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 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 157-159 . APRIL 21, 23, 1934. 607 The term " bale ", when used in sections 3, 5, 7, and 8 to describe a quantity of cotton, means five hundred pounds of lint cotton. SEC. 24. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to develop St udies in devel opin g new and extended uses for cotton, and for such purpose there is now, etc., uses for cot- authorized to be made available to the Secretary not to exceed Sum available for. $500,000 out of the funds available to him under sction 12 of the Ante, p.38. Agricultural Adjustment Act. Approved, April 21, 1934. [CH APT ER 158. ] "B ale. " AN ACT April 23, 1934. To revive and reenact the Act entitled "An Act granting the consent of Congress 	[S . 3296.] to Meridian and Bigbee River Railway Company to construct, maintain, and [Public, No. 170.] operate a railroad bridge across the Tombigbee River at or near Naheola, Alabama", approved Jan ua ry 15, 1927. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Be presentatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Ac t approved January 15, 1927, granting the consent of Congress to the Meridian and Bigbee River Railway Company to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Tombigbee River at or near Naheola, Alabama, be, and the same is hereby, revived and reenacted Provided, That this Act shall be null and void unless the actual con- struction of the bridge herein referred to be commenced within two years and completed within four years from the date of approval hereof. S EC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, April 23, 1934. Tombigbee River. Act granting consent to bridge, at Naheola, A la., revi ved. Vol. 44, p. 97 5, amended. Proviso. Time limitation. Am endment. [CHAPTER 159 .] AN ACT April 23, 1934. To au thori ze pa yment for the purchase of, or to reimburse States or local levee 	[H.R .8018 .] districts for the cost of, levee righ ts-of -way for flood-control wor k in the [Public, No. 171 .] Mississippi Valley, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Mis sis sip pi valley of War is authorized, out of any money available for carrying out Pay me nt flood y aymeat ent authorize d the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act for the control of floods for purchase of, or to » reimburse States, etc ., on the Mississippi River and its tributaries, and for other purposes, for cost of levee rights- approved May 15, 1928, to purchase from, or to reimburse States or 0 Vo945, p. 537. local le vee distr icts for the cost of, any levee rig hts-of-wa y or ease - ments for the building of levees in the Mississippi Valley for which the United States was or is under obligation to pay under the provisions of the Act of May 15, 1928, regardless of whether said States or local levee districts have furnished such rights-of-way in the past and regardless of the conditions under which such levee rights-of-way were furnished, or may be furnished in the future : Provided, That after careful investigation the prices are found to be P os. nees be reason- reasonable : And provided further, That payments or reimburse- able. ments for levee rights-of-way or easements conveying the privilege of building levees may be made as soon as they have been acquired in an Payme ts,vileg -, 0 conformity with local custom or legal procedure in such matters and n wred. to the satisfaction of the Chief of Engineers. Appro ved, April 23, 1 9 34. Past and fut ure cases .