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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. Cirs. 133,145,146 . 1929 . 1147 regulations shall be enforced until five days after such publication. Any person violating any of such regulations shall be liable for each Penalties. such offense to a fine not to exceed $100 in the police court of said Dist rict, and, i n defa ult of payme nt ther eof, t o impr isonme nt in the workhouse of said District for not longer than sixty days. And the rarcy comfortc for tempo- workhouse stations, sum of $2,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby peronaservices, etc. likewise authorized, to be expended by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the construction, rent, maintenance, and expenses incident to the operation of temporary public-comfort sta tions, fi rst-aid s tations, and infor mation bo oths, dur ing the p eriod afo resaid, incl uding the em ployme nt of persona l serv ices. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Niobrara Island . United States o f A merica in Co ngress assemb led, That the co nsent of Transfer of, from city of Niobrara to Ne- the United States is hereby granted to the city of Niobrara, Ne- braska, consented to. br aska, to transfer to the St ate of Ne braska a ll the ri ghts, tit le, and C ondit ions. interest of such city in and to Niobrara Island, an island in the Nio- br ara Ri ver, i f the State of Neb raska, before the e xpirat ion of five years from the date of the enactment of this Act, formally accepts such is land s ubject to th e same condi tions ( except the c onditi on as Vol . 25, p. 897. to time of acceptance) as are imposed by section 21 of the Act en- titled "An Act to divide a portion of the reservation of the Sioux Nation of Indians in Dakota into separate reservations and to secure the relinquishment of the Indian title to the remainder, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1889, in respect of the donation to the city of Niobr ara of such island. Approved, February 4, 1929. February 4, 1929. CHAP. 146 .-An Act To provide for the transfer of the returns office from _ [g. x .9 576 .] the Interior Department to the General Accounting Office, and for other purposes. [Public, No.699 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Returns office, In- United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the returns tenor Department. office, together with its activities, contracts, bids, offers Transfer, iG furl personnel, ,, tions, etc, to eneral proposals, adverti sements, books, re cords, do cuments, furniture , office Accounting Office. equipment, and papers and property of whats oever character, is hereby transferred from the Interior Depart ment to the General Comptroller General Accountin Office ; and all owers and duties whatsoever in connec- v ested with full au- g h thority, etc. ti on the rewith now v ested in or requir ed to b e perf ormed by or under the Secretary of the Interior are transferred to, vested in, and required to be performed by or under the Comptroller General of the United States. Department appro- SEC. 2 . That so much of appropriations for the Interior Depart- pri ations transf erred. ment as applies to expenditures for the returns office, including personnel therefor, is transferred to and made applicable for expendi- ture by the General Accounting Office. Regulations, etc ., to SEC. 3 . That the Comptroller General of the United States iS be made. authorized to perform all acts and make such rules and regulations as necessary to carry the provisions of this Act into effect. Laws repealed. SEC. 4 . That all laws and parts of laws in so far as inconsistent p. 85, repeasees . - led .512 515, with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. U. S. Code, p.1309. SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect July 1, 1929. EffectiveJuly1, 1929. Approved, February 4, 1929. 54835°-29-PT 1-76 Approved, February 2, 1929. CHAP. 145 .-An Act To authorize the city of Niobrara, Nebraska, to February 4, 1929 . [s .4979 .] transfer Niobrara Island to the State of Nebraska. [Public, No. 698 .1

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