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 1522 Payment of fees. Auditing accounts, etc. Money repor ts, etc. Penalty for violation. Nursing another not prevented. Pro vis o. If not representing to be r egist ered, etc. Cons truct ion of" s he" and derivatives . March 2, 1929. [H. R. 16082.1 [Public, No . 967.1 C H A P. 541 .-An Act To authoriz e the disposition of unplatted portions o f Government town sites on irrigation projects under the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and for oth er purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Irrigation fion protects. Sal e Unite d Stat es o f Ameri ca in Congre ss asse mbled, That the Secretary e of unplattedpor ° tions of, at auction. of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to appraise, and sell, at public auction, to the highest bidder, from time to time, for cash, any or all of the unplatted portions of Government town sites created under the Act of April 16, 1906 (Thirty-fourth Stat- utes, page 116), on any irrigation project constructed under the Act of June 17, 1902 (Thirty-second Statutes, page 388), or Acts Proviso . amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto : Provided, That any Disposal at private sale, if not disposed of land so offered for sale and not disposed of may afterwards be at auction. sold, at not less than the appraised value, at private sale, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. Patents made in pursuance of such sale shall convey all the right, cee dss title, and interest of the United States in or to the land so sold. D posal of net pro- SEC. 2 . The net proceeds of such sales after deducting all expendi- tures on acc ount o f such lands, and the pro ject c onstru ction charge , for the irrigable area of the lands so sold where irrigation or drain- age works have been constructed or are proposed to be constructed, shall be dis posed of as provid ed in Subsect ion I of sec tion 4 of th e Act of December 5, 1924 (Forty-third Statutes, page 672). Where the project construction charge shall not have been fixed at the date of any such sale, same shall be estimated by the Secretary of the Interior. Expenses of appraise- SEC. 3. Reclamation funds are authorized to be appropriated for orationfund •m reels° use in defraying the necessary expenses of appraisement and sale of the lands herein authorized to be sold, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to perform any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as, in his opinion, inay be necessary and proper for carrying out the purposes of this Act. Approved, March 2, 1929. Vol. 34, p. 116. Vol. 32, p. 388. Vol.43, p. 703. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs . 540, 541. 1929. such unexpended balance. That such expenses shall in no event exceed the total of receipts. All registration or reregistration fees shall be paid to the treasurer of the board, and shall be paid out under the orders of the board. That it shall be the duty of the auditor of the District of Columbia to audit the accounts of the nurses' examining board at the end of each fiscal year and to make report thereof in writing to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. The said auditor shall have free access to all books, papers, and records of the board. The nurses' examining board shall make annual reports to the Commissioners of the District of Colum- bia containing a statement of moneys received and disbursed, and a summary of its official acts during the preceding year. " SEC . 10 . That any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction there of sha ll be punish ed by a fine not ex ceedin g $200 or by impri s- onment in the workhouse for a period not exceeding sixty days . "SEC. 11 . That nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent any person from nursing any other person in the District of Colum- bia, either gratuitously or for hire : Provided, That such person so nursing shall not represent herself as being a registered, certified, graduate, or trained nurse. " SEC. 12. That the word `she' and the derivatives thereof, wherever they occur in this Act, shall be construed so as to include the word 'he ) and deriva tives ." Approved, March 2, 1929.

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