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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHs. 427, 428, 431, 432 . 1928 . 457 may be sold, assigned, or transferred, or who shall acquire the same by mortgage foreclosure or otherwise, is hereby authorized and empowered to exercise the same, subject to the terms and conditions of this Act, as fully as though conferred herein directly upon such corporation or person. SEC. 10. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expres sly re served. Appro ved, April 2 4, 1 928. Amendmen t; April 24, 1928. CHAP. 428.-An Act To extend the provisions of section 2455, United States 	[S. 2725.] Revised Statutes, to certain public lands in the State of Oklahoma. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That all the provi- Oklahoma. sales of iso- sions of se ction 2455, United State s Revis ed Sta tutes (Secti on 117 1, lat ed tr act s i n . Titl e 43, United State s Code ), as amended, be, and th ey are hereb y, Vol. 37,p.735,p.44s. exte nded to s urvey ed, unres erved, una ppro priat ed no nmin eral pub- U.S. Code, p.1411. lie lands in that part of the State of Oklahoma formerly comprised in Oklahoma Territory : Provided, That this Act shall not apply to any such area where under existing law such lands are now subject to pu blic o r priv ate sa le : Provided further That the proceeds of all sales hereunder shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of such fund or funds as may be provided by existing law for the disposition of such lands. Approved, April 24, 1928. [Public No. 313 .] Provisos. Areas excepted. Deposit of proceeds. April 25, 1928 . CHAP. 431 .-An Act Authorizing acceptance from Peter G. Gerry of the	[S .3640.1 gift of the law library of the late Elbridge T. Gerry. [Public, No. 314 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Chief Justice of the United States is authorized to accept on behalf of the United States, for the use of the Supreme Court, the gift of Peter G. Gerry, a Senator of the United States from the State of Rhode Island, of the law library bequeathed to him by his father, the late Elbridge T. Ger ry. Approved, April 25, 1928. Su pre me Court. Acceptance author- ized of law library of Elb ridge T . Gerry, for. April 25, 1928. CHAP. 432 .-An Act To amend section 98 of the Judicial Code, as amended, [H. R. 8835 .1 to provide for terms of court at Bryson City, North Carolina. [Public, No. 315.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, Tha t the sev enth paragraph of section 98 of the Judicial Code be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows " Terms of the district court for the western district shall be held in Charlotte on the first Mondays in April and October; at Shelby on the fourth Monday in September and the third Monday in March; at Statesville on the fourth Mondays in April and October; at Asheville on the second Mondays in May and November; and at Bryson City on the fourth Mondays in May and November : Provided, That the cities of Shelby and Bryson City shall each provide and furnish at thei r ow n exp ense suit able and c onven ient plac es fo r ho lding the court at Shelby and Bryson City . The clerk of the court for the weste rn dis trict shall mainta in an office, in ch arge o f hims elf or a deputy, at Charlotte, at Asheville, at Statesville, at Shelby, and at Bryson City, which shall be kept open at all times for the transaction of the business of the court ." Approved, April 25, 1928. North Carolina west- ern judici al district. Vol.36,1).1120. U.S. Code, p.886. Terms of court. Vol.41, p .533, amend- ed. Proviso. Rooms at Shelby and Bryson City . Offices of clerk.

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