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 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs. 781-783 . 1930 . 839 July 1, 1930. CHAP. 781 .-An Act To authorize the acquisition for military purposes of 	[H. R. 7638.1 land in the county of Montgomery, State of Alabama, for use as an addition to (Public, No. 487 .) Maxwell Field. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a sum, not to s mautlorizeSAfr exceed $200,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any purchase fo, of additional money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase Ante, p . 275. of land in the vicinity of and for use in connection with the present Past, p . 109. military reservation at Maxwell Field, Alabama, and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to make said purchase : Provided, That P rov iso .n. no part of the amount authorized to be appropriated shall be expended until it has been determined to the satisfaction of the Post, p. 1467. S ecretary o f War that acquisiti on of all additional land requ ired at Maxwell Field for the proper and necessary accommodation of the Air Corps Tactical School and one Air Corps observation squadron c an be accom plish ed by purc hase o r don ation with out ex ceedi ng expenditure by the Federal Government of the amount of such authorization. Src. 2 . In the event the Secretary of War can not purchase such cee ongs~tion Pro . land or any tract or parcel thereof at a fair and reasonable price the Secretary of War is authorized to request condemnation proceedings to acquire such land or any tract or parcel thereof and upon such r equest the Attorney General sh all instit ute such p roceedings. Approved, July 1, 1930. July 1, 1930. CHAP. 782 .-An Act To provide for the renewal of passports. [n. R. 10826 .1 [Public, No. 488.1 Be it enacted by the Senat e and Hous e o f Repr esentative s of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of Passports. Vol 887, the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the issue and validity of pass- u . s . c ., :U PI, . 1V, p orts, and for other purposes," approved July 3, 1 92 6 ( Uni ted St at es P . 308 . C ode, Suppl ement III, title 22, section 2 17a), is a mended to read as follows " SEC . 2 . That the validity of a passport or visa shall be limited valid for two ye ars . t o a period of two years : Provided, That the Secretary of State Provisos. tshorter period. may limit the validity of a passport or visa to a shorter period and that no immigration visa shall be issued for a longer period than I `om4grattion as. that specified in the Immigration Act of 1924 or amendments U.S.C.,p.144 thereto : And provided further, That a passport may be renewed, Renewal . upon the payment of $2 under regulations prescribed by the Secre- tary of State, for periods of not to exceed two years each, but the do Final date of eapira- final date of expiration shall not be more than six years from the Cost of original pas s. original date of issue : And provided further, That the charge for port . the issue of an original passport shall be $5 ." Approved, July 1, 1930. CHAP. 783 .-An Act To fix the salaries of officers and members of the 1111k 2370 .1 Metropolitan police force and the fire department of the District of Columbia. [Public, No. 489 .1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, Salaries That the annual Sal a ries of Columbia. of bletropoli- basic salaries of the officers and members of the Metropolitan police tanpoliiccepfo c4 f. force shall be as follows : Major and superintendent, $8,000; assistant off ice rs. superintendents, $5,000 each; inspectors, $4,500 each; captains, $3,600 each; lieutenants, $3,050 each; sergeants, $2,750 each; privates, a basic Annual increases; salary of $1,900 per year, with an annual increase of $100 in salary maximum.

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