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 286 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 134, 135. MAY 20, 22, 1935. the said State of Maryland and the District of Columbia, including any future allocation of Federal-aid highway funds or grants to the said States of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and to the District of No Federal expense. Co lumbi a. The passag e of this Act does not commit the United States to build t he said h ighway or bouleva rd at Fed eral expe nse, and if authorized the Federal funds for the construction of the said high way or b oulevard will be t he alloc ations th at may ac crue Payment from cer- to the said States and the District of Columbia in future appro- ta in state, etc ., also- priations of Federal-aid highway and grant funds. Any appropria- ca ted funds. tions under the authority of this Act shall be deducted from the next regular apportionment or allocation of Federal-aid highway funds or Federal-grant highway funds, under existing or future authorizations as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to Pennsylvania, Maryland and the District of Columbia. mission . Duration of c•m- SEC. 7. That the term of Commis sion her eby creat ed shall expire within one year after the completion of the proposed boulevard or highway. Effec tive date. SEC. 8. This joint resolution shall take effect immediately. Approved, May 20, 1935. [CHAPTER 135 .1 AN ACT May 22, 1935 . [S. 17 76 .1	Granting a leave of absence to settlers of homestead lands during the year 1935 . [Pu bl ic, No. 64 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Representatives of the Public l ands . United States o f America in Congress assembled, That any home- Homestead entry- men ; leaves of absence, stead settler or entryman who, during the calendar year 1935, should calendar year 1935. find it necessary, because of economic conditions, to leave his home- stead to seek employment in order to obtain the necessaries of life for himself and family or to provide for the education of his chil- dren m ay, upon filing with the re gister of the district, hi s affidavit, supported by corroborating affidavits of two disinterested persons sh owing the necessit y of suc h absence, be excu sed from complian ce with the requirements of the homestead laws as to residence, cultiva- tion, improvements, expenditures, or payment of purchase money, as the case may be, during all or any part of the calendar year 1935, Absence added to and said entries shall not be open to contest or protest because of statutory life of entry. failure to comply with such requirem ents during such absence ; except that the time of such absence shall not be deducted from the actual residence required by law, but a period equal to such absence Installment payment shall be added to the statutory life of the entry : Provided, That extension. any entryman holding an unperfected entry on ceded Indian lands may be excused from the requirements of residence upon the condi- tions provided herein, but shall not be entitled to extension of time for the payment of any installment of the purchase price of the land except upon proof satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior that the entryman is acting in good faith and is financially unable interest p ayment. t o make the payments due, and upon payment of interest, in advance, at the rate of 4 per centum per annum on the principal of any unpaid purchase price from the date when such payment or pay- ments became due to and inclusive of the date of the expiration of the period of relief granted hereunder. Approved, May 22, 1935.