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 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs. 99,100 . 1930 . 137 pended at the end of any fiscal year may be expended in any subse- quent year without reference to this limitation beginning with the fiscal year 1928. (b) The limitation contained in section 1 of the Act of May 25, Limitationonacquir. ing sites in District of 1926, de fining t he area within w hich sit es or add itions t o sites for Columbia ext ended. public buildings in the District of Columbia may be purchased, is hereb y extend ed, and the Secr etary of the Trea sury is authoriz ed, empowered, and directed to acquire, for the use of the United States, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, any land and buildings Area modified. n Vol .44,p. 631,amend- which he may determine should be acquired within the area bounded ed. by Pe nnsyl vani a Av enue and New Yor k Avenue on the nor th, Vir- ginia Ave nue and Mary land Ave nue proj ecte d in a stra ight lin e to Twining Lake on the south, and Delawar e Avenue s outhwest on the east, including properties within said area belonging to the District of Columbia, but excluding those portions of squares 267, 268, and 298 not belonging to the District of Columbia ; the square known as south of 463 ; all of square 493 ; lots 16, 17, 20, and 21, and 808 in sq uare 536 ; and lots 16 and 45 in square 635 . The Extension No. for 1 Treas Secretary of the Treasury is further authorized, empowered, and Post, P a1605. directed to acquire the necessary land for the extension of the building k nown as Tr easury Ann ex Numbered 1, northw ardly to H Street northwest. Out side profess ional (c) When deemed by him desirable or advantageous, the Secretary s ervic es a uthor ized. of the Treasury is authorized to employ, by contract or otherwise, Post, p. 1605. outside professional or technical services of persons, firms, or cor- porations, to such extent as he may require, without reference to R. S. sec. 3709, p.733. the Classification Act of 1923 as amended, or to section 3709 of the u . S. C.,p. 1309. Revised Statutes of the United States. (d) That in submitting estimates for appropriations under the Preference to prior above authorized extension of the public building program, prefer- author ized e sites $7500 ence sha ll be gi ven to t hose pro jects wh ere sites have be en acqui red ann ual ly' or authorized to be acquired under the Public Building Act of May 25, 1926, and prior Acts, wh ere the postal rec ei pts h ave reached the sum of $7,500 annually. (e) That the provisions of the Act of May 25, 1926 (Forty-fourth TerritorieseZtenaea to Statutes, page 630), and all amendments thereto, shall apply to the Vol. 44, p. 630. Territories in the same manner and to the same extent that they apply to the several States. Approved, March 31, 1930 . March 31, 193 0. C H A P. 100.-An Act To quiet title and possession with respect to certain 	[ H. R. 365 7.1 lands in Custer County, Nebraska. [Public, No. s6.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all right, N buster County, title, and interest of the United States in and to the lands situated Title of United States in Custer Count, Nebraska, described as follows : Lot 4 section 14 to lan ds in, rel in- y> > > quished to owners of towns hip 18 north, r ange 17 west, si xth princ ipal mer idian, b e, and equitable titl e thereof . the same are hereby, released and relinquished by the United States to the respective owner or owners of the equitable title and to their heirs and assigns . SEc . 2 . Nothing in this Act shall in any manner abridge, divest, Only title of United impair, injure, or prejudice any valid right, title, or interest of any States relinquished . person or persons in or to any portion or part of the lands mentioned in the said first section, the true intent of this Act being to relinquish and abandon, grant, give, and concede any and all right, interest, and estate, in law or equity, which the United States is or is supposed to be entitled to in said lands, in favor of all persons, estates, firms, or corporations who would be the true and lawful owners of the same

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