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 1558 Di sposit ion if not acq uir ed by Newark. Protiso. Resale, if bidder fails to enter con tract of s ale. Terms and condi- tions of contract. Lease or operation authorized. Transfer to Depart- ment of Commerce permitt ed. Vol. 41, p. 988. Deposit of receipts in Trea sury. Columbia division . Florence division. 74 TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 636, 637. JUNE 20, 1936. prop erty and shall pay to the city of Newark as liquidated dama ges a sum equal to 3 per centum per annum on the amount theretofore paid on the purchase price of the said property by the said city during each year or part thereof that the said property is occu- pied under such taking by the United States, the said property to be returned to the city of Newark upon the expiration of such war or national emergency. SEC. 2. In the event the city of Newark shall not elect to acquire said property as provided in section 1 of this Act, then the Secre- tary of War is authorized to o ffer said prope rty at public sale to the highest responsible bidder on terms and conditions to be pre- scribed by him, which terms and conditions shall not be less favor- able to the United States than those prescribed in section 1 of this Act : Provided, That if the highest responsible bidder shall fail to enter into and consummate a contract of sale, the Secretary of War may award the contract to the next highest responsible bidder or, in his discretion, readvertise said property for sale in like manner. SEC. 3 . Any co ntract of sal e shal l be s ubject to the condi tions that if the purchaser shall fail to pay any installment of the purchase price and in terest, if any, as and when t he same are due , or shall fail to comply with the other terms and conditions of the sale, then the Secretar y of War may, at his election, declare such purchaser in default and reenter and repossess said property in the name of the United States and he may thereafter cause said property to be readvert ised and resold at public sal e in accordance with the pro- visions of this Act. SEC. 4 . During any interval of time that the property may be in the cust ody of the Secr etary of War, he may, in a ma nner that will best conse rve th e inte rests o f the United State s, lea se said prope rty, or, if unable to lease the same, on satisfactory terms, may maintain and oper ate the same, o r, in the disc retion of the P resident, the property may be transferred by Executive order to the Department of Commerce for administration under the provisions of the Mer- chant Marine Act of June 5, 1920, as amended. SEC. 5. All sums received as a result of the sale of said property, after deducting therefrom any costs of appraisal and other necessary expenses incident to sale, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. Approved, June 20, 1936. [CHAPTER 637 .] June 20, 1936 . AN ACT [ll. R.12.1 To amend an Act entitled "An Act to divide the eastern district of South Carolina [Public, No. 731 .1 into four divisions and the western district into five divisions" by adding a new division to the eastern district and providing for terms of said court to be held at Ora ngeb urg, South Carolina. Be it enaeted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uni ted States cou rts. Unite d St ates o f Ame rica in Cong ress ass embl ed That the eas tern South Carolina judi- cial district s. district of South Carolina is divided into five divisions, to be known Eastern district. as the A iken, Charlesto n, Columbia, F lorence, and Or angeburg divi- Aiken division. sions. The Aiken division shall include the territory embraced in the Charl eston divisio n. counties of Aiken, Alle ndale, Barnwel l, and Hampton. The C ha rle s- ton division shall include the territory embraced in the counties of Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, and Jasper. The Columbia division shall include the territory embraced in the counties of Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, Richland, and Sumter. The Florence division shall include the territory embraced in the c ounties of Ch esterf ield, Darlin gton, D illon, Flore nce, G eorge-