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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CHs. 6-9 . 1927, 1928 . 51 CHAP. 6.-An Act Amending section 1044 of the Revised Statutes of the Dec emb er 27. 1927 . United States as amended by the Act approved November 17, 1921 (chapter 	[a1397.] 124, Forty-second Statutes at Large, page 220). [Public, No. 3.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States courts. United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 1044 R .S ., sec. 1044, p. of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended by the Act 191, amended. approved November 17, 1921 (chapter 124, Forty-second Statutes at Large, page 220), be amended so as to read as follows : Criminal cases. " SEC. 1044 . No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for No trial, etc-, unless indictment found, etc ., any off ense, not ca pital, excep t as p rovided in se ction 1046, unless withi n thr ee y ears . the indictment is found, or the information is instituted, within amended' p . 220' three years next after such offense shal l have been committed : 19R . S., sec. 1046, p. Provided, That nothing herein contained shall apply to any offense Proviso . for which an indictment has been heretofore found or an informal Not applicable if in . dictment heretof ore tion instituted, or to any proceedings under any such indictment or found, etc° infor matio n ." Approved, December 27, 1927. Jan uary 11, 1928. CHAP. 7 .-Joint Resolution To continue commissioners in the Court of [H.J. Res.82.] Claims. [Pub. Res. No.4.j Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the h C ro vi- Comosoneo mmissioners in, sions of sections 1 and 2 of the Act approved February 24, 1925 con tin ued for three (February 24 1925, chapter 301, paragraph 1, Forty-third Statutes yeVol. 43, p . 964; U. S. page 964 ;; United States Code > page 899, sectin 269), providing for Code, p. sss. paw Post, p. u1o. commi ssion ers i n th e Cou rt of Cla ims, their appo intm ent, power s, and procedure, be and the same are hereby continued in full force and effect for the term of three years from the date of the approval of this joint resolution. Approved, January 11, 1928. Jan uary 12, 1928. CHAP. 8.-An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing [H. R. 6657.] the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River near Kettle Falls, Wash- [Public, No. 4 .1 ington. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Colum bia River. United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the times for brdgie extended f r commencing and completing the construction of the bridge authorized Falls, Wash., by the by the Act of Congress approved January 26, 1925, across the s Vol.43,p .791,amend- Colum bia R iver, at or ne ar Ke ttle Fall s, Wa shing ton, are hereb y, ed d extended one and three years, respectively, from the date of approval hereof. SEC. 2 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. Approved, January 12, 1928. January 13, 1928. CHAP. 9 .-An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to acquire [H R . 483 .]	certain lands within the District of Col umbia to be used as sites for public [Public, No. 5.] buildings. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Public Buildings Act, United States of America in Congress assembled, That to enable the 1926 Si _' , in District of Secretary of the Treasury to acquire economically and at an early Columbia for executive date adequate sites for suitable accommodations in the District of departments, etc. Columbia for the executive departments, and independent establish- ments of the Government not under any executive department, and

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