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 426 Disbursements. Annual report to Congress. June 28, 1935. [S. 2917 .] [Public, No. 171 .] P ershing Ha ll, Paris , Franc e. Sum authorized for settlement of indebt- edness. Payabl e from Army recr eatio n fun d. Vol. 47, p . 1573. Post, p. 594. P rovis o. T itle to vest in United States Govern- ment. P ershin g Hall Memo- ri al Fu nd, created. Investment of funds. Report to Congress. June 28, 1935. [H.R . 4505 .] [Public, No. 172.] Saint John River. Bridge across,be- tween Madawaska, Me ., and Edmundston, N. B ., legalized. Vol. 34, p.84 . U.S.C.,p .1474. T4TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 322-324. JUNE 28, 1935. of the American group of the Interparliamentary Union for each fiscal year for which an appropriation is made, such appropriation to be disbursed on vouchers to be approved by the President and the executive secretary of the American group. SEC. 2. That the American group of the Interparliamentary Union shall submit to the Congress a report for each fiscal year for which an appropriation is made, including its expenditures under such appropriation. Approved, June 28, 1935. [CHAPTER 323 .] AN ACT Authorizing an appropriation to effect a settlement of the remainder due on Pershing Hall, a memorial already erected in Paris, France, to the Com- mander in Chief, officers, and men of the Expeditionary Forces, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That $482,032 .92 of the fund entitled "Recreation fund-Army ", created by the War Depa rtmen t Ap propr iati on A ct, a ppro ved March 4, 1933, is hereby authori zed to b e appro priated by the Secreta ry of th e Treas ury for effecti ng a set tlement of any indebte dness c onnected with P ershing Hall, a memorial already erected in Paris, France, under the auspices of the American Legion, Inc ., to the commander in chief, officers, men and auxiliary services of the American Expeditionary Forces, to the end that such memorial as so freed from debt may be perpetuated : Provided, That the amount herein provided shall not be used for the purposes indicated herein, until the legal title to said property shall have be en veste d in th e Govern ment o' the Uni ted Stat es for the use and benefit of all American officers and enlisted men of the World War. SEC. 2. Any balance remaining after settlement of such indebtedness shall be retained by the Secretary of the Treasury as a special fund to be known as the "Pershing Hall Memorial Fund ." The Secre- tary of the Treasury is authorized (a) to invest and reinvest any part or all of the c orpus o f this f und so remaini ng in in terest- bearing United States Government bonds and retain custody thereof ; and (b) upon request of the American Legion, Inc ., the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the National Treasurer of the American Legion, Inc ., from time to time any part of the earnings upon the fund for use in the maintenance and/or perpetuation of Pershing Hall. SEC. 3 . An itemized report shall be transmitted to the Senate and House of Representatives on the first day of each regular session of Congress of expenditures made in pursuance herewith. Approved, June 28, 1935. [CHAPT ER 324 .] AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Maine and the Dominion of Ca nada to mai ntain a bri dge a lready constructed across the Saint John River between Madawaska, Maine, and Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the State of Maine and the Domin- ion of Canada, their successors and assigns, to maintain and operate, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters ",