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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHs. 659, 660 . 1928 . regulations and schedules of the General Supply Committee or from the variou s serv ices o f the Govern ment of the U nited States posse ss- ing materi al, su pplies, pass enger- carryin g and other motor vehicl es, and equipment no longer required because of the cessation of war activities. Surplus articles purchased from the Government, if the same have not been used, shall be paid for at a reasonable price, not to exceed actual cost, and if the same have been used, at a reasonble price based upon length of usage. The various services of the Gov- ernment of the United States are authorized to sell such surplus art icles to the munic ipal g overnm ent un der the condi tions specif ied, and the proceeds of such sales shall be covered into the Treasury as proviso . miscellaneous receipts : Provided, That this section shall not be con- Transfers under Ex- stru ed to amend, alter, or r epeal the Exe cutive order of De cember 3 ee ed. order not af- ~ fected 191 8, concer ning the transfer of office material s, suppli es, and e quip- ment in the District of Columbia falling into disuse because of the cessation of war activities. Approved, May 21, 1928. Price stipulation. Sales authorized. 683 May 21, IM CHAP. 660 .- A n Act To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide that	 [S .1 3 41 . 1	the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and [Publ ic, No. 4 58 .] for other purposes," approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 11 of the Federal Highway Act, approved November 9, 1921 (Forty- se cond Stat utes at La rge, page 212), as amen ded o r sup pleme nted , be further amended by adding at the end of the second paragraph the reof t he fol lowing "And provided further, That in the case of any State containing unappropriated public lands and nontaxable Indian lands, indi- vidual and tribal, exceeding 5 per centum of the total area of all lands in the State in which the population, as shown by the latest available Federal census, does not exceed ten per square mile of area, the Secretary of Agriculture, upon request from the State highway department of such State, may increase the share payable by the United States to any percentage up to and including the whole cost on projects on the primary system of Federal-aid high- ways and on projects on the secondary system when the latter is a continuation of a route on the primary system or directly connects with a route on the primary system of an adjoining State, but such State shall allocate and expend during the same fiscal year upon some other project or projects on the Federal-aid system, under the di rectio n of t he Sec retary of Ag ricult ure, th e amou nt it would have been required to expend upon such project ." SEC . 2 . In every case in which, in the judgment of the Secretary of Agriculture and the highway department of the State in question, it shall be practicable to plant and maintain shade trees along the highways authorized by said Act of November 9, 1921, and by this Ac t, the pl anting of such tre es shall be inclu ded in th e specifi cations provided in section 8 of said Act of November 9, 1921 . SEc. 3. The system of Federal-aid highways on which Federal funds may be expended in any State may exceed 7 per centum of the total highway mileage of such State by the mileage of roads on said system within national forest, Indian, or other Federal reser- vations therein . SEc. 4. Fede ral funds may be exp ended on that portio n of a highway or street within a municipality having a population of two thousand five hundred or more, along which from a point on 548 35°-2 9-PT 1-47 Fede ral Highw ay Act. Vol. 42, P. 215, amend. ed. Fe deral aid incr ease d to S tate, with u nap- propriated public lands and nontaxable Indian lands, exceeding 5 per cent of area. Amount by State, to be e xpended on o ther projects. Plan ting of sha de trees to be included in project specifications. Vol.42,p. 214. Federal funds may be increased by mileage of roads in natio nal forests, etc. Allowance in small municipalities.

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