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 1192 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 169-171 . APRIL 10, 1936. [CHAPTER 169 .] AN ACT [H. R. 3254 .] To exempt certain small firearms from the provisions of the Na tiona l Fire arms [Public, No. 490 .) Act . April 10, 1936 . National Fir earm s Act. Vol.48,p.1236;U.S. C .,p . 1135. Certain small fire- ar ms exempted from provisions of . [CHA PTER 170 .] April 10, 1936 . [H. R. 3369.] [Public, No . 491 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re pre sen tati ves of state of Alabama. the United States o f Am erica in Cong ress asse mble d, That the Release from respon- sibility for loss of cer- State of Alabama be, and is hereby, relieved from all responsibility tam public property . and a ccountab ility f or certa in quar termaste r and o ther pro perty t o the approximate value of $22,361 .43, the property of the War Department in p ossession of the Alab ama National Guard, wh ich was l ost, des troyed, or used for em ergency relief work inc ident t o the Elba (Alabama) flood of March 1929, and the tornadoes which occur red over large portions of sai d State in Marc h 1932 Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to terminate all further accountability for said property. Approv ed, Apri l 10, 1 936. [CHAPTER 171 .] April 10, 1936. [H . R. 7024 .] [Public, No. 492.] Hot Springs, N. Mex. Land patent to. Purchase price, de- scription, etc. Vol. 42, p. 216; U. S. C.,p. 972. R eversio nary p rovi- sion . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (a) of s ection 1 of the Nation al Firearms Act relati ng to the definition of "firearms" is amended by inserting after "definition" a comma and the following : "but does not include any rifle which is within the foregoing provisions solely by reason of the length of its barrel if the caliber of such rifle is .22 or smaller and if its barrel is sixteen inches or more in length". A pproved, April 10, 193 6. AN ACT For the relief of the State of Alabama. AN ACT To autho rize the sale by th e United States to the municipality of Hot Springs, New Mexico, of the north half of the southeast quarter and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 6, township 14 south, range 4 west, New Mexico principal meridian, New Mexico. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unit ed Stat es of America in Con gress as sembled , Th at the S ecretar y of t he Inte rior is hereby authori zed and directe d to pat ent to the city of Hot Springs, New Mexico, upon payment by such city of a purchase price at the rate of $1 .25 per acre, the land on the north half of the southeast quarter and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 6, township 14 south, range 4 west, New Mexico principal meridian, New Mexico, for the purpose of enabling such city to establish a permanent recreational site and municipal golf course, subject to the highway right-of-way shown on a map approved by the Department of Interior on December 13, 1933, pursuant to the provisions of section 17 of the Act of November 9,1929 1 (42 Stat . 212). Such conveyance shall contain the express condition that if such city shall at any time cease to use such property for such pu rpose, or shall alienate or attempt to alienate such property, title thereto shall revert to the United States. App roved, April 10, 1936. 1 So in original.
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