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 75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 653-65 5 -AUG UST 16, 19 37 651 [CHAPTER 65 3] AN ACT August 16, 1937 To extend the provisions of the forty-hour law for postal employees to watchmen 	[H. 8 .27381 	 and messengers in the Postal Service. [Public, No. 298] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of A merica in C ongre ss as sembl ed, That the first section of the Act entitled "An Act to fix the hours of duty of postal employees, and for other purposes", approved August 14, 1935, is amended by striking out the words "and laborers" and inserting in lieu thereof the following : "laborers, watchmen, and messengers". Approved, August 16, 1937. [CHAPTER 654] AN ACT To quiet title and possession with respect to certain lands in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Be it e nacted by the Senate and Ho use of Representatives of the United. States o f America in Congress assembled, That all the right, title, and interest of the United States in a nd to all the unsub divided land in and the strip of land known as the Commons surrounding the city of Tuscumbia formerly Cold Water Spring, Alabama, as shown by plat made by 'John Coffee, surveyor, which plat shows the town as embracing the south half section 4, the southeast quarter section 5, the n ortheast q uarter sec tion 8, and the north half sect ion 9, tow n- ship 4 south, range 11 west, Huntsville meridian, which said town was established under sections 3 and 5 of the Act of March 3, 1817 (3 Stat. 375), and section 2 of the Act of April 20, 1818 (3 Stat . 467), be, a nd the sam e is hereb y, released, relinqui shed, and confirmed by the United States to the city of Tuscumbia, Alabama ., or to the. owners of the equitable titles thereto, as fully and comletely, in every respect whatever, as could be done by patents issued according to Jaw : Provided, That this Act shall amount only to a relinquishment of any title the United States has, or is supposed to have, in and to any of said lands, and shall not be construed to abridge, impair, injure, prejudice, or dive st in any inaiiiier any valid right, t itle, or interest of any person or body corporate whatever, the true intent of this Act being to concede and abandon all right, title, and interest of the United States to the city of Tuscumbia or to those persons, esta tes, firms, or corpo rations wh o would be the equit able owner s of said lands under the laws of the State of Alabama in the absence of the said inter est, title , and esta te of the United Sta tes : Provided furthe r, That the title and rights hereby released and quitclaimed shall be subject to the right of the United States or any agency thereof to overflow the lands described herein as the result of' -proj- ects for the improvement of navigation upon the Tennessee River. Approved, August 16, 1937. Postal Service. Shorter work week provisions extended to watchmen and mes- sengers. 49 Stat. 650. 39U.S.C., Supp. II, ° 832. August 16, 1937 [n. R. 34211 [Public, No. 2 99] Tu scumbia, Ala. Certain land relin- quished to city or o wners of equitab le titles thereto. 3 Stat. 375, 467. Provisos. United States title only relinquished. Rights reserved. [CHAPTER 655] AN ACT August 16, 1937 To provide for the conveyance by the United States to the county of Beaufort, [A. R. 46421 South Carolina, of the Hunting Island Lighthouse Reservation. [Public, No. 3001 Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, subject to the condition hereinafter specified, the Director of Procurement, sub- ject to the app roval of t he Secretar y of the T reasury, i s authoriz ed and directed to convey to the county of Beaufort, South Carolina, all Hunting Island Lighthou se Reser va- tion,S.C. Conveyance of, to Beaufort County S. C ., authorized.