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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Cns. 329, 334, 335 . 1928 . 413 for commemorative purposes, authorized by an Act approved June Commission created . . 44, p.726. 11, 1926 (Public Numbered 372, Sixty-ninth Congress), a commission is hereby created, to be composed of the following members, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of War : (1) A commissioned cer Army Engineer offi- officer of the Corps of Engineers, United States Army ; (2) a citizen A citizen of York , and resident of York County, State of South Carolina ; (3) a citizen k ee C eco ndounti an d Chero- es - and resident of Cleveland County, State of North Carolina ; (4) and a citizen of Cherokee County, South Carolina. SEC. 2 . In appointing the members of the commission created by Qual ifica tion s ofc om- mission f section 1 of this Act the S ecretary of War sh all, as f ar as pra cticable, select persons familiar with the terrain of the battle field of Kings Mountain, South Carolina, and the historica l events associated therewith. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the commission, acting under the on nsee ctionan o re por- direction of the Secretary of War, to inspect the battle field of Kings se~iia g, etc, e for his- Mountain, South Carolina, in order to ascertain the feasibility of preserving and marking for historical and professional military study such field. The commission shall submit a report of its findings and an itemized statement of its expenses to the Secretary of War not later than December 1, 1928. SEC. 4. There is authorized to be appropriated, out of any money Amount au thorized in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000, or for expenses ,Post p .92 s2s. such part ther eof a s ma y be neces sary, in order to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved, April 9, 1928. CHAP. 334 .-An Act Authorizing the reporting to the Congress of certa in [H. Apr il R. 10, 1928. 9 9583 .] claims and demands asserted against the United States. [Public, z`o :247 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That when there claims. Equitable, not ap- is filed in the General Accounting Office a claim or demand against propriated for, to be the United States that may not lawfully be adjusted by the use of with report •of c msp- an appropriation theretofore made, but which claim or demand in troller General . the judgment of the Comptroller General of the United States con- tains such elements of legal liability or equity as to be deserving of the consideration of the Congress, he shall submit the same to the Congress by a special report containing the material facts and his recommendation thereon. Approved, April 10, 1928. April 10, 1928. CHAP. 335.-An Act To provide for cooperation by the Smithsonian Insti- 	[H. R. 5495 .]	tution with State, educational, and scientific organizations in the United States [Public, No. 248 .] for continuing ethnological researches on the American Indians. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f Americas in Congress assembled, That the Secretary American Indians . Cooper ation by of the Smithsonian Institution is hereby authorized to cooperate with Smithsonian Ins tit u- anY State, educational institution, searches amore or scientific organization in the s ear in ethnological re- any United States for continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians and the excavation and preservation of archeolog- ical remains. SEC. 2 . That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of Amount a uthorized Y for expen ses. any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of Post, p. 889. $20,000, which shall be available until expended for the above pur-

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