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 668 SIXTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 374-376. 1924. J¤¤¤ 7. 19% CHAP. 374.——Joint Resolution Authorizing an investigation of the proposed Casper-Alcova irrigation project, Natrona County, Wyoming; the Deschutes [Pub' R°"’ N°’ 31] roject in the State of Oregon, and the Southern Lassen Irrigation project in Eassen County, California. . . . Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the iwisggiegriggm. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary gQ§s*§§m,*}*;‘;§f*°'”d· '° of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to prepare and submit to Congress at the beginning of the next regular session plans and estimates of the character and cost of structures necessar for the construction and completion of the proposed Casper—Alcova irrigation groj ect, in Natrona County, Wyoming; the mma Deschutes project in the tate of Oregon and the Sout ern Lassen comntuatn exons irrigation project in Lassen County, alifornia: Pro/wkled, That at gw °‘ °°°‘ by S"‘°°“* least one-half the cost of all such investigations, plans, and estimates shall be advanced by the State in which the project is located, or by parties interested. Approved. June 7, 1924. lS{I?°1;$sig21%-l CHAP. 375.-—Joint Resolution To provide for the free transmission through [P¤¤- R6-, N¤>·38·l the mails of certain publications for the blind I _ Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United §§’§°§`i“,$',X‘,,‘§YQ}; cm. States of America in Congress assembled, That volumes of the gm *0*%:*,2,,**% tg Holy Scriptures, or any part thereof, in raised characters for the sent without cmrgé. use of the blind, whether pre ared by hand or printed, which do not contain advertisements, (al) when furnished by an organization, institution, or association not conducted for private profit, to a blind person without charge, shall be transmitted in the United States mails free of postage; (b) when furnished by an organization, institution, or association not conducted for private profit to a blind m{xQ°:;•<,fJ¤%“°°·“‘°¤° person at a price not greater than the cost price thereof, shall be ` transmitted in the United States mails at the postage rate of 1 cent for each pound or fraction thereof; under such regulations as the Postmaster General may prescribe. Approved, June 7, 1924. CHAP. 376.·—Joint Resolution To provide that the powers and duties conlP¤¤- Rss- N<>· 34-1 ferred upon the Governor of Alaska under existing law for the protection of wild game animals and wild birds in Alaska be transferred to and be exercised by the Secretary of Agriculture. M k Resolved by the Senate and House ey Representatives of the United rebels ol otvenmr States if America in Congress assembled, That, on and after July 1, {‘;;n¥gg;§gg*§gg;?g§jf§ 1924, the powers and duties heretofore conferred upon the Governor or Agriculture. of Alaska by existigg law for the protection of wild game animals A. t. _&¤_ and wild birds in asks. are here y conferred u n and shall be ,m.l’p'°""‘“°”’ “` exercised by the Secretary of Agriculture; and allpiiioney available xm, p. oe. or appropriated in any Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, v,,m5,,,_ 1,,, for carrying into effect the Act approved May 11, 1908, entitled "An Act or the protection of game in Alaska and for other pngioses/’ including salaries, traveling expenses of ame wardens an all other necessary expenses, is hereby transferred to the credit of the Department of Agriculture to be expended by the Secretary of Agriculture for such purposes. Approved, June 7, 1924,