denby, Secretary of the Navy, as lessor, to the Pan American Petroleum Company, as .lessee, were explcuted under circumstances indicating fraud and corruption· an VVhereas the, said leases and contract were entered into without authority on the part of the officers gmrporting to act in the execution of the same for the United tatcs and in violation of the laws of Congress; and _ Whereas such leases and contract were made in defiance of the settled policy of the Government, adhered to through three successive administrations, to maintain in the ground a great reserve slupply of oil ladequate tt} the needs oélfhe glavybign any emergency t reatening the nationa security: ere ore it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the agislmjdiiiilhiiargg United States of .Ameriea in Congress assembled, That the said leases and contract are against the public interest and that the lands eipllpggceld therein ggplul age rectpvered and held for the purpose to __ w' teywere 'cat ·an Sm?;‘,°§*g§,‘g§§’,a";S"6&§,‘;§$ Resolved further, That the President of the United States be, and he hereby IS, authorized and directed immediately to cause suit P°"·”·‘“·m5· to be instituted and prosecuted for the annulment and cancellation of the said leases and contract and all contracts incidental or supplemental thereto, to enjoin the further extraction of oil from the said reserves under Shld leases or from the territory covered by the same, to secure any further appropriate incidental relief, and to prose<i)i;te such otlgeii) 80:111011; or proceeilmgs, civil] and criminal, as ma warrante . y e acts in re ation to the makin of the _ I t said leases and contract. g p,?,§ §§“"§‘§ ap? And the President _1s further authorized and directed to appoint, p¤i,g10*5¤i)_m_ by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, special counsel ' who shall have charge and control of the prosecution of such litigation, anything in the statutes touching the powers of the Attorney geneiral of the Department of Justice to the contrary notwithan mg. Approved, February 8, 1924. F°b“@Q,{j1°2*‘ ’CKAP. 17.-An Act To equip the United States penitentiary, Leavenworth, ""‘ p¤buc, xo. 12.1 ;¤;;i;$iErgg;¤;;fg§;¤;¤£s€§¤lsgapplzsggcp time or the Government, for the Com- . A •, €l' PUTPOSQS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives o th P,];u¢$£';g;Y°fh·Km·· (mired States of America in Congress assembled, That the Alter? smws, moms, and ney General of the_ United States is authorized and directed to };'g§§rg§, §g_"° ‘“’“’“‘ establish, equip, maintain. and operate at the United States penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas, a factory or factories for the manufacture of shoes, brooms, and brushes to su ply the requireother work mtmk ments of the various departments of the United) States Govern- ,,,,,,d_ _ _ ment. _The factory or factories shall not be so operated as to abolish Gfggnggfd *° ***8 any existing Government workshop, and the articles so manufactured mmm to be em- Shall be sold only to the Government of the United States. ployed;-ml buudmgs · The Attorney General is hereby further authorized to employ the mem. inmates of the mstitution herein mentioned, under such rervulations gs he rpay p1r%scri1lie, in tge work or business of manufacturiiig shoes, _ _ room an rus es an in erectin all b `ld` - °°‘°·°*°··°’P’°"‘·°*$· duct said businesses; and the prod§cts ofuhiidlligbugiziiiiiiggyshzlioble utilized in said penitentiary or sold to the Government Jr the United gtategnfogegifrgii the military and naval forces and other Gov-