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 930 73 d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 447, 465. JUNE 11, 12, 1934. [CHAPTER 447 .] June 11, 1934. [H.R.6522 .) To amend the Standard Baskets Act of August 31, 1916, to provide for a one-pound [Public, No . 306 .) Climax basket for mushrooms. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Standard Ba ske ts United States o America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of A Vol. 139, , amended . 673;iv Vol. the Act entitl ed "An Act to fix standard s for limax baskets for 45, p. 685. V.s.C., p. 377; Supp. grapes and other fruits and vegetables, and to fix standards for VII, p . 261. baskets and other containers for small fruits, berries, and vegetables, and for other purposes ", approved August 31, 1916, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph Clima x ba sket s for " The standards for Climax ba skets for mush rooms shall b e those mushrooms . set forth above, except that a one-pound Climax basket of the fol- lowing dimensions shall be standard for mushrooms when plainly stamped or marked on the side of the basket with the words `for Dimensions . mushrooms only' : Length of bottom piece, seven and three fourths inch es; width of bottom piece, three and thr ee sixteenths inches; thickness of bottom piece, three eighths of an inch; height of basket, three and five eighths inches; top of basket, length, nine and three eighths inches; width, four and three eighths inches; all outside measurements . Basket to have a cover four and three eighths by nine and three eighths inches when cover is used ." SeC. 2 . Section 3 of such Act of August 31, 1916, is amended by inserting immediately before the semicolon a comma and the follow- ing : " or to use in a ny such shipm ent for any co mmodity other than mushrooms the one-pound Climax basket provided for in section 1 of this Act ." SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect two months after the date of its enactment. Approved, June 11, 1934. Unlawful uses. Effective date. June 12, 1934. [s .1780.) [Public, No. 307 .) i_ istrict of Columbia Alley Dwellin g Act. Vol. 33. p. 733; Vol. 33, p. 716; Vol. 40, p. 550; Vol.42,p.837. Authority of Presi- dent. Post, p. 932 . Acquisition of inhab. ited alley property. Repla t an d im prove lands so a cqui red . [CHAPTER 465 .] AN ACI AN ACT To provide for the discontinuance of the use as dwellings of buildings situated in alleys in the District of Columbia, and for the replatting and development of squares containing inhabited al leys, in the interest of public healt h, comfort, morals, safety, and welfare, an d for other p urposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That to enable the President, in the interest of public health, comfort, morals, safety, and welfare, to provide for the discontinuance of the use as dwell- ings of buildings situated in alleys and to eliminate the hidden com- munities in inhabited alleys of the District of Columbia, and to carry out the policy declared in the Act approved May 16, 1918, as amended, of caring for the alley population of the District of Colum- bia, the Pre sident is her eby authorize d and empowere d, within the limits of th e amounts her ein authorize d- (a) To purch ase, or acqui re by condemn ation or gift, any land, buildings, or structures, or any interest therein, situated in or adja- cent to any inhabited all ey in the Dis trict of Colum bia, and such other land, buildings, or structures, or any interest therein, within any square containing an inhabited alley as he may determine to be necessary for the replatting and improvement of said square pur- suant to the provisions of this Act; (b) To replat any land acquired under this Act; to pave or repave any street or alley thereon; to construct sewers and water mains therein; to install street lights thereon; to dem oli sh, mo ve, or alter any buildings or structures situated thereon and erect such