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 1444 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cfis. 447, 448. 1929 . March 1, 1929. [H.R. 11722.] [Public, No. 898 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Mar Battle of yl and . Monocacy, United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the Acquiring land, etc., purpos e of c ommemo ratin g the Battle of Mo nocac y Mary land, the authorized to com- memo rate. Secretary of W ar is authori zed and direc ted to (1) acq uire not to exceed one acre of land, free of cost to the United States, at the above-named battle field, (2) fence the parcel of land so acquired, (3) build an approach to such parcel of land, and (4) erect a suitable marker on such parcel of land. SEC. 2 . There is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $5,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry out the provisions of section 1 of this Act. SEC. 3 . The parcel of land acquired under section 1 of this Act shall be under the jurisdiction and control of the Secretary of War, and there is a uthorized to be appropriat ed for the mai ntenance of such parcel of land, fence, approach, and marker a sum not to exceed $250 per annum. Approved, March 1, 1929. Sum authorized. under control of Sec- retary of War. Maintenance. CHAP. 447.-An Act To provide for the commemoration of the Battle of Monoca cy, Ma rylan d. March 1, 1929. [S.J.Res. 196 .] CHAP. 448 .-Joint Resolution Authorizing and requesting the President of the [Pub. Res., No. 96. United States to take steps in an effort to protect citizens of the United States in their equitable titles to land embraced in territory to be transferred from the State of Oklahoma to the State of Texas and from the State of Texas to the State of Oklahoma as per decree of the S upreme Court of the U nited States in the case of Oklahoma against Texas (1926, 272 United States 21, page 38) and from the State of New Mexico to the State of Texas and from the State of Texas to the State of New Mexico as per decree of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case o f New Mexico against Texas (volume 276, p age 557, United States Suprem e Court Repo rts), and to give the con sent of Cong ress to said States to enter into compacts with each other and with the United States relating to such subject matter. Resolved by the Senate and Home of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be authorized, and he is hereby requested, to confer with the Governor of the State of Oklahoma and with the Governor of the State of Texas to ascertain if negotiations will be entertained, to the end that an agreement may be reached between the United States, the State of Texas, and the State of Oklahoma, as to the terms upo n which said parties menti oned and in in terest will a ccept the land, if any, transferred or to be transferred to each said party by the authority of the final decree of the Supreme Court of the United States in the action styled Oklahoma against Texas (1926, 272 United States 21, page 38). SEC. 2. In the event the Governor of the State of Texas and the Governor of the State of Oklahoma, acting for their respective States, agree to confer with the United States relative to the subject mat ter mentioned and describe d in section 1 hereof the c onsent of Congress is hereby given to the said State of Texas and to the said Sta te of Oklahom a to negotiat e and enter in to a compact or agree- ment respecting the matter in this Act mentioned and the President is herein authorized and requested to proceed with such conference and to formulate and suggest a compact or agreement to be presented to the Congress and to the Le gislatures of the State of Texas and the State of Oklahoma for ratification and if, and when, ratified by each said contracting party, then each said party herein mentioned is hereby author ized to proce ed to comply w ith the oblig ations i n said compact or agreement assumed. Okla homa and Tex as. Conference requested with governors of, as to acce ptance of l ands transferred to the States by decree of Supreme Co urt. On acceptance of con- ference, consent given the States to negotiate compact, etc ., to be presented for ratifica- tion to Congress and the State Legislatures. Comp liance wi th obligations.

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