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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 448, 449. 1929 . 1445 SEc. 3. That the President of the United States be authorized Texas and Now I Mexico . and he is hereby requested, to confer with the Governor of the State Conference requested of Texas and with the Governor of the State of New Mexico to with governors of, as to acceptance of lan ds ascert ain if ne gotiation s will be entertai ned to th e end tha t an agre e- tran sfer red t o the Sta tes b by decre e of Sup reme ment may be reached between the United States, the State of Texas, court. and the State of New Mexico, as to the. terms upon which said parties mentioned and in interest will accept the hand, 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 New Mexico against Texas (volume 276, page 557, United States Sup reme Cou rt Repo rts). On acce ptanc e of con- SEC. 4. In the event the Governor of the State of Texas and the ference, consent given Governor of the State of New Mexico acting for their respective the states to negotiate g compact, etc ., to be pre- States, agree to confer with the United States relative to the subject sen ted for r atif icati on to Congress and the matter mentioned and described in section 1 hereof, the consent of state Legislatures. Congress is hereby given to the said State of Texas and to the said State of New Mexico to negotiate and enter into a compact or agreement 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 Legislatures of the State of Texas and the State of New Mexico for ratification and if, and when, rati fied b y each said contra cting p arty, then e ach sa id par ty lig Compliance with ob- herein mentioned is hereby authorized to proceed to comply with the obligations in said compact or agreement assumed. SEC. 5 . No such compact or agreement shall be binding or Ratification required of the compacts by the obligatory upon either of the parties herein mentioned unless and States and Congress. until such compact or agreement has been ratified by the legislatures of each of said States affected and mentioned herein and by the Congress of the United States. Approved, March 1, 1929. March 1, 1929. CHAP. 449 .-Joint Resolution To relieve Elizabeth Robins Pennell from neces- 	[s.J. Res. 5s.] sity of providing a surety on her bond for the benefit of the United States as [Pub. Res ., No. 97.] residuar y legatee and rem ainderman under the will of Jos eph Pennell. Whereas Joseph Pennell, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by his en lnell beth Robins will dated January 7, 1919, and a codicil thereto dated September Preamble. 29, 1924, gave the residue of his estate to his wife, Elizabeth Robins Pennell, for life, and upon her death to the United States of America, for the division of prints of the Library of Congress, to be administered by the proper officers thereof upon the terms and conditions in his said will provided ; and Whereas the said Joseph Pennell died April 23, 1926, and Elizabeth Robins Pennell, executrix, filed her account of decedent's estate in the office of the register of wills, of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania., and the same was adjudicated and can firmed abso- lutely by the orphans' court of the said county on the 6th day of May, 1927, and the balance shown by said account awarded to Elizabeth Robins Pennell, to be held as directed by decedent's will, upon the entry of security by her in the sum of $400,000, under section 23 of the fiduciaries act of Pennsylvania ; and Whereas the premium on a surety bond would have to be paid out of t he inc ome of deced ent's estate and th ereby greatl y redu ce the income which the said Elizabeth Robins Pennell would receive during her life ; and Whereas the said Elizabeth Robins Pennell has requested Congress to take such action as may relieve her from the necessity of pro- viding a surety on her bond (so conditioned) :

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