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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CHs. 41, 42, 52 . 1928 . and culverts, and to make other improvements necessary for public highway purposes : Provided, That the city of Vancouver shall per- form at its own cost and expense such work as the Secretary of War may require for the protection- of or to prevent interference with the use of any underground or other improvements on said reserva- tion which may be affected by the construction and maintenance of said highway. SEC. 2. No part of the property granted and conveyed by the Secre- tary of War for the purposes aforesaid shall be used for any other than highway purposes, and when said property shall cease to be so used it shall revert to the United States of America : Provided, That the United States at all times shall have the right to pass over or acros s said highw ay for gaini ng acc ess to the Co lumbia River or fo r any other purpose and, in case of an emergency, may assume control of, hold, use, and occupy, temporarily or otherwise, without consent or leave from the city of Vancouver, any or all of said property and highway for any governmental purposes. And the United States shall not b e or b ecome liable for a ny dama ges or compe nsatio n what - ever to the city of Vancouver for any future use by the United States for the aforesaid purposes of any or all of said property and highway. Approved, February 13, 1928. 61 Proviso. City to pay cost for protection of reserva- tion improvements, etc. Reversion for nonuser. Proviso. Rig ht for Govern- ment use, etc., retained. No Government li a- bility for d amages, etc. February 13, 1928. CHAP. 42 .-An Act To authorize appropriations for co nstr ucti on at the [li. R. 164.] Pacific Branch, Soldiers' llome, Los Angeles County, California, and for other [Public, No. 26 .] purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Santa Monica, Calif. United States o f America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby Construct ion author- buildings at authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $200,000 to be expended im ueteer Soldiers' for the construction and installment at the Pacific Branch, Soldiers' Home, Los Angeles County, California, of one general mess building with bakery and equipment and such utilities and appurtenances thereto as in the judgment of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers may be necessary. Approved, February 13, 1928. February 14, 1928. CHAP. 52 .-An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to	[H. R. 7013.] lend to the Governor of Arkansas fiv e thousand canvas cots, ten thousand [Publ ic, No. 27 .] blankets, ten thousand bed sheets, five thousand pillows, five thousand pillow- cases, and five thousand mattresses or bed sacks to be used at the encampment of the United Confederate Veterans to be held at Little Rock, Arkansas, in May, 1928. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Lnited Confederate of Wa r be, and e is her eby, a uthori zed to lend, at his discr etion, o Loan of Arm y cots, etc., for reunion of, at the entertainment committee of the United Confederate Veterans, Little Pock, Ark. whose encampment is to be held at Little Rock, Arkansas, in the month of May, 1928, five thousand canvas cots, ten thousand blankets, ten thousand bed sheets, five thousand pillows, five thousand pillow- Provisos. cases, and five thousand mattresses or bed sacks : Provided, That no p~Se Government ex- expe nse sh all be cause d the United States Gover nment by the deliv ery and return of said property, the same to be delivered at such time prior to the holding of said encampment as may be agreed upon by the Secretary of War and the chairman of said entertainment COm- Bond required. mittee, Mr. E. R. Wiles : Provided further, That the Secretary of War before delivering said property, shall take from said E. R.

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