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 558 Payments from land sales. A t4.1937 2416] [P uhlic, No . 2421 Canal Zone or Re- publ ic of Panama. Citizenship of per- son born of an Ameri- can parent on or after February 26, 1904 . Par ent employed by LT. S. or Panama Railroad Company. August 4, 1937 [s .7741 [Public, No. 243] Marine Corps Lea gue. Incorporators. Purposes. 75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 557, 563, 561 AUGUST 2, 4, 1937 water to be furnished to the land of any such large landowner refus- ing or failing to execute such contract; and (d) contracts shall have be en mad e with all o wners of lan ds to be irri gated under the pr oject by which they will agree that if their land is sold at prices above the appraised value thereof, approved by said Secretary, one-half of such excess shall be paid to the United States to be applied in the in verse order of the due d ates u pon th e const ructio n char ge ins tall- ments coming due thereafter from the owners of said land. Approved, August 2, 1937. [CHAPTE R 5631 AN ACT Relating to the citizenship of certain classes of persons born in the Canal Zone or the Republic of Panama. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person born in the Canal Zone on or after February 26, 1904, and whether before or after the effective date of this Act, whose father or mother or both at the time of the birth of such person was or is a citizen of the United States, is declared to be a citizen of the United States. SEC. 2. Any person born in the Republic of Panama on or after Februar y 26, 1904, and wh ether before or aft er the effec tive d ate of this Act, whose father or mother or both at the time of the birth of such person was or is a citizen of the United States employed by the Government of the United Stat es or by the Panama Railroad Com- pany, is declared to be a citizen of the United States. Approved, August 4, 1937. [CHAPTER 56 4] AN ACT To incorporate the Marine Corps League. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Major Gen- eral John A. Lejeu ne, Un ited S tates Marine Corps, retir ed, ho norary national commandant; Maurice A. Illch, national commandant; Roy S. Taylor, senior national vice commandant; Kenneth B. Col- lings, junior national vice commandant; Alexander F. Ormsby, national judge advocate; Reverend John H. Clifford, national chap- lain; Edward A. Walker, national sergeant at arms; John B. Hinck- ley, Junior, national adjutant and paymaster; John E. Brock, national chief of staff, are hereby created a body corporate of the name "Marine Corps League ." SEC. 2 . That the purposes of this corporation shall be (a) to pre- serve the traditions and to promote the interests of the United States Marine Corps; (b) to band those who are now serving in the United States Marine Corps and those who have been honorably discharged from that service together in fellowship that they may effectively promote the ideals of American freedom and democracy; (c ) t o f it its members for the duties of citizenship and to encourage them to serve as ably as citizens as they have served the Nation under arms; (d) to hold sacred the history and memory of the men who have given their lives to the Nation; (e) to foster love for the pr incip les which they have sup porte d by bloo d and valo r sin ce t he founding of the Republic; (f) to maintain true allegiance to American institutions; (g) to create a bond of comradeship between those in service and those who have returned to civil life; (h) to aid