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 1010 Availability of re- mainder of quota to unmarried minor chil- dren or wives of per- manent alien residents. Portion not required for specified classes available to other quota immigr ants. Month of issue, for preference rights. May 29 ,19 28 . [S.J. Res . 130.] [Pub. Res., No.62.1 Alabama National Forest. Preamble. Vol.36,p.962. Req uirin g co nsent of State legislature for acq uisit ion of a ddi- tional lands for, sus- pended u ntil Decem - ber 30, 1930. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CHS. 914, 915 . 1928 . " (2) The remainder of the quota of each nationality for such year, plus any portion of the 50 per centum referred to in paragraph (1) not requi red in such year f or the issuan ce of immigr ation visas to the classes specified in such paragraph, shall be made available in such year for the issuance of immigration visas to quota immigrants of such nationality who are the unmarried children under twenty- une years of age, or the wives, of alien residents of the United States who were lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence. " (3) Any portion of the quota of each nationality for such year not required for the issuance of immigration visas to the classes specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be made available in such year for the issuance of immigration visas to other quota immi- grants of such nationality. " (b) The preference provided in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) shall, in the case of quota immigrants of any nation- ality, be given in the calendar month in which the right to preference is established, if the number of immigration visas which may be issued in such month to quota immigrants of such nationality has not already been issued ; otherwise, in the next calendar month ." Approved, May 29, 1928. CHAP. 915.-Joint Resolution Suspending certain provisions of law in connec- tion with the acquisition of lands within the Alabama National Forest. Whereas section 7 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (Thirty-sixth Statutes, page 961), provides "That no deed or other instrument of convey- ance shall be acc epted or app roved by the Secret ary of Agric ulture under this Act until the legislature of the State in which the land lies shall have consented to the acquisition of such land by the United States for the purpose of preserving the navigability of navigable streams " ; and Whereas the State of Alabama by an Act approved November 30, 1907, consented to such acquisitions ; and Whereas the State of Alabama by an Act approved September 28, 1923, repealed the aforesaid Act of November 30, 1907 ; and Whereas the Secretary of Agriculture was not informed of said repea l and contin ued to contr act fo r the p urchas e of c ertain lands with in t he pr esent ext erior boun darie s of the Alaba ma N ation al Forest, located in Winston, Lawrence, and Franklin Counties, in the said State of Alabama ; and Wher eas th e fore stry o fficia ls of the sai d Stat e of A labama appro ved the policy of consolidation of lands within the present exterior boundaries of the aforesaid Alabama National Forest : Now, there- fore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of section 7 requiring the consent of the said State legislature for the acquisition of such lands be and the same are hereby suspended as to any unacquired lands within the present exterior boundaries of the said Alabama National Forest until and including December 31, 1930. Approved, May 29, 1928.

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