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 56 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Clas. 20,22-24 . 1928 . CHAP. 20 .-An Act Gran ting the consent of Congress to the Louisiana High way Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Red River at or near Coushatta, Louisiana. Red River. Be it enacted by the Senate a nd House of Re presentatives of the Louisiana Hi ghway United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent Commission may bridge, at Coushatta. of Congress is hereby granted to the State Highway Commission of Louisiana to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches -thereto across the Red River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation at or near Coushatta, Louisiana, and in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled " An Act to regulate the construc- tion of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 3, 1928. February 3, 1928. [H. R. 280 .1 [P ubli c, No . 16.] Construction. Vol.34,p.84. Post, p. 1167. Amendment. February 4, 1928. [S.1968.1 [Public, No. 17 .] CHAP. 22 .-An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to pay for the use and occupancy by the Department of Agriculture of the Bieber Build- ing, 1358 B Street southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Department of Agri- culture. United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary s Payment Rntforsof of Agriculture is authorized to pay to Harry Wardman, Thomas P. for 1926, 1927, and 1928, Bones, and James D. Hobbs, at the rate of $55,000 per annum for Authorized. the u se and occup ancy by the Depar tment of Ag ricult ure of the Bieber Building, 13 58 B Street southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, during the fiscal years 1926, 1927, and 1928. If at any time hereafter during the occupancy of said building by said depart- ment the Secretary of Agriculture shall deem it for the best interests of the Government to lease said building for a term not exceeding ten years he is hereby authorized, with the approval of the Public Buildings Commission, to do so. Approved, February 4, 1928. Further thorized. lease February 4, 1928 . [H.J. Res . 93.] [Pub. Res., No. 5 .] Na tional Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. P aul E. Divine ap- pointed a manager of. February 4, 1928 . [H.J. Res. 81 .] [Pub. Res., No. 6.1 an- Sou th Carolina Agri- cultural Experiment Station. Dairy and livestock development at. Vol. 44, p. 13 97, amended. CHAP. 23 .-Joint Resolution For the appointment of Paul E. Divine, of Ten- nessee, as member of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That Paul E. Divine, of Tennessee, be, and he is hereby, appointed member of the Board of Ma nagers of t he Nat ional Home f or Di sabled Volun teer Soldiers of the United States to succeed Major J. W. Wadsworth, senior, of New York, deceased. Approved, February 4, 1928. CHAP. 24 .-Joint Resolution For the amendment of the Act of March 3, 1927, by authorizing an annual appropriation to carry out the cooperative experi- ments contemplated by the Act. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of March 3, 19 27 (Forty-fourth United States Statutes at Large, page 1397), entitled "An Act authorizing an appropriation to enable the Secre- tary of Agricu lture to coop erate with th e South Caroli na Agricul- tural Experiment Station" be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding the following

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