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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 809-811. JU NE 25, 1936. 1925 d escrib ed he rein to tho se pe rsons, esta tes, firms , or corpor ation s who would be the equitable owners of said lands under the laws of the State of Alabama, in the absence of the said interest, title, and estate of the United States. Approved, June 25, 1936. [CHAPTER 810 .] AN ACT June 25, 1936 . To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make such adjustments and revisions	[s. 4786.] f ound to be due on contracts entered into by the Government with crop pr o- [Public, No. 802.] ducers under the Agricultural Adjustment Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and How e o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the third m ~grii c cult ural Adjus t- sentence of the item "Payments for agricultural adjustment" Con- Adjustments, etc ., of tained in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936 certain contracts un- y der, authoriz ed. (Public, Numbered 440, Seventy-fourth Congress), is amended by Arc4e, P. 1116. striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the following : "and the determination of the Secre- t ary as to t he co rrect base acrea ge and prod uctio n fig ures ( regar dless of the figures on which the contract was based) and as to the person or persons entitled to receive such fair and equitable payments shall be final and conclusive ." Approved, June 25, 1936. [CHAPTER 811 .] AN ACT To a mend the naturaliza tion laws in respec t of residence othe r purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the second paragraph of the fourth subdivision of section 4 of the Naturaliza- tion Act of June 29, 1906, as amended (U . S. C., Supp. III, title 8, sec . 382), is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting a comma and the following : "except that in the case of an alien declarant for citizenship employed by or under contract with the Government of the United States or an American institution of research reco gni zed as such by the Sec ret ary of Labor, or employed by an American firm or corporation engaged in whole or in part in the development of foreign trade and commerce of the United States or a subsidiary thereof, no period of residence outside t he Uni ted S tates shall brea k the conti nuity of r eside nce if (1) prior to t he beginning of such period (whet her such period b egins before or after his dep art ure from the United States) the alien has esta blished to the s atisfaction of th e Secretary of La bor that his absence from the United States for such period is to be on behalf of su ch Governm ent, or f or the pur pose of ca rrying on scientifi c research on behalf of such institution, or to be engaged in the development of such foreign trade and commerce or whose residence abroad is necessary to the protection of the property rights in such countries of such firm or corporation, and (2) such alien proves to the satisfaction of the court that his absence from the United States for such period has been for such purpose ." SEC. 2. No period of residence outside the United States during the five years immediately preceding the enactment of this Act shall be held v to have broken the continuity of residence required by the naturali zation laws if t he alien proves t o the satisfactio n of the Secretary of Labor and the court that during all such period of absence lie has been under employment by, or contract with, the June 25, 1936 . r equir ements, and for	[H.R. 4900 .] [Public, No. 803 .] Natural ization A ct of 1906, amendments . Vol. 34, p. 598. U.S.C.,p.217. Residence require- ments of ce rta in al ien declarants for citizen- ship waived. Continuity of resi- dence not broken if proof of certain em. pl oyment furnis hed.