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 652 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 346, 347. 1924. Bm *° **¤°‘*°* (c) A report of the seizure shall be made to the United States y` attorney for the judicial district in which the seizure is made, for forfeitufre either (1) upon conviction of the offender under section P'°°°°°°’“”i°°°`"t' 11, or (2) by proceedings by libel in rem. Such libel proceedings shall conform as near as may be to civil suits in admiralty, except that either party may demand trial by j1u·y 1}-plon any issue of fact when the value in controvers exceeds $20. case of a trial the verdict of the jury shall have the same effect as the dying of I I if no mp the court upon the facts. Libel proceedings shall be at the suit and same proceedings in in the name of the United States. If such forfeitiuesproceedings ‘°“°"°"‘° "'“°· are not instituted within a reasonable time, the United tates attorney shall give notice thereof, and the custodian shall thereupon E hm H _ release the articles seized. _ manximwmammm, Sec. 9. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of °*°1,°_, NM.,_ Commerce are authorized to make_such expenditures for construc- ' tion, equipment, maintenance, repairs, and improvements, including expenditures for personal services at the seat of government an elsewhere, as may be necessary to execute the functions imposed upon  by_this Act and as may be provided for by Congress mm. from time to time. _ _ abssppmpssaaror (b) For such expenditures there is hereby authorized to be °‘¥;$°*;°,{,°;; appropriated, out of any money m the Treasmy not otherwise ’ appropriated, the sum o $50,000, to be available until expended, $25,000 of such sum to be available for expenditure by the Secretary Am mt, of Agriculture and $25,000 by the Secretary of Commerce. Sec. 10. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of P°**·1*8*’- any money in the Treas not otherwise appropriated, and to be available until expendedgllge sum of $1,500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the acquisition of any areas authorized by this Act to be acquired for such refuge and for all necessary e ense °°'“”°°““‘ incident to the acquisition of such areas; but no money sliigl be available for the acquisition of anfy area until the Secretary of Agriculture has ascertained thatallo the areas to be acquired under this Act will be acquired within the amoimts appropriated or author- P°"’ P' 135* ized to be appropriated therefor and at an average me not in excess of $5 per acre, and not in excess of the average se g price, during the years 1921, 1922, and 1923, of comparable lands within the Punishment M vim vicinity of such areas. mum. Sec. 11. Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with any Hrovision of or any regulation made dpursuant to this Act shall be eemed guilty of a misdemeanor, an upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $500 or be imprisoned not more than six M“mg0,,,pem¤,, months, or both. ` Sec. 12. As used in this Act the term " person " includes an indi- No exemption 0, vidual, partnership, association, or corporation. laws my improvement, Sec. 13. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as exem tin any ‘{§;°,;;,,_ °' M““*”“"" portion of the Mississippi River from the provisions of Fedieraflaws or the improvement, preservation, and protection of navigable waters, nor as authorizing any interference with the operations of the War Department in carrying out any project now or hereafter adopted for the improvement of said river. Approved, June 7. 1924. June 7, 1924. CHAP. 347.—An Act To extend the insurance and c0llect—on-deliverv servlP“b“°'» N°· 2°°·l ice to third-class mail, and for other purposes. ` Be it enacted by the Senate mul House 0 Re resentatfives 0 the iigiiiai?%ivi5§Z United States of America in Congress assmiibledi That the reqiiirement of section 8 of the Act of August 24, 1912, making